How to watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup in 4K Ultra HD<\/a><\/p>\nLikely France XI vs Sweden<\/p>\n
Maignan; Kound\u00e9, Upamecano, Saliba, Hern\u00e1ndez; Tchouam\u00e9ni, Rabiot, Olise, Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Dou\u00e9; Mbapp\u00e9<\/p>\n
Likely Sweden XI vs France<\/p>\n
Zetterstr\u00f6m; Lagerbielke, Lindel\u00f6f, Gudmundsson; Bernhardsson, Bergvall, Ayari, Stroud; Elanga, Gy\u00f6keres, Isak<\/p>\n
France’s 26-man squad<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Mike Maignan, Robin Risser, Brice Samba<\/p>\nDefenders:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Lucas Digne, Malo Gusto, Lucas Hernandez, Theo Hernandez, Ibrahima Konate, Jules Kounde, Maxence Lacroix, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano<\/p>\nMidfielders:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>N’Golo Kante, Manu Kone, Adrien Rabiot, Aurelien Tchouameni, Warren Zaire-Emery\u00a0<\/p>\nForwards:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Maghnes Akliouche, Bradley Barcola, Rayan Cherki, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise, Marcus Thuram<\/p>\nSweden’s 26-man squad<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Viktor Johansson, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Jacob Zetterstrom<\/p>\nDefenders:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Hjalmar Ekdal, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Isak Hien, Victor Lindelof, Eric Smith, Carl Starfelt, Daniel Svensson<\/p>\nMidfielders:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Yasin Ayari, Lucas Bergvall, Jesper Karlstrom, Benjamin Nygren, Ken Sema, Elliot Stroud, Mattias Svanberg, Besfort Zeneli<\/p>\nForwards:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Taha Ali, Alexander Bernhardsson, Anthony Elanga, Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak, Gustaf Nilsson<\/p>\nTeam news & squads<\/p>\n
Didier Deschamps has no reported injuries or suspensions heading into the match, and no confirmed probable lineup has been released. Updates will be added closer to kick-off as the squad picture becomes clearer.<\/p>\n
For Sweden, Graham Potter is without defender Isak Hien, who is listed as injured. No suspensions have been reported, and no probable lineup has been confirmed at this stage. Further team news will be added as it becomes available.<\/p>\n
Injuries and Suspended playersForm<\/p>\n
\n- Goal Scored (Conceded)<\/dt>\n
- 14\/5<\/dd>\n
- Games over 2.5 goals<\/dt>\n
- 5\/5<\/dd>\n
- Both teams scored<\/dt>\n
- 4\/5<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\n- Goal Scored (Conceded)<\/dt>\n
- 10\/12<\/dd>\n
- Games over 2.5 goals<\/dt>\n
- 4\/5<\/dd>\n
- Both teams scored<\/dt>\n
- 5\/5<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
France arrive in outstanding form, winning four of their last five matches and losing only one. That defeat came in a pre-tournament friendly against Ivory Coast, and Deschamps’ side have not lost since. In World Cup group play, they beat Senegal 3-1, Iraq 3-0, and Norway 4-1, scoring ten goals across those three games and conceding just two. The Norway win, secured with a Dembele hat-trick, was the most emphatic of the three.<\/p>\n
Sweden’s recent record is more mixed across their last five games. They claimed one win, drew twice, and lost twice, with their results showing a wide range of performances. Their 5-1 win over Tunisia was convincing, but a 5-1 loss to the Netherlands in the same group stage highlighted the gap between Sweden and the tournament’s elite. A 1-1 draw with Japan in their final group game was enough to see them through as one of the best third-placed sides. Across their last five matches, Sweden have scored ten goals and conceded ten.<\/p>\n
Head-to-Head Record<\/p>\n
\n- Games over 2.5 goals<\/dt>\n
- 3\/5<\/dd>\n
- Both teams scored<\/dt>\n
- 3\/5<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
The most recent meeting between these two sides came in November 2020, when France won 4-2 at home in the UEFA Nations League A. Sweden won the reverse fixture earlier that same year, beating France 1-0 in Stockholm. Across the last five meetings, France hold the stronger record, winning three times to Sweden’s one, with one further French victory in a 2014 friendly. The sides also met twice in World Cup qualification in 2016 and 2017, with each team winning on home soil.<\/p>\n
Standings<\/p>\n
France finished top of Group I, while Sweden advanced from Group F in third place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France vs Sweden: Match details France vs Sweden will kick-off on 30 June 2026 at\u00a021:00 GMT\u00a0and\u00a017:00 EST. Getty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1054504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,290261,812,9044,1514],"class_list":["post-1056895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-france-vs-sweden","tag-sweden","tag-tv-guide-streaming","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1056895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1056895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1056895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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