FRANCE VS POLAND
The pre-quarter matches of the World Cup are in progress. Teams like the Netherlands and Argentina have already made it to the quarter-finals.
Today, the defending champions, France, enter their pre-quarter match. They will face Poland in the opening match at Al Thumama Stadium at 8.30 PM IST. France topped Group D.
At the same time, Poland qualified for the pre-quarters by finishing second behind Argentina in Group C. Both teams lost in the last match of the group stage. France lost to Tunisia and Poland to Argentina. Today's match will be a life-and-death battle as the losers will be eliminated.
France, who comes with a star-studded team, has the upper hand in today's match. Poland's forward line, on the other hand, will revolve around Lewandowski. Anyway, let's wait and see who will make it to the quarters
WIN PROBABILITY
France :- 72%
Poland :- 10%
Draw :- 18%
MATCH SCHEDULE
Date:- 4/12/2022
Time:- 8.30 PM (IST)
Venue:- Al Thumama Stadium
INSIGHTS
1) This will be the second meeting between France and Poland at the World Cup, their previous meeting was in the 1982 tournament for third place - a 3-2 win for Poland.
2) France is unbeaten in all competitions (W3 D4) and their last seven meetings with Poland, with their last defeat against them coming in a friendly in August 1982 (0-4). Les Bleus have kept a clean sheet in the last three of this run, all dating back to the turn of the millennium.
3) France became the first defending World Cup champions since Brazil in 2006 to reach the knockout stage. Italy was last eliminated in the round of 16 in 1986, losing 2-0 to France.
4) It was Poland's first appearance in the knockout stages of a World Cup tournament in 1986 when they lost 0–4 to Brazil in the round of 16. Their last win at the World Cup outside the group stage was against France. , in their 3–2 victory in the 1982 third-place play-off.
5) Since being introduced in the round of 16 at the 1986 World Cup, France has appeared at this stage five times and advanced from all five ties (1986, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018). Other countries that appear multiple times at this stage and progress each time are Germany (8/8) and Croatia (2/2).
