The story

France have won 11 of their 13 most recent World Cup matches and are unbeaten in 12 of those 13, with Kylian Mbappé carrying the highest average rating of any player on either side at 7.47 across their last 10 World Cup appearances. Senegal arrive without Kalidou Koulibaly and have gone unbeaten in four of their five most recent away World Cup matches, with Ismaïla Sarr their standout performer at an average rating of 6.96. Four of the last five World Cup meetings between these sides have finished under 3.5 goals.