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France national football team
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Dec 4, 2022 at 3pm UK
Al Thumama Stadium
Poland national football team

France
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Poland

Giroud (44'), Mbappe (74', 90+1')
Tchouameni (32')
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Lewandowski (90+9' pen.)
Bereszynski (47'), Cash (88')

France vs. Poland: How do both squads compare ahead of World Cup clash?

Sports Mole looks at how the squads of France and Poland compare ahead of Sunday's World Cup clash between the two sides.

France and Poland will battle it out for a place in the quarter-final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday when they go head-to-head at the Al-Thumama Stadium.

Despite a 1-0 defeat in their final group outing against Tunisia, Didier Deschamps's men finished top of Group D with six points from a possible nine.

Czeslaw Michniewicz's men, meanwhile, just about finished as runners-up in Group C to set up tomorrow's encounter versus the reigning world champions.

Here, Sports Mole looks at how the squads of France and Poland stack up against each other ahead of the contest.



FRANCE

France players pose for a team photo in the UEFA Nations League in June 2022© Reuters

Most valuable player:
Kylian Mbappe (£137.8m)

Overall squad value:
£859.1m

Most capped player:
Hugo Lloris (141)

Leading goalscorer:
Olivier Giroud (51)

Total caps:
842

Total goals:
148

Oldest player:
Steve Mandanda (37)

Youngest player:
Eduardo Camavinga (20)

Average age:
26.5

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Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (West Ham), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Rennes)

Defenders: Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Axel Disasi (Monaco), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Raphael Varane (Manchester United)

Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Jordan Veretout (Marseille)

Forwards: Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Marcus Thuram (Borussia Monchengladbach)



POLAND

Poland players pose for a team group photo before the match in September 2022© Reuters

Most valuable player:
Robert Lewandowski (£38.7m)

Overall squad value:
£219.9m

Most capped player:
Robert Lewandowski (137)

Leading goalscorer:
Robert Lewandowski (77)

Total caps:
940

Total goals:
159

Oldest player:
Artur Jedrzejczyk (35)

Youngest player:
Jakub Kaminski (20)

Average age:
27

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Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia)

Defenders: Kamil Glik (Benevento), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Robert Gumny (Augsburg), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), Nicola Zalewski (Roma)

Midfielders: Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab), Damian Szymanski (AEK) Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg), Michal Skoras (Lech Poznan), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina)

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte)


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Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
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4 Qatar Qatar30030

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Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
4 Wales flag Wales30121

Group C

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Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

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Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

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Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

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4 Serbia Serbia30121

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4 Ghana flag Ghana31023


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