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Match predictionOur tip: 2-1
France vs Senegal World Cup 2026 Prediction: Deschamps Eyes Strong Opener Against Thiaw's AFCON Winners
France and Senegal meet in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I opener at MetLife Stadium on 16 June, reviving memories of one of the competition's great upsets. France arrive as pre tournament favourites chasing a third star, while Senegal…
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- France vs. Senegal in week 1 of the 2026 World Cup kicks off at 20:00 GMT on 2026-06-16.
- Over the past 10 outings, Referee A. Faghani has shown 3-4 yellows and 0 reds, and 21 fouls each fixture.
- With the data available to us, D. Deschamps and P. Thiaw have not met as managers before.
- France and Senegal will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
- Our forecast has France in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Senegal set to counter in 4-3-3.
- Mixed fortunes: France prevailed 3-1 against Northern Ireland, whereas Senegal were held to a 0-0 draw vs. Saudi Arabia.
- France (4-0-1) and Senegal (3-1-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Senegal hold the upper hand H2H: of 1 meeting, they've triumphed 1 time, conceded 0 times and shared 0 draws.
- The two most popular scorelines among our users are 2-1 (picked by 15.5%) and 2-0 (picked by 14.4%).
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Events
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 60' | VAR- Kylian Mbappé | Penalty cancelled | |
| 60' | VAR- Kylian Mbappé | Penalty cancelled | |
| 66' | 1 - 0 | ||
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| 82' | 2 - 0 | ||
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| 90+5' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 90+6' | 3 - 1 | ||
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France is going head to head with Senegal on 16/6/2026 19:00 GMT for the WorldCup World Cup. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and France v Senegal H2H statistics!