France v Denmark, 26 November 2022

Kick-off: 7.00pm local (4.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: France 4, Denmark 10 . This was the third time Denmark had faced the reigning champions at the World Cup finals; lost 3-2 to Brazil in a Quarter-final 1998 in Nantes before a 2-0 win against France in the 2002 group stage in Incheon with goals from Dennis Rommedahl and Jon Dahl Tomasson. . 11 of the 23 games so far at this World Cup tournament had now been goalless at half-time. . In winning their first two group games, France became the first team to qualify for the Round of 16 in this World Cup tournament. . France became the first nation to win six consecutive games at the World Cup finals since Spain 2010. . France failed in their attempt to become the first nation to score four or more goals in three consecutive games at World Cup finals since Hungary in 1954. . With his 31st goal for France, 23 year-old Kylian Mbappé became Les Bleus’ joint-seventh highest all-time goalscorer along with Zinédine Zidane. . Aged 36 years and 57 days, Olivier Giroud failed in his attempt to become the second player aged 36 or older to score in consecutive appearances at World Cup finals after Tom Finney for England in 1958 (36 years and 64 days). . Denmark's preceding four games at World Cup finals had been drawn. Belgium remained as the only nation that had been involved in five consecutive draws at the tournaments (between 1998 and 2002). . Denmark had now kept a clean sheet in three of their last six games at World Cup finals. . Denmark would now at least need to beat Australia in their final group game to stand a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of this World Cup tournament. . Denmark won the two most recent meetings with France in all competitions; both in the 2022 UEFA Nations League. .