France will hope to underline their World Cup credentials once again tonight when they take on Iraq in Philadelphia.
Captain Kylian Mbappe’s two goals helped Les Bleus to a 3-1 win over Senegal in their opener and they are heavy favourites to maintain their 100% record and secure a place in the round of 32.
Iraq showed moments of promise in their opening game but were eventually beaten 4-1 by Norway, for whom Erling Haaland scored twice.
Arsenal‘s France centre-half William Saliba is expecting a difficult game against a team that had to come through the Play-Off Tournament to qualify.
“We’ve watched some of the videos from their game against Norway and I think they have a good team,” he said. “It won’t be easy, even if people think that because we’re playing Iraq we’ll automatically get the three points.”
Where to watch France v Iraq: TV and online streams
France v Iraq kicks off tonight at 10pm UK time. You can watch it on BBC 1 and stream via the iPlayer.
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Stats for France v Iraq
- France have won 10 of their last 12 games
- France have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last six games
- Iraq have not won any of their last three games
- Aymen Hussein’s goal and own goal against Norway saw him become just the third man to score at both ends in a World Cup game
