France will face England in 2022 FIFA World Cup Third Quarterfinals at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. Both the teams will face for the 32nd time in International Level.
Head to Head
Matches Played: 31
England Won: 17
France Won: 9
Draw: 5
However, 10 of the victories for England came before 1950. More recently, France have been the dominant force.
FIFA World Cup
In FIFA World Cup they have earlier played twice and in both occasions England won.
1966: England 2-0 France
1982: England 3-1 France
France
- Kylian Mbappé is the 1st player in history to score 9 goals in the WC before his 24th birthday. He thus broke the 60 year old record of Legendary Pele
- Kylian Mbappé is already second on France’s all-time list with nine goals in 11 World Cup appearances. Only Just Fontaine, who scored an incredible 13 times at the 1958 tournament in Sweden, has more World Cup goals for France.
- Kylian Mbappé surpassed Ronaldo’s 8 WC final goals and equaled Messi’s tally of 9.
- Olivier Giroud scored his 52nd goal for the French national team, overtaking Thierry Henry (51) to become the top goal scorer in Les Bleus’ history. Antoine Griezmann scored 42 Goals, while Michel Platini scored 40 Goals.
- Olivier Giroud (36y 65d) has become the oldest goal scorer in the knockout stages of the WC since Roger Milla in the 1990 round of 16 game against Colombia (38y 34d)
- France has reached WC quarterfinals for 9 times: 1938, 1958, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
- France reached the final tournament of WC sixteen times – 1930, 1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022; as host country 1938 and 1998. They failed to qualify for the final tournaments on six occasions (1950, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1990 and 1994).
- France’s appearance in World Cup Finals 16 – Played: 70 Matches; Won: 37; Draw: 13; Lost: 20; (Knockout matches which were decided on penalty shoot-out – included in draw) Updated till Round of 16 Match against Poland.
England
- Harry Kane has now scored 11 goals at major tournaments for England (7 WC, 4 Euros), overtaking Gary Lineker (10) as the Three Lions’ all-time top scorer in major competitions.
- Harry Kane scored 52 goals for England, second highest in history of England’s International football. Wayne Rooney is leading with 53 goals.
- England reached the final tournament of WC sixteen times. They qualified through play in the preliminary competition on fourteen occasions (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022), as host country once (1966) and as reigning champions once (1970). They failed to qualify for the final tournaments on three occasions (1974, 1978 and 1994).
- England has reached WC quarterfinals for 10 times: 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2022
- England’s appearance in World Cup Finals 16 – Played: 73 Matches; Won: 32; Draw: 22; Lost: 19; (Knockout matches which were decided on penalty shoot-out – included in draw) Updated till Round of 16 Match against Senegal.
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