Tunisia will play for their chance to qualify for the next round with a win against France, who have already qualified for the Round of 16. Although this is a do-or-die match for the Eagles of Carthage, France wants to go to the knockout stage as the first team to win all three matches in the group stage.
Overview
France manager Didier Deschamps could change his starting lineup now that qualifying has been confirmed to rest players in preparation for a potential heavyweight Round of 16 matchup with Argentina. Meanwhile, there is a lot of pressure on Deschamps’ Tunisian counterpart, Jalel Kadri, who caused a major upset in this game as the latter announced that he will resign if his team does not advance to the knockout round.
Teams
Tunisia
The biggest problem for the north African team, no. 26 in the FIFA ranking, they failed to score in this tournament. While they held Denmark, no. 10 in the FIFA rankings, came back and settled for a goalless draw, they lost to Australia in the last match. A win in this match will take Tunisia to the next round even though they sit at the bottom of the group at the moment. A lot depends on the Australia vs Denmark match as it will be Tunisia’s advantage if Australia fails to win.
France
The defending champions will be desperate for his team to make it three wins from three to keep the momentum flowing for another world cup challenge. Top spot is theoretically still up for grabs as Australia could take first place in Group D depending on the results although France enjoy a healthy goal difference (+4). France will enter the match so that they do not stop the practice of winning.
Head to head
Tunisia and France have not played against each other in the last 12 years. The last match between these two was an international friendly in May 2010 which resulted in a score of 1-1. Other than that, Tunisia and France have played three times, with Tunisia winning one and France winning twice.
Key Players
With nothing left in Tunisia, attacking midfielder Wahbi Khazri will start the attack alongside Youssef Msakni and Naïm Sliti. For France, Kylian Mbappe will impress as usual but it will be captain Hugo Lloris, who will be busy in this match.
Date, Time and Place
Tunisia vs France match will be played on November 30 at 08:30 PM (India time) at Education City Stadium, Ar Rayyan.
Live-streaming Details
The Tunisia vs France match will be telecast live on Sports18 and Sports18 HD TV channels in India and both the Jio Cinema app and website offer free live streaming of the event.
Prediction
Expect an upset in this match. Tunisia would have enough penetration to score at least twice and win it 2-1.
