France vs Ukraine match review, 2:45 a.m. November 14: Winning tickets to Paris

VHO - Commentary on the match between France and Ukraine, 2026 World Cup qualifiers, victory will help coach Didier Deschamps and his team officially win tickets to the biggest football festival on the planet.

France vs Ukraine form

The French team could have secured an early ticket to the 2026 World Cup from the previous match. Visiting the island country, coach Didier Deschamps and his team need a victory to officially complete their mission in the qualifying round.

However, two goals from Christopher Nkunku and Mateta were not enough for Les Bleus to collect all 3 points. Iceland held them to a 2-2 draw, forcing the team from the hexagonal country to enter a "life and death" battle with Ukraine.

Before the penultimate match, France leads Group D with 10 points, while Ukraine is right behind with 3 points less. In theory, the chance to usurp the title for the Eastern European representative is still there. But in reality, the scenario of France being overtaken by its opponent is very low.

Even if they lose at the Parc des Princes in the middle of this week, the Gallic Roosters will likely still maintain their top spot thanks to their superior goal difference compared to Ukraine (+6 to +1). In that case, the result of the final match will be decisive.

However, since France only has to play away at the bottom team Azerbaijan (who have only won 1 point and have been eliminated in terms of group stage rankings), it is likely that Kylian Mbappe and his teammates will create a big win.

In the opposite direction, Ukraine will have to welcome a tough opponent, Iceland, a team that made them sweat to win 5-3 after a dramatic chase in Reykjavik more than a month ago.

Looking at the current situation in Group D, France probably has a 99% chance of winning the top spot and a ticket to the biggest football festival on the planet. Ukraine will have to settle for second place and accept participating in the play-off series.

But to avoid a long night of dreams, Deschamps and his team will probably try to resolve their tasks in Paris properly. All the advantages are now on their side, from the difference in class, home field advantage, spirit and the call of history.

France is likely to officially have a ticket to the 2026 World Cup

In the last 10 matches against Ukraine, France won 6, drew 3 and lost only 1, including a 2-0 victory on neutral ground in the first leg. In the last 5 times hosting the Eastern European representative, the army in blue also won 4 and drew 1.

Although it is difficult to take the top spot from France, Ukraine still has the goal of maintaining the second position in the table. Currently, the team under coach Serhiy Rebrov is only 3 points ahead of Iceland. In case they leave the city of light empty-handed, Mykolenko and his teammates can completely lose the second place to their opponents from the island due to the inferior goal difference.

Therefore, the effort to earn at least 1 point to maintain the current ranking, before entering the "final" match in the last round with Iceland, will need to be carefully calculated by coach Rebrov and his colleagues.

France vs Ukraine team information

France: Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Randal Kolo Muani, Adrien Rabiot are notable absences.

Ukraine: Artem Dovbyk and Volodymyr Brazhko are absent due to injury.

Expected lineup France vs Ukraine

France: Maignan; Kounde, Saliba, Upamecano, Digne; Kone, Kante; Barcola, Olise, Mbappe; Mateta

Ukraine: Trubin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Shaparenko, Malinovskyi; Yaremchuk, Ocheretko, Voloshyn; Vanat

Prediction: 2-1

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