FIFA World Cup

FT Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Australia WWWWW 1
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France DDLWL 4
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AUS101
FRA224
Al Janoub Stadium · 40,875 att. · FOX

Match Report

Giroud, Mbappe help France beat Australia 4-1 at World Cup

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
5
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
0
37.6
Possession
62.4
4
SHOTS
23
1
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
368
Accurate Passes
646
440
Passes
723
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
14
6
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.5
50
Long Balls
46
20
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
6
7
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
12
22
Effective Clearances
6
22
Clearances
6

Highlights

01:06 Socceroos coach reacts to opening World Cup defeat Watch on ESPN 00:50 Socceroo Craig Goodwin reflects on his first World Cup goal Watch on ESPN 01:00 Jackson Irvine on World Cup protests and Australia's human rights record Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 18Dayot UpamecanoCD-L
  3. 24Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  7. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 8Aurélien TchouaméniRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Kylian MbappéAM-L
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléAM-R

AUS · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 4Kye RowlesCD-L
  3. 19Harry SouttarCD-R
  4. 13Aaron MooyDM
  5. 16Aziz BehichLB
  6. 3Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  7. 14Riley McGreeCM-L
  8. 22Jackson IrvineCM-R
  9. 23Craig GoodwinLM
  10. 7Mathew LeckieRM
  11. 15Mitchell DukeF

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! France 0, Australia 1. Craig Goodwin (Australia) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mathew Leckie.
  2. 13' Substitution, France. Theo Hernández replaces Lucas Hernández because of an injury.
  3. 27' Goal! France 1, Australia 1. Adrien Rabiot (France) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross following a corner.
  4. 32' Goal! France 2, Australia 1. Olivier Giroud (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
  5. 55' Mitchell Duke (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Substitution, Australia. Jason Cummings replaces Mitchell Duke.
  7. 68' Goal! France 3, Australia 1. Kylian Mbappé (France) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.
  8. 71' Goal! France 4, Australia 1. Olivier Giroud (France) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a cross.
  9. 73' Substitution, Australia. Awer Mabil replaces Riley McGree.
  10. 73' Substitution, Australia. Garang Kuol replaces Craig Goodwin.
  11. 77' Substitution, France. Youssouf Fofana replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  12. 77' Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  13. 80' Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 85' Substitution, Australia. Keanu Baccus replaces Jackson Irvine.
  15. 85' Substitution, Australia. Milos Degenek replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
  16. 89' Substitution, France. Jules Koundé replaces Benjamin Pavard.
  17. 89' Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Olivier Giroud.
  18. 90'+4' Aaron Mooy (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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