STAR WORLD CUP PREVIEW Tues: France v Sweden

France take on Sweden in the World Cup round-of-32 on Tuesday in New Jersey, writes JOE CITRONE.

France strolled through Group I with a perfect nine points. Sweden scrapped through as one of the best third-placed sides. Looks a mismatch on paper, but knockout football loves making fools of us, as we’ve seen already this tournament with Germany being eliminated by Paraguay in the first knockout round.

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France v Sweden
FIFA World Cup Round of 32
22:00 ITV/BBC

HEAD-TO-HEAD
NOV 2020 NATIONS LEAGUE France 4-2 Sweden
SEP 2020 NATIONS LEAGUE Sweden 0-1 France
JUN 2017 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING Sweden 2-1 France
NOV 2016 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING France 2-1 Sweden
NOV 2014 FRIENDLY France 1-0 Sweden

FRANCE
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP France 4-1 Norway
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP France 3-0 Iraq
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP France 3-1 Senegal
JUN 2026 FRIENDLY France 3-1 Northern Ireland
MAR 2026 FRIENDLY France 1-2 Côte d’Ivoire

SWEDEN
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Sweden 1-1 Japan
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Sweden 1-5 Netherlands
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Sweden 5-1 Tunisia
JUN 2026 FRIENDLY Sweden 2-2 Greece
JUN 2026 FRIENDLY Sweden 1-3 Norway

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France lead the head-to-head 12 wins to 6 from 23 meetings, winning four of the last five. The last clash, back in 2020, finished 4-2 to Les Bleus.

France go in red-hot, top scorers in the group stage with Mbappe and Dembele firing. Sweden have goals in Isak and Gyokeres but haven’t kept a clean sheet in six games.

That’s why I like the look of France to win in 90 minutes and both teams to score at 13/8 with starsports.bet.

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