Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: France 1st with 13, Croatia 2nd with 8. The last five rounds placed Croatia no better than 19th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, France ran at 2 scored and 1 conceded, Croatia at 1.33 and 1.33.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — France 1, draws 2, Croatia 2, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host.
Stade de France in Paris, capacity 81,338, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
France: Michael Olise (52'), Ousmane Dembélé (80')