Completed 2026 World Cup · Group Stage

France 3–1 Senegal: match result

Match 17 · Group Stage · Group IJune 16, 2026

France3

Kylian Mbappé66'
Bradley Barcola82'
Kylian Mbappé90'+6'

3–1

France won in normal time

Senegal1

Ibrahim Mbaye90'+5'

53.4%Possession46.6%

11Shots6

8On target2

New York New Jersey StadiumNew York / New JerseyFT

Attendance80,545

RefereeAlireza Faghani

FRA4-2-3-1

SEN4-2-3-1

Result statusFull time

Match intelligence

What separated the teams

01 · Finishing

France had the scoring edge

27.3%Goal conversion16.7%

02 · Territory

France controlled more of the ball

53.4%Possession46.6%

03 · Defensive workload

Senegal made more recorded interventions

23Saves, interceptions, clearances30

Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.

Team comparison

Complete performance breakdown

FRASEN

Attacking output

Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.

11Attempts6

8On target2

2Blocked shots1

72.7%Shot accuracy33.3%

27.3%Goal conversion16.7%

Goals divided by attempts

Possession & passing

Control, circulation and progression of the ball.

53.4%Possession46.6%

505Passes completed430

90%Pass accuracy90%

0Crosses completed1

20Long balls completed25

Defensive work

Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.

2Saves5

14Tackles won10

70%Tackle success70%

7Interceptions8

14Clearances17

Discipline & pressure

Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.

5Fouls committed9

1Offsides3

0Yellow cards0

0Red cards0

6Corners4

Player leaders

Who led the recorded actions

Goals

Kylian Mbappé

Assists

Adrien Rabiot

Michael Olise

Iliman Ndiaye

Shots

Kylian Mbappé

On target

Kylian Mbappé

Fouls won

Sadio Mané

Saves

ÉM

Édouard Mendy

Minute by minute

Everything that happened, in order

Goals, cards, penalties and substitutions as recorded.

G Goal! CardP Penalty↕ Substitution

France3 goals·0 cards·2 changes

Senegal1 goals·0 cards·5 changes

Key events

Goals, cards and penalties

66'
Kylian MbappéGoal
Right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal
Assist Michael Olise · with a through ball
82'
Bradley BarcolaGoal
Right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner
Assist Adrien Rabiot · with a through ball following a fast break
90'+5'
Ibrahim MbayeGoal
Right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner
Assist Iliman Ndiaye · following a fast break
90'+6'
Kylian MbappéGoal
Right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner

Lineup & influence

France

4-2-3-1Didier Deschamps

Confirmed XI

LowerHigher↑ Attacking

Mike Maignan

FRA · #16 · Goalkeeper

Starter

Involvement72%

2Saves

1Conceded

0Shots faced

0Fouls

0Yellow

Influence model uses assigned role plus real ESPN involvement, not fabricated tracking coordinates.

Impact changes

2 used

Tournament path

How both teams reached this match

France

1W · 0D · 0L · 3–1

M17 · GroupSENW 3–1

Senegal

0W · 0D · 1L · 1–3

M17 · GroupFRAL 1–3

Group I impact

Table immediately after this result

1 of 6 group matches included.

PosTeamPGDPts

France11+23

Iraq2000

Norway3000

Senegal41-20

Snapshot ordering uses points, goal difference and goals scored. It is contextual, not a replacement for FIFA's complete tie-break procedure.

All-time World Cup meetings

France vs Senegal, across editions

1FRA wins

0Draws

1SEN wins

2meetings

3–2goal balance

0knockout meetings

2026France 3–1 SenegalGroup Stage

2002France 0–1 SenegalGroup stage

Source: ESPN completed match report, retrieved Aug 18, 2026. Derived percentages are calculated from the displayed source values; missing fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Adjacent archive results

Nearby matches

Match 16 · Group StageIran 2–2 N. Zealand Match 18 · Group StageIraq 1–4 Norway

Archived match data: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.