Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
France
Match Time & Date:
22/11/2022
11:00 AM
Prediction: 2-1
Australia
Al Janoub Stadium will host a highly-anticipated World Cup encounter between France and Australia, who met at the showpiece tournament in Russia four years ago. Back then les Tricolores defeated the Soccceroos 2-1, and Didier Deschamps’ men are seen as favourites to win Tuesday’s clash as well. All N’Golo Kante, Christopher Nkunku, Paul Pogba, Mike Maignan, and Presnel Kimpembe have been left out of the squad with injuries, but we predict that Kylian Mbappe will make life difficult for the opposition back-line.
Real Madrid ace Karim Benzema has been ruled out of the 2022 World Cup with a muscle problem. The Australians are likely to adopt a defence-minded approach in the Group D opener, but preventing France attackers from scoring is easier said than done. As for the nominal visitors, midfielder Harry Souttar has overcome a serious knee injury, while star goalkeeper Mitch Langerak, midfielder Tom Rogic, and defender Trent Sainsbury have been omitted.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain as a forward. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy and in 2013 he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe made his debut for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017 he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in the 2017/2018 and it has to be noted that Unai Emery’s troops eventually won the national championship.
Speaking of his international career, Mbappe played an important role for France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, with the pacey rising star scoring a brace in a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament. The PSG attacker was born in Paris on December 20, 1998.
Highlighted Team (Australia):
Australia are a member of the Asian Football Confederation as they left the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006. The Socceroos made it to the World Cup finals for the first time back in 1974, but they failed to make it to the knockout stages of the showpiece tournament in Germany. In 2006, though, the Australians did well to advance to the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup, but eventual champions Italy proved to be a big catch for Guus Hiddink’s troops.
Australia participated at the World Cup finals in 2010 and 2014 as well, but they failed to impress at the tournaments in South Africa and Brazil respectively. In 2015 the Socceroos won the Asian Cup trophy, with the team beating South Korea in the title game and that is regarded as the team’s biggest success.
Tim Cahill is considered one of the most famous footballers that played for Australia and it has to be noted that the former Premier League star scored his 48th goal for the Socceroos in a 1-0 win over UAE in September, 2016.
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