The selection of Didier Deschamps will try to confirm his status as the last champion in his goal to settle in the quarter-finals.
As leader of Group D, France faces in the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup to Poland looking to establish his status as the last champion to settle in the quarter-finals.
The team led by Didier Deschamps qualified for this instance by 6 points after beating Australia (4-1) and Denmark (2-1) and defeating Tunisia 1-0 on the final day of the group stage. The White Eagles, meanwhile, finished second in Group C with 4 points after drawing Mexico (0-0), beating Saudi Arabia (2-0) and succumbing to Argentina 0-2. The winning team will competein the next round against the winner of the game between England and Senegal.
Previous background:
- This will be the second meeting between France and Poland at the World Cup; the previous one was in the game for third place in 1982: a 3-2 victory for Poland.
- France are unbeaten in their last seven encounters against Poland in all competitions (W3 D4), with their last defeat against them in a friendly in August 1982 (0-4). Les Blues have kept zero in each of the last three of this run, all in the new millennium.
- France is the first reigning world champion since Brazil in 2006 to progress past the group stage. The last reigning champion to be eliminated in the round of 16 was Italy in 1986, which lost 2-0 to France.
- This will be Poland’s first World Cup knockout stage match since 1986, when they lost 4-0 to Brazil in the round of 16. Their last World Cup win after the group stage was against France (3-2 in the game for third place in 1982).
- Since the introduction of the round of 16 at the World Cup in 1986, France has appeared on this podium five times, surpassing all five (1986, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018). The only other countries to appear more than once at this stage and always make progress are Germany (8/8) and Croatia (2/2).
- This will be Poland’s third time facing the defending champions in a World Cup, avoiding defeat in the previous two games: 1-0 to Brazil in 1974 and 0-0 to Germany in 1978. For France, this will be their first knockout stage match in the World Cup as the current champion.
- Poland have registered just five shots on target in their three games at the 2022 World Cup, 60% of them coming against Saudi Arabia on matchday 2 (3/5). Striker Robert Lewandowski has registered more of these shots on target (3) than the rest of the Polish team (2).
- Antoine Griezmann has created more chances than any other player for France at the 2022 World Cup (11). In fact, Griezmann is the only player to make 10+ in either of France’s last two World Cup tournaments, having already surpassed their 2018 tally when they lifted the trophy (10).
- Kylian Mbappé has scored nine more shots (16) and five more shots on target (7) than any player from France at the 2022 World Cup. Only Fontaine (13) has more World Cup goals for France than Mbappé (7), who scored two goals in the 2018 round of 16 against Argentina.
- Wojciech Szczesny has a 90% save rate at the 2022 World Cup. He had saved the first 16 shots on goal in the tournament before Alexis Mac Allister’s goal for Argentina. Szczesny has saved a penalty in each of his last two World Cup matches, no goalkeeper has ever saved three penalties in a single edition of the tournament (data since 1966, excluding shoot-outs).
The game can be seen live on Chilevision and Channel 13 on open television and on their digital signals. You can also follow DirectTVwhich will also have its DirecTV GO streaming signal available to broadcast all matches.
CHV signals by cable operator (11 by open TV):
- VTR: 21 (SD in Santiago) – 711 (HD)
- DIRECTV: 151 (SD) – 1151 (HD)
- ENTEL: 66 (HD)
- DELETE: 55 (SD)
- GTD/TELSUR: 27 (SD)
- MOVISTAR: 121 (SD) – 811 (HD)
- YOU SEE: 57 (SD)
- ZAPPING: 21 (HD)
Channel 13 signals (13 on open TV):
- VTR 22 (SD) – 713 (HD)
- DIRECTV: 152 (SD) – 1152 (HD)
- ENTEL: 67 (HD)
- BRIGHT: 56 (SD) – 556 (HD)
- MOVISTAR: 122 (SD) – 813 (HD)
- YOU SEE: 58 (HD)
- ZAPPING: 22 (HD)
DTV signals:
- DirecTV Sports: 610 (SD) – 1610 (HD)
DirecTV Sports: 611 (SD)
DirecTV Sports 2: 612 (SD) – 1612 (HD)
DirecTV Sports+: 613 (SD) – 1613 (HD)
Source: Goal