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Didier Deschamps’ France side have been the most impressive team of this World Cup so far. With a ridiculous depth of attacking talent, backed up by a robust defence, the French are big favourites to win this tie and the whole competition.
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Yet, now they face Paraguay, who pulled off the shock of the tournament when they beat Germany on penalties in the last 32. Having shocked one of the big nations of the tournament, the Paraguayans will believe that they can do it again against Kylian Mbappe and co.
Paraguay v France key information
• Date: Friday, July 4th
• Kick-off time: 22:00 BST
• Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
• Referee: TBC
• VAR: TBC
• TV channels: BBC (UK) or ITV (UK) (TBC)
• Odds: PAR (14/1) - DRAW (6/1) - FRA (2/11)
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Paraguay team news
Goal scorer against Germany, Julio Enciso, will be assessed before the France game, after he came off early in the second half against Germany with an injury.
Paraguay will definitely have Brighton midfielder Diego Gomez back for this tie, after he sat out the last match because of a suspension.
Omar Alderete did not feature against Germany after suffering a knee injury in the 0-0 draw with Australia. He was on the bench, though, so it is to be seen if he will return to the starting lineup against France.
Paraguay predicted lineup v France (4-4-2)
Coach: Gustavo Alfaro
Gill; Caceres, G.Gomez, Canale, Alonso; Almiron, D.Gomez, Cubas, Galarza; Avalos, Enciso
France team news
Les Bleus have no new injury worries, but will see how Marcus Thuram has recovered from the calf pain he was experiencing before the Sweden game. He made it to the bench for that game, so will likely be on the bench again here.
William Saliba returned for the Sweden game and is managing an ongoing back injury, but should be fit to play here.
France predicted lineup v Paraguay (4-2-3-1)
Coach: Didier Deschamps
Maignan; Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Olise, Barcola; Mbappe
Where to watch?
In the UK, this match between Paraguay and France will be shown either on ITV or the BBC. It has not been confirmed at the time of writing which broadcaster has the rights.
Head-to-head record
France and Paraguay have met twice in World Cup competition before, firstly back in 1958, where France won 7-3.
The most recent World Cup meeting came in 1998, where France also won, but only 1-0 and this was after extra time.
The most recent match between the two was a friendly in 2017, which France won 5-0.
Odds for Paraguay v France
The French are the big favourites to win at bet365, coming in at 2/11. A win for Paraguay is at 14/1, with a draw in 90 minutes at 6/1.
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