France and Sweden have confirmed their starting line-ups for the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals in New Jersey on Tuesday.
Les Bleus beat Senegal 3-1, Iraq 3-0 and Norway 4-1 in the group stage – with four goals each from Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé. Sweden crushed Tunisia 5-1, lost to the Netherlands by the same digits and drew 1-1 with Japan.
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The winner of this clash will face Paraguay in the round of eight in Philadelphia on Saturday.
World Cup 2026: France’s confirmed team against Sweden
William Saliba was rested against Norway with a minor back ailment, but is back in the starting eleven.
France starting eleven (4-2-3-1): Maignan – Koundé, Upamecano, Saliba, Digne – Tchouaméni, Rabiot – Dembélé, Olise, Barcola – Mbappé
France substitutes: Samba, Risser, Gusto, Konaté, L. Hernandez, T. Hernandez, Lacroix, Koné, Kanté, Zaire-Emery, Cherki, Akliouche, Thuram, Doué, Mateta
World Cup 2026: Sweden’s full line-up against France
Isak Hien was substituted against Japan after overstretching himself in a ball duel.
Sweden’s starting eleven (4-3-3): Zetterström – Lagerbielke, Lindelöf, Gudmundsson – Svensson, Stroud, Bergvall, Ayari – Isak, Elanga, Gyökeres
Sweden’s substitutes: Johansson, Nordfeldt, Johansson, Ekdal, Starfelt, Smith, Bernhardsson, Nygren, Sema, Karlström, Svanberg, Zeneli, Nilsson, Ali
How to watch France vs. Sweden
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 23:00 Norwegian time. In the UK, the fight will be broadcast live on ITV1. Streaming is available via ITV’s website and the ITVX app.
World Cup 2026: Key figures for France vs Sweden
- This is the first meeting between the teams in a World Cup, but they have faced each other twice at the European Championships: Sweden won 2-0 in 2012, after a 1-1 draw in 1992.
- France last won all of their group games in a World Cup in 1998 – when they lifted the trophy on home soil with current coach Didier Deschamps as captain.
- France could become the first team in World Cup history to score at least three goals in five games in a row.
- Mbappé and Dembélé have a combined five assists – the most by a duo at the World Cup since 1966, along with Poland’s Andrzej Szarmach/Grzegorz Lato and Germany’s Miroslav Klose/Michael Ballack.
- Since the 1998 World Cup, France have won 15 of their 18 World Cup knockout matches – only the final in 2006 (penalty shootout loss to Italy), the quarter-finals in 2014 (loss to Germany) and the final in 2022 (penalty shootout loss to Argentina) have been exceptions.
- Viktor Gyökeres had the most finishes (11) and created the most chances (8) of all Sweden players in the group stage.
- Ralf Edström in 1974 (18 shots, 15 chances) and Tomas Brolin in 1994 (20 shots, 17 chances) are the only Swedes with at least 10 shots and 10 created chances in a World Cup.
- Anthony Elanga could become the fifth Swedish player to score in three consecutive World Cup matches, after Arne Nyberg (1938), Kurt Hamrin (1958), Martin Dahlin (1994) and Kennet Andersson (1994).
- This is Sweden’s eighth World Cup knockout match – they have only been eliminated in the first hurdle twice: against Senegal in 2002 (2-1) and Germany in 2006 (2-0).
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