France vs England Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• England have won two of the three World Cup encounters between the teams, 2-0 in the 1966 group stage and 3-1 in the 1982 group stage. However, France won their most recent which was the 2-1 victory in the quarter-finals at Qatar 2022 in which Aurélien Tchouaméni opened the scoring for France, and Harry Kane both scored and missed a penalty for England.
• England also lead their overall head-to-head record in 32 matches with 17 wins to France’s ten and five draws. However, the French have lost only one of the last nine meetings (W6 D2).
• England have twice participated in the play-off for third place, losing both times: 2-1 vs Italy in 1990 and 2-0 vs Belgium in 2018. If they triumph it will be their best World Cup finish since they won the competition in 1966.
• England’s total of five matches won at the 2026 World Cup is their joint-most in a single edition, equalling their total in 1966.
• England have scored 14 goals at the 2026 World Cup, one more than their previous best of 13 at Qatar 2022.
• Jordan Pickford could become the first England player to make 20 World Cup appearances, and he could also become only the fourth goalkeeper in the history of the competition to reach the landmark.
  Goalkeepers with the most appearances in FIFA World Cup history:
  • 23 – Manuel Neuer (GER)
  • 21 – Thibaut Courtois (BEL)
  • 20 – Hugo Lloris (FRA)
  • 19 – Fernando Muslera (URU) and Jordan Pickford (ENG)
• France are aiming for their third successive top-three finish at the World Cup, having won the competition in 2018 and finished as runners-up in 2022. Overall, they have finished in the top three on six occasions.
• France have participated in the play-off for third place three times, winning 6-3 against Germany FR in 1958, losing 3-2 to Poland in 1982, and winning 4-2 after extra time over Belgium in 1986.
• France have not lost successive World Cup matches since the 2010 group stage against Mexico (0-2) and South Africa (1-2).
• Despite the defeat against Spain, France have won 17 of their last 21 FIFA World Cup matches (D2 L2).
• The loss against Spain was only France’s second defeat in their last 18 international matches (W15 D1).
• France have prevailed in 11 of their last 12 World Cup knockout-phase encounters in which they were level at half-time.
• Against Spain, Kylian Mbappé became France's all-time leading appearance-maker in FIFA World Cup history with 21 appearances. In this match, Ousmane Dembélé could move into joint-third alongside Antoine Griezmann by making his 19th appearance in the competition.
• A European nation has finished third at each of the last 11 FIFA World Cup tournaments. The last non-European team to finish third was Brazil in 1978.
• There has never been a penalty shoot-out in the play-off for third place in an edition of the FIFA World Cup.
• There has been a total of 297 goals scored at the 2026 World Cup - three short of becoming the first edition to hit the 300 mark.
• France defender William Saliba has played for Arsenal since 2022 and won the Premier League title in 2025/26 alongside England’s Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke.
• France’s Dayot Upamecano and Michael Olise play with England captain Harry Kane for Bayern Munich, winning the German Bundesliga/DFB-Pokal double in 2025/26.
• Kylian Mbappé and Aurélien Tchouaméni of France are Real Madrid team-mates of England’s Jude Bellingham. France defender Ibrahima Konaté will join them at the Bernabéu next season.
• Rayan Cherki joined Manchester City in 2025 and played with England’s Nico O’Reilly, Marc Guéhi, John Stones and James Trafford in his debut season for the English club, winning a domestic cup double.
• Jules Koundé (France) and Marcus Rashford (England) won the Spanish league title together in 2025/26 with Barcelona. England’s Anthony Gordon will join Koundé at the Camp Nou next season.
• France full-back Malo Gusto plays at Chelsea with England defenders Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah.
• Lucas Digne (France) has played in England for the past eight years, firstly for Everton (2018-22), where he was a team-mate of England’s Jordan Pickford and Anthony Gordon, and subsequently Aston Villa, where he plays with England trio Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins.
• France duo Maxence Lacroix and Jean-Philippe Mateta both play in the Premier League for Crystal Palace.
• France’s Michael Olise was born in England and played there for Reading (2019-21) and Crystal Palace (2021-24).
• England’s Thomas Tuchel was the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain from May 2018 to December 2020, winning a domestic treble in 2019/20, when he also led the club to the UEFA Champions League final. Kylian Mbappé played under him throughout the German’s two-and-a-half-year spell in Paris, while Adrien Rabiot was a PSG player in Tuchel’s first season at the Parc des Princes.