FACTS & STATS: GIROUD EQUALS SCORING RECORD IN FRANCE’S WIN AGAINST AUSTRALIA

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Farouq Oduola A.

FIFA World Cup Group D Match Statistics

FARNCE VS AUSTRALIA

Venue: Al Janoub Stadium

France (A Rabiot 27′ O Giroud 32′, 71′ K Mbappe 68′) 4 – 1 Australia (C Goodwin 9’)

France XI (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Pavard, Konaté, Upamecano, Lucas Hernández; Tchouaméni, Rabiot; Dembélé, Griezmann, Mbappé; Giroud

Australia XI (4-3-3): Ryan; Atkinson, Souttar, Rowles, Behich; McGree, Mooy, Irvine; Leckie, Duke, Goodwin

MATCH FACTS

51 – Olivier Giroud has scored his 51st goal for France, joining Thierry Henry as France’s topscorer.

5 – Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to reach five World Cup goals for France (23y 337d), while he’s now netted 12 goals in his last 11 appearances for Les Bleus across all competitions.

1 – Adrien Rabiot is the first France player to both score and assist a goal on his World Cup debut since Christophe Dugarry against South Africa in June 1998.

36 – Olivier Giroud (36 years 53 days) became the second-oldest player to score a brace at the World Cup, after Roger Milla, who netted twice in 1990 for Cameroon while aged 38.

1- Olivier Giroud is the oldest player to play for the French national team in the World Cup (36 years 53 days), surpassing Fabien Barthez (35 years 11 days)

MATCH STATS

Possession: France 63%-37% Australia

Shots: France 14-4 Australia

Shots on target: France 6-1 Australia

Corners: France 8-1 Australia

Fouls: France 5-11 Australia

Yellow Card: France 0-3 Australia

Red Card: Mexico 0-0 Poland

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Victor Gomez

Assistants: Zakhele Siwela, Souru Phatsoane

Fourth Official: Salima Mukansanga