France play Australia in the World Cup in Al Wakrah on Tuesday.
When: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2100 local
Where: Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Capacity: 40,000
Odds:
France win: 1/4
Australia win: 12/1
Draw: 9/2
Key Stats :
* The last meeting encounter the two teams was also in their opening game of the last World Cup in Russia. France won 2-1.
* France have only won of their last six matches, losing three.
* France have won the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2018, from 16 participations. Their 1998 title was followed by a first-round exit in 2002 – a first since the 1978 edition.
* Didier Deschamps’s team are without two of their top midfielders, with Paul Pogba and Ngolo Kante having been ruled out injured.
* Australia are playing at a sixth edition of the World Cup finals and a fifth in a row. Their best finish was their only visit to the round of 16 at the 2006 World Cup, when they lost to Italy.
* The Socceroos qualified for Qatar in an inter-continental playoff against Peru decided by a penalty shootout in Doha in June.
* Australia’s last World Cup finals victory came in South Africa in 2010, when they beat Serbia 2-1 in Nelspruit with goals from Tim Cahill and Brett Holman.
Previous meetings:
* The teams have met once at the World Cup, when France won 2-1 courtesy of a late Aziz Behich own goal in the opening game of the group phase in Kazan four years ago.
