France vs Poland Match Details
Match: France vs Poland, 51th match | Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
Date: 4th December 2022
Time: 9.00 PM (GMT+6), 8.30 PM (GMT+5.5)
Venue: Al Thumama Stadium, Qatar
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FIFA ranking: France(4) – Poland(26)
France vs Poland will face each other in round of 16 matches in World Cup football popularly known as The Greatest Show on Earth.
The French team is the defending champion.The world cup ticket was earned easily by the French team. France is fourth in the world rankings, whereas Poland is 26th in the standings. Both the teams showed prowess in their own group of the qualifying round along with the group round of the World Cup. But considering the current form and strength of the team, the match is going to be an acid test for Poland against France.
The French team is one of the hot favorites of the tournament and the reigning champions. This time they are one of the contenders for the title.France has got a ticket by defeating Finland 2-0.They made a remarkable performance in the qualifying round (France 1:1 Ukraine, Bosnia 0-1 France, Kazakhstan 0- 2 France, France 1-1 Bosnia, France 2-0 Finland). The top scorers are Kylian (5 goals), Karim benzema (3 Goals) Ousmane (1 goal) Anthony Martial (1 goal), Adrien(1 goal). France the defending champions have to make it without the key players like Karim Benzema on top of Paul pogba, N’Golo Kante and Christopher Nkunke.
The French team fell behind early in the opening match against Australia but cruised to an easy 4-1 win.
The Polish team’s world cup history is not as eventful as they deserve. The Polish team hasn’t made it past the group stages since 1982. Whereas they failed to qualify for the 2014, 2010 world cup. The team even lost their opening two matches in the world cup 2018. In the World Cup 2022 qualifying round,Poland defeated the Swiss team 2-0 in the UEFA playoffs. Moreover, Poland already made a good impression in the world cup by stopping mighty Mexico ( Mexico 0-0 Poland ) and Saudi Arabia ( Poland 2- 0 Saudi ). Unfortunately, they couldn’t hold the mighty Argentina. Poland was defeated by the Argentina team by two goals.
France, ranked 4th in FIFA rankings, will face Poland, ranked 26th. The match will undoubtedly be a tough test for Poland
France vs Poland Key Points
Mbappe is one of the main strengths of the France team. France turned around relying on Mbappe, after falling behind by one goal in the first match. Giroud and Dembele were Mbappe’s partners in their dream journey. The spotlight will be on them in this match against Poland as well. France will get an easy win if they can perform.
In the match between France vs Australia, undoubtedly Hugo Lloris,one of the best goalkeepers in the world, is the biggest name. All the spotlights will be upon him. As like previous matches,Young forward Mbappe will step up to support the team. Those superstars played a vital role in the journey of his team to the World Cup
France vs Poland Head-to-Head
France vs Poland have met sixteen times so far. Poland was defeated by the France team eight times. Whereas Poland won three matches with five drawn matches. France vs Poland Team News:
In the first match, Due to injury Lucas Hernandez was forced to leave after 13 minutes of the match. Theo Hernandez came to play in his place. Theo could be seen in the starting XI in the second match. France is severely attacked by injury. They lost many of the big names. Karim Benzema was ruled out due to injury. He is missing in this game as well.
Deschamps declared that he would replace Benzema. Obviously, it is a big blow for the French team. Olivier Giroud, KylianMbappe , Antoine Griezmannand Ousmane Dembele can be seen in the attack in Benzema’s absence.
Obviously, Lewandowski (Polish Barcelona forward) is the biggest name. This Barcelona superstar forwarder has scored 600 goals for the club and country. All the spotlights will be upon him. Young midfielder Piotr Zielinski will step up to support the team. Those superstars played a vital role in the journey of his team to win the World Cup.
France vs Poland Squad
France squad
Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Alphonse Areola
Defender: Benjamin Pavard, Axel Disasi, Raphael Varane, Jules Kounde, Youssouf Fofana, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano, Lucas Hernandez, Theo Hernandez, Ibrahima Konate, Raphael Varane, Jules Kounde, Youssouf Fofana, William Saliba
Midfielder: Matteo Guendouzi, Jordan Veretout, Eduardo Camavinga, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot
Forward: AntoineGriezmann, RandalKoloMuani, KarimBenzema, KingsleyComan, MarcusThuram, OlivierGiroud, KylianMbappe, OusmaneDembele
Poland squad
Goalkeepers: Lukasz Skorupski, Wojciech Szczesny, Kamil Grabara
Defenders: Jan Bednarek, Mateusz Wieteska, Bartosz Bereszynski, Jakub Kiwior, Matty Cash, Kamil Glik, Robert Gumny, Artur Jedrzejczyk
Midfielders: Krystian Bielik, Szymon Zurkowski, Nicola Zalewski, PrzemyslawFrankowski, Kamil Grosicki, Jakub Kaminski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Michal Skoras, Damian Szymanski, Sebastian Szymanski, Piotr Zielinski
Forwards: Robert Lewandowski, Karol Swiderski, Arkadiusz Milik, Krzysztof Piatek
France vs Poland Prediction
Scorecard: France(2)-(0) Poland
France has won ten matches, lost four and drawn four matches in all competitions. France has won two matches so far in this world cup.
Poland, on the other hand, have won ten matches,drawn three and lost five in their last nineteen matches in all competitions. Considering the statistics, it may seem that France is clearly ahead. But Poland is not a weak team. In their day they can change the equation.
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