France vs Luxembourg, 2018 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage
· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFAFrance held to shock goalless draw against tiny Luxembourg
France's World Cup qualification hopes suffered a setback as they were held to a shock goalless draw at home to minnows Luxembourg.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 3': Foul by David Turpel (Luxembourg).
- 3': Laurent Koscielny (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7': Foul by Olivier Thill (Luxembourg).
- 7': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 11': Foul by Olivier Giroud (France).
- 11': Laurent Jans (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe.
- 14': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 14': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappe (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
- 16': Corner, France. Conceded by Chris Philipps.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (France) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Lemar with a cross.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 17': Attempt missed. Djibril Sidibe (France) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 20': Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
- 21': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappe (France) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
- 21': Attempt saved. David Turpel (Luxembourg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vincent Thill.
- 21': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
- 22': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappe (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 26': Chris Philipps (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Olivier Giroud (France).
- 28': Attempt missed. Thomas Lemar (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
- 30': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.
- 30': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Paul Pogba.
- 32': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
- 34': Foul by Kevin Malget (Luxembourg).
- 34': Olivier Giroud (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Hand ball by Antoine Griezmann (France).
- 37': Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
- 37': Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 37': Corner, France. Conceded by Jonathan Joubert.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Samuel Umtiti (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 39': Hand ball by Aldin Skenderovic (Luxembourg).
- 40': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Laurent Koscielny (France) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
- 40': Corner, France. Conceded by Kevin Malget.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (France) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 40': Corner, France. Conceded by Kevin Malget.
- 42': Foul by N'Golo Kanté (France).
- 42': Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Offside, Luxembourg. Vincent Thill tries a through ball, but Daniel Alves Da Mota is caught offside.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, France 0, Luxembourg 0.
- 45': Second Half begins France 0, Luxembourg 0.
- 50': Attempt missed. Thomas Lemar (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 51': Foul by Mathias Jänisch (Luxembourg).
- 51': Kylian Mbappe (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 51': Mathias Jänisch (Luxembourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53': Corner, France. Conceded by Laurent Jans.
- 55': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe with a cross.
- 57': Offside, Luxembourg. Laurent Jans tries a through ball, but Vincent Thill is caught offside.
- 58': Foul by Christopher Martins Pereira (Luxembourg).
- 58': Kylian Mbappe (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe with a cross.
- 59': Substitution, Luxembourg. Gerson Rodrigues replaces Vincent Thill.
- 59': Substitution, Luxembourg. Daniel Sinani replaces Daniel Alves Da Mota.
- 59': Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Kylian Mbappe.
- 60': Substitution, France. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Olivier Giroud.
- 62': Corner, France. Conceded by David Turpel.
- 63': Attempt saved. Djibril Sidibe (France) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
- 63': Corner, France. Conceded by Jonathan Joubert.
- 64': Attempt missed. Kingsley Coman (France) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a headed pass following a corner.
- 64': Foul by Daniel Sinani (Luxembourg).
- 64': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Daniel Sinani (Luxembourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Foul by Daniel Sinani (Luxembourg).
- 67': Thomas Lemar (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Corner, France. Conceded by Laurent Jans.
- 69': Laurent Jans (Luxembourg) is shown the yellow card.
- 69': Attempt missed. Layvin Kurzawa (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe with a cross.
- 70': Corner, France. Conceded by Chris Philipps.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Alexandre Lacazette (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Alexandre Lacazette (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.
- 71': Alexandre Lacazette (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Foul by Chris Philipps (Luxembourg).
- 74': David Turpel (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Laurent Koscielny (France).
- 75': Offside, Luxembourg. David Turpel tries a through ball, but Gerson Rodrigues is caught offside.
- 75': Foul by Mathias Jänisch (Luxembourg).
- 75': Kingsley Coman (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Alexandre Lacazette (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Layvin Kurzawa.
- 77': Corner, France. Conceded by Chris Philipps.
- 77': Paul Pogba (France) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Laurent Koscielny with a headed pass following a corner.
- 79': Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Mathias Jänisch.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Daniel Sinani (Luxembourg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 80': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
- 80': Kevin Malget (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Paul Pogba (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Substitution, France. Nabil Fekir replaces Antoine Griezmann.
- 82': Christopher Martins Pereira (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Djibril Sidibe (France).
- 83': Christopher Martins Pereira (Luxembourg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 83': Foul by Nabil Fekir (France).
- 84': Hand ball by Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg).
- 87': Substitution, Luxembourg. Dwayn Holter replaces David Turpel.
- 89': Djibril Sidibe (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg).
- 89': Attempt saved. Djibril Sidibe (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 90'+1': Foul by Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg).
- 90'+1': Samuel Umtiti (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, France 0, Luxembourg 0.
- 90'+4': Match ends, France 0, Luxembourg 0.
Statistics
 LUX |
FRA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 8 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 9 | Saves | 1 |
| 23.9 | Possession | 76.1 |
| 3 | SHOTS | 34 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 140 | Accurate Passes | 635 |
| 231 | Passes | 706 |
| 0.6 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 7 | Crosses | 57 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 39 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 14 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 25 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 64 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 64 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Venue: Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Location: Toulouse, France
Attendance: 31,177
Venue: Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Location: Toulouse, France
Attendance: 31,177
WCQ - UEFA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 8 | +9 | 20 |
| 2 | Portugal | 8 | +11 | 17 |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland | 8 | +3 | 9 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 8 | -10 | 9 |
Line-Ups
France (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (GK) |
| 5 | Samuel Umtiti |
| 21 | Laurent Koscielny |
| 3 | Layvin Kurzawa |
| 19 | Djibril Sidibé |
| 6 | Paul Pogba  |
| 13 | N'Golo Kanté |
| 8 | Thomas Lemar |
| 20 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud |
Luxembourg (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Joubert (GK) |
| 4 | Kevin Malget |
| 6 | Chris Philipps |
| 19 | Mathias Janisch |
| 18 | Laurent Jans |
| 8 | Christopher Martins Pereira |
| 15 | Aldin Skenderovic |
| 9 | Daniel da Mota |
| 11 | Olivier Thill |
| 20 | David Turpel |
| 10 | Vincent Thill |
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