- Venue
- Al Janoub Stadium ↗
- Kick-off
- 22:00 Qatar time (UTC+3)
- FIFA match number
- 5
France recover from an early setback
Australia scored first, but France turned the opener into a four-goal statement. Olivier Giroud scored twice, with Adrien Rabiot and Kylian Mbappé also on the scoresheet. The defending champions finished with three points; Australia had to recover from a heavy defeat to keep their knockout ambitions alive.
Match statistics
FIFA post-match summary figures. Shoot-out kicks are excluded.
| Statistic | France | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1 |
| Attempts at goal | 22 | 4 |
| Attempts on target | 7 | 1 |
| Total passes | 734 | 466 |
| Completed passes | 672 | 399 |
| Crosses | 34 | 9 |
| Completed line breaks | 110 | 71 |
Completed line breaks count successful actions that move the ball beyond an opposition unit, using FIFA’s reporting definitions. Passing and attempts are match totals, not possession percentages.
The group picture
France took three points from this fixture. Follow each team’s campaign for the final Group D table and the results that determined qualification.
Follow the campaigns
🇫🇷 France ↗
Next: France v Denmark · Group D
🇦🇺 Australia ↗
Next: Tunisia v Australia · Group D
Verify the record
FIFA post-match summary: France v Australia (PDF) ↗
The figures above are transcribed from this match’s report. The match context is an editorial retrospective by Qatar22 Editorial.