The Round of 16 continues…
Who are you tipping to go through?
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France vs Poland Key Stats
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Sunday’s clash will be the second meeting between France and Poland at the World Cup, with their previous one coming in the third-place play-off match in the 1982 tournament – a 3-2 win for Poland. France are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Poland across all competitions (W3 D4), with their last defeat against them being in a friendly in August 1982 (0-4). Les Bleus have kept a clean sheet in each of the last three in this run, all of which have been since the turn of the millennium
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Since the Round of 16 was introduced in the 1986 World Cup, France have appeared at this stage on five occasions and progressed from all five ties (1986, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018). The only other nations to appear at this stage more than once and progress each time are Germany (8/8) and Croatia (2/2).
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Sunday’s game will be the third time that Poland will face the reigning champions in a World Cup. They have avoided defeat in each of the previous two – 1-0 vs Brazil in 1974 and 0-0 vs Germany in 1978. For France, meanwhile, this will be their first knockout stage game at the World Cup as reigning champions.
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Antoine Griezmann has created more chances than any other France player at the 2022 World Cup (11). The only player to create 10+ in either of the last two World Cups for France has been Griezmann, while he has already surpassed his total from 2018 when they lifted the trophy (10).
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Wojciech Szczesny has a 90% save percentage at the 2022 World Cup. He had saved each of his first 16 shots on target faced in the tournament prior to Alexis Mac Allister’s goal for Argentina. Szczesny has saved a penalty in each of his last two games at the World Cup, with no goalkeeper on record ever stopping three penalties in a single edition of the tournament (since 1966, excluding shootouts).
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England vs Senegal Key Stats
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Sunday’s clash will be England and Senegal’s first-ever senior international meeting. It will be the 13th time that England’s first-ever match against a nation has come in the World Cup. And the Three Lions have lost just one of the previous 12 such games (W7 D4), a 0-1 defeat to the USA in 1950.
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Senegal have alternated between winning (3) and not winning (D1 L2) in their six World Cup meetings with European opponents. They lost 2-0 to the Netherlands in their most recent such game.
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England have never lost in seven previous World Cup matches against African opposition (W4 D3). Their only such outing in the knockout stages came against Cameroon in the 1990 quarter-final, winning 3-2 after extra time, with their goals coming from David Platt and two Gary Lineker penalties.
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African nations have lost eight of their nine World Cup knockout round games against European sides, except Senegal’s 2-1 win over Sweden in the Round of 16 in 2002. However, in all competitions, England have never lost against an African side (W14 D6).
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Since beating France 1-0 in their first-ever World Cup match in 2002, Senegal have conceded at least once in their last ten games in the competition.
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Olivier Giroud has scored more goals for France than any other player in the history of the men’s national team, overtaking Thierry Henry.
◎ 117 games
◉ 52 goals
The most underrated striker in the world. 
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Kylian Mbappé has now been directly involved in more goals than any other player at the 2022 World Cup:
◉ 3 goals
◉ 2 assists
Turned provider this afternoon. 
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Robert Lewandowski has just become the first player to score multiple goals at a single #FIFAWorldCup tournament for Poland since Bartosz Bosacki in 2006.
Unfortunately for him, it ends up only being a consolation goal. 
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Top 10 scorers in men’s international football:
118 - Cristiano Ronaldo
109 - Ali Daei
94 - Lionel Messi
89 - Mokhtar Dahari
84 - Ferenc Puskás
84 - Sunil Chhetri
80 - Ali Mabkhout
79 - Godfrey Chitalu
78 - Hussein Saeed
78 - Robert Lewandowski 
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Kylian Mbappé’s game by numbers vs. Poland:
◉ Most touches in opp. box (11)
◉ Most take-ons (5)
◉= Most shots (5)
◉ Most shots on target (3)
◉ Most goals (2)
◎ 6 duels won
◎ 5 crosses
◎ 2 chances created
◎ 1 assist
Two brilliant finishes. 
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World Cup goals for Mbappé in 2018
World Cup goals for Mbappé in 2022
Joint-most capped player for France (142)
Joint-most capped player at the World Cup for France (17)
Hugo Lloris continues to make history 
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71 consecutive appearances.
Antoine Griezmann broke a France record against Poland—he hasn’t missed a game since 2017 
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Ousmane Dembele 
Poland:
1 assist
2 chances created
34/40 accurate passes (85%)
100% dribbles completed
6 recoveries
3 ground duel won
8.2 match ratings
Top Level. 
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Kylian Mbappe Poland:
2 goal
1 assists
65 touches
3 chances created
31/35 accurate passes (89%)
5 dribbles completed
2 recoveries
6 ground duel won
9.2 match ratings
World Cup top scorer (5)
Incredible.
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Nicolas Otamendi has been solid at the World Cup:
4 games
2 clean sheets
15 clearances
8 headed clearances
71% tackles won
6 interceptions
0 errors leading to goal
1 assist
2 chances created
92% accurate passes
7.52 average rating
The General. 
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