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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 7 - Group A

Stade de France - Saint-Denis - France

August 31, 2017

4 - 0

Netherlands

Assist by Olivier Giroud (left foot) Antoine Griezmann

14'

(left foot) Thomas Lemar

73'

Assist by Antoine Griezmann (left foot) Thomas Lemar

88'

Assist by Djibril Sidibé (right foot) Kylian Mbappé

90+1'

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14' - Goal Antoine Griezmann14

17' - Yellow card Antoine Griezmann17

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46' - Substitution Wesley Sneijderis substituted by Tonny Vilhena

56' - Yellow card Kevin Strootman

62' - Red card Kevin Strootman

64' - Substitution Vincent Janssenis substituted by Robin van Persie

73' - Goal Thomas Lemar73

76' - Substitution Olivier Giroudis substituted by Kylian Mbappé76

80' - Substitution Kingsley Comanis substituted by Alexandre Lacazette80

85' - Yellow card Layvin Kurzawa photo Alexandre Lacazette

85' - Yellow card Alexandre Lacazette85

88' - Goal Thomas Lemar88

89' - Substitution Antoine Griezmannis substituted by Nabil Fekir89

91' - Goal Kylian Mbappé91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

France

4 - 0

Netherlands

France Netherlands

Team line-ups

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Giroud76

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age30 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

8Lemar8873

Thomas Lemar

France

B.date12/11/1995

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7Griezmann148917

Antoine Griezmann

France

B.date21/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m76

positionSecond striker

11Coman80

Kingsley Coman

France

B.date13/06/1996

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Pogba

Paul Pogba

France

B.date15/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m88

positionBox-to-box midfielder

13Kanté

N'Golo Kanté

France

B.date29/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

3Kurzawa85

Layvin Kurzawa

France

B.date04/09/1992

Age24 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

5Umtiti

Samuel Umtiti

France

B.date14/11/1993

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

21Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

19Sidibé

Djibril Sidibé

France

B.date29/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

1Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hugo Lloris		30	91	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Samuel Umtiti		23	9	6.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Laurent Koscielny		31	48	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Djibril Sidibé		25	11	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Layvin Kurzawa	85	24	8	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	N'Golo Kanté		26	18	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Paul Pogba		24	48	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Kingsley Coman	80	21	12	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Thomas Lemar	8873	21	6	9.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Antoine Griezmann	148917	26	44	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Olivier Giroud	76	30	65	7.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Netherlands

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Janssen64

Vincent Janssen

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

7Promes

Quincy Promes

Netherlands

B.date04/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

10Sneijder46

Wesley Sneijder

Netherlands

B.date09/06/1984

Age33 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

11Robben

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1984

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

8Wijnaldum

Georginio Wijnaldum

Netherlands

B.date11/11/1990

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

6Strootman5662

Kevin Strootman

Netherlands

B.date13/02/1990

Age27 years

H1m86

positionLeft central midfielder

5Blind

Daley Blind

Netherlands

B.date09/03/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4Hoedt

Wesley Hoedt

Netherlands

B.date06/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3De Vrij

Stefan De Vrij

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1992

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

2Fosu-Mensah

Timothy Fosu-Mensah

Netherlands

B.date02/01/1998

Age19 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

1Cillessen

Jasper Cillessen

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1989

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jasper Cillessen		28	33	3.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Wesley Hoedt		23	5	2.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stefan De Vrij		25	32	2.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Timothy Fosu-Mensah		19	1	3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daley Blind		27	47	2.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Kevin Strootman	5662	27	37	1You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Georginio Wijnaldum		26	41	2.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Wesley Sneijder	46	33	132	2.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Vincent Janssen	64	23	14	2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Arjen Robben		33	92	3.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Quincy Promes		25	22	2.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Alphonse Areola		24
16	G	Steve Mandanda		32
4	D	Kurt Zouma		22
22	D	Presnel Kimpembe		22
2	D	Christophe Jallet		33
17	D	Lucas Digne		24
14	M	Blaise Matuidi		30
15	M	Adrien Rabiot		22
12	M	Florian Thauvin		24
20	F	Kylian Mbappé	9176	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Alexandre Lacazette	8085	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Nabil Fekir	89	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Jeroen Zoet		26
22	G	Maarten Stekelenburg		34
14	D	Karim Rekik		22
15	D	Bruno Martins Indi		25
13	D	Matthijs de Ligt		18
12	D	Joël Veltman		25
16	M	Tonny Vilhena	46	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Marco van Ginkel		24
18	M	Davy Pröpper		25
19	M	Robin van Persie	64	34	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Bas Dost		28
17	F	Memphis Depay		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Laurent Koscielny

Raphaël Varane

OUT

Layvin Kurzawa

Benjamin Mendy

OUT

Kingsley Coman

Ousmane Dembélé

OUT

Antoine Griezmann

Kylian Mbappé

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Quincy Promes

Memphis Depay

OUT

Timothy Fosu-Mensah

Joël Veltman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Didier Deschamps

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Deschamps vs Netherlands

4 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2017

Deschamps vs Advocaat

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Dick Advocaat

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Advocaat vs France

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2017

Advocaat vs Deschamps

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2017

Referee

Gianluca Rocchi

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	France2 matches	General total	Netherlands2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Netherlands1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 11, 2019					Latest figure on August 31, 2017

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Key figures

End of streak for France after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 11/11/2016). It was the best streak for the club since 11/09/2012-26/03/2013 (4 matches).

End of streak for Netherlands after 3 consecutive wins (since 31/05/2017). It was the best streak for the club since 31/05/2014-29/06/2014 (6 matches).

It's the first time Thomas Lemar scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with France

Read the next 27 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	France	16 pts	7 rd
-1	2	Sweden	13 pts	7 rd
+1	3	Bulgaria	12 pts	7 rd
-1	4	Netherlands	10 pts	7 rd
	5	Belarus	5 pts	7 rd

General ranking

-1	2	Sweden	13 pts	7 rd
+1	3	Bulgaria	12 pts	7 rd
-1	4	Netherlands	10 pts	7 rd
	5	Belarus	5 pts	7 rd
	6	Luxembourg	4 pts	7 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFrance 4-1 Bulgaria07/10/2016

VFrance 2-1 Sweden11/11/2016

DFrance 0-0 Ivory Coast15/11/2016

LFrance 0-2 Spain28/03/2017

VFrance 5-0 Paraguay02/06/2017

VFrance 3-2 England13/06/2017

Overall

DFrance 0-0 Ivory Coast15/11/2016

VLuxembourg 1-3 France25/03/2017

LFrance 0-2 Spain28/03/2017

VFrance 5-0 Paraguay02/06/2017

LSweden 2-1 France09/06/2017

VFrance 3-2 England13/06/2017

Current form

Away

VPoland 1-2 Netherlands01/06/2016

VAustria 0-2 Netherlands04/06/2016

DSweden 1-1 Netherlands06/09/2016

VLuxembourg 1-3 Netherlands13/11/2016

LBulgaria 2-0 Netherlands25/03/2017

VMorocco 1-2 Netherlands31/05/2017

Overall

VLuxembourg 1-3 Netherlands13/11/2016

LBulgaria 2-0 Netherlands25/03/2017

LNetherlands 1-2 Italy28/03/2017

VMorocco 1-2 Netherlands31/05/2017

VNetherlands 5-0 Ivory Coast04/06/2017

VNetherlands 5-0 Luxembourg09/06/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.17
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Olivier Giroud	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Quincy Promes
Kevin Gameiro	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Memphis Depay
Antoine Griezmann	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Vincent Janssen
Dimitri Payet	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Daley Blind
Antoine Griezmann	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Daley Blind
Olivier Giroud	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Memphis Depay

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

5 v

2 d

3 l

20 gf

19 ga

Away

13 matches

6 v

1 d

6 l

20 gf

30 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

25 matches

11 v

4 d

10 l

41 gf

53 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

1 d

6 l

30 gf

20 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

2 d

5 l

19 gf

20 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

25 matches

10 v

4 d

11 l

53 gf

41 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 26, 1947
Home	4 - 0	May 26, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	April 02, 1923
Away	6 - 1	January 12, 1936

Latest head to head

October 10, 2016 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

Netherlands

0 - 1

France

March 25, 2016 - Rencontres amicales 2016

Netherlands

2 - 3

France

March 05, 2014 - Rencontres amicales 2014

France

2 - 0

Netherlands logo Netherlands

June 13, 2008 - Euro 2008

Netherlands

4 - 1

France

March 31, 2004 - Rencontres amicales 2004

Netherlands

0 - 0

France

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

Jean Baratte	5 goals	1947 - 1950
Jean Nicolas	4 goals	1934 - 1937
Émile Veinante	2 goals	1931 - 1931
Roger Courtois	2 goals	1936 - 1937
Michel Platini	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Blaise Matuidi	2 goals	2014 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against France

Eberhard Bakhuys	5 goals	1934 - 1936
Willem Lagendaal	3 goals	1931 - 1931
Theo Timmermans	3 goals	1949 - 1949
Kieck Smit	3 goals	1934 - 1937
Jan van Gendt	3 goals	1921 - 1921
Wim Addicks	2 goals	1923 - 1923

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

Lilian Thuram	5 matches	1995 - 2008
Marcel Desailly	5 matches	1995 - 2004
Bernard Lama	4 matches	1995 - 2000
Étienne Mattler	4 matches	1931 - 1937
Christian Karembeu	4 matches	1995 - 2000
Maxime Bossis	4 matches	1980 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Wesley Sneijder	4 matches	2004 - 2016
Frank Wels	4 matches	1931 - 1937
Marc Overmars	4 matches	1995 - 2004
Edwin Van der Sar	4 matches	1996 - 2008
Dennis Bergkamp	4 matches	1992 - 2000
Mauk Weber	4 matches	1931 - 1937