France vs Senegal: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup
Tuesday, 16 June 2026 at 19:00 UTC
🏟 MetLife Stadium · East Rutherford
🏁 Post-match review
France defeated Senegal 3-1 in a World Cup group-stage match, with the French comfortably securing the victory. The scoreline reflects France's dominance as the tournament favorites and defending champions.
Expectation：Without pre-match market data available, the result aligns with France's status as heavy favorites in the competition. A 3-1 win by the stronger side represents a straightforward outcome rather than an upset.
France made a strong statement with a convincing win, consolidating their position as title contenders. Senegal, despite the loss, showed enough in the consolation goal to suggest they remain competitive in their group.
Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).
📐 Statistical score reference
Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.
🎓 Coaches / Formations
🔬 Advanced data (averages)
Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football
📈 Recent form
- 2026-07-18 · (H) 4–6 vs England
- 2026-07-14 · (H) 0–2 vs Spain
- 2026-07-09 · (H) 2–0 vs Morocco
- 2026-07-04 · (A) 1–0 vs Paraguay
- 2026-06-30 · (H) 3–0 vs Sweden
- 2026-07-01 · (A) 2–3 vs Belgium
- 2026-06-26 · (H) 5–0 vs Iraq
- 2026-06-23 · (A) 2–3 vs Norway
- 2026-06-16 · (A) 1–3 vs France
🆚 Head-to-head
- 2026-06-16 · France 3–1 Senegal
🧑⚖️ Referee
Alireza Faghani, Australia
Referee averages in this competition · 3 games · PK Sport
✅ Confirmed lineups · France [4-2-3-1]
API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC
- 16Mike Maignan
- 5Jules Koundé
- 4Dayot Upamecano
- 17William Saliba
- 19Theo Hernández
- 8Aurélien Tchouaméni
- 14Adrien Rabiot
- 11Michael Olise
- 7Ousmane Dembélé
- 20Désiré Doué
- 10Kylian Mbappé
✅ Confirmed lineups · Senegal [4-2-3-1]
API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC
- 16Edouard Mendy
- 15Krépin Diatta
- 3Kalidou Koulibaly
- 19Moussa Niakhaté
- 25El Hadji Malick Diouf
- 5Idrissa Gana Gueye
- 26Pape Gueye
- 18Ismaïla Sarr
- 8Lamine Camara
- 10Sadio Mané
- 11Nicolas Jackson
Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.
Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net