France and Peru head into an encounter that is set to be a decisive one, not just for their own fortunes, but for the overall outcome of Group C. France can potentially book passage to the knockout stage with a win, while Peru likely need at least a point to avoid suffering an painful early exit on their FIFA World Cup ™ return.

France opened with a 2-1 win over Australia, though it was an indifferent performance from Les Bleus who needed an unlikely own goal to edge past the Socceroos. But France have a galaxy of high-level attacking stars in their arsenal, so the odds are against a second successive flat performance in the attacking third.

Peru, for their part, will feel they deserve a slice of luck after their unfortunate 1-0 loss to Denmark on Saturday in their first World Cup match for 36 years. Opening nerves may have now settled, but the pressure remains on the South Americans who have little margin for error against a high-profile opponent.

Did you know?
These two teams are certainly unfamiliar with each other. Their only meeting was way back in April 1982, just prior to Peru’s previous World Cup appearance. The balance is currently in favour of Peru, who won on that occasion by a single goal in Paris.

Possible line-ups
France: Hugo Lloris; Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Paul Pogba, Ngolo Kante, Blaise Matuidi; Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe.

Peru: Pedro Gallese, Luis Advincula, Christian Ramos, Alberto Rodriguez, Miguel Trauco, Pedro Aquino, Yoshimar Yotun, Andre Carrillo, Edison Flores, Jefferson Farfan, Paolo Guerrero.

luvguy:
france 1 0 peru



france must win with 2 goals margin so France 2 0 Peru



Lala, wetin ur snake predict?

luvguy:
france 1 0 peru



france must win with 2 goals margin so France 2 0 Peru



Lala, wetin ur snake predict?

EZENDIZUOGU:
MY PREDICTION 1X/12

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skarlett:


Make sense but the odds small die

Phythondancer:
i see france wininng

EZENDIZUOGU:
remember Colombia vs Japan, no small team

McCobble:
Le Blue should win this comfortably, oh Peru is South America

Heartmender1:
Denmark to beat Australia 1 - 1t

Argentina Vs Croatia 1 - 1 ft

France Vs Peru 2 - 1ft

My gf prediction

Heartmender1:
Denmark to beat Australia 1 - 1t

Argentina Vs Croatia 1 - 1 ft

France Vs Peru 2 - 1ft

My gf prediction