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Preview France vs England July 18, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

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France
France
Home · last 5 W W W W L
Kick-off
Sat 18 Jul · 21:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
England
England
W W W W L Away · last 5
Home Win · FRA
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Draw
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Away Win · ENG
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Last 5 matches · all competitions
France
W/D/L 4-0-1
Goals (for / against) 10 / 3
Avg goals / match 2.6
Scored in 4/5
Clean sheets 3/5
Both teams scored 1/5
Over 2.5 2/5
Home (W-D-L) 2-0-1
Away (W-D-L) 2-0-0
xG (for / against) 1.81 / 0.85
England
W/D/L 4-0-1
Goals (for / against) 10 / 6
Avg goals / match 3.2
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 4/5
Home (W-D-L) 1-0-1
Away (W-D-L) 3-0-0
xG (for / against) 1.34 / 1.17

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
2.29
Goals Scored
2
0.57
Goals Conceded
1.14
1.56
Expected Goals (xG)
1.36
7
Shots on Target
6
6.86
Corners
5.14
57.14
Possession (%)
54.14
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

🌍 Qualification form

Statistics based on recent World Cup qualification matches.
France Medium data confidence
W W D W W
Matches6
Goals for / against16 / 4
Goals for / match2.67
Goals against / match0.67
Clean sheets50.0%
Both teams to score50.0%
Over 1.5 goals100.0%
Over 2.5 goals83.3%
xG for / match2.71
xG against / match1.01
Avg corners6.8
Avg shots21.7
Avg shots on target7.7
Sources: UEFA World Cup Qualification
England High data confidence
W W W W W
Matches8
Goals for / against22 / 0
Goals for / match2.75
Goals against / match0.00
Clean sheets100.0%
Both teams to score0.0%
Over 1.5 goals87.5%
Over 2.5 goals37.5%
xG for / match2.93
xG against / match0.17
Avg corners7.5
Avg shots18.8
Avg shots on target7.9
Sources: UEFA World Cup Qualification

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
83
OFF · home
54
77
DEF · home
52
65
OFF · away
73
71
DEF · away
62
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

France wins when scoring first
100%
England wins when scoring first
75%
France BTTS rate · last 10
40%
England BTTS rate · last 10
50%
France Over 2.5 · last 10
70%
England Over 2.5 · last 10
60%
France comeback rate · last 10
0%
England comeback rate · last 10
100%

🔥 Goal timing

France · last 5 at home

0–15 8%
16–30 8%
31–45 8%
46–60 25%
61–75 33%
76–90 17%

England · last 3 away

0–15 0%
16–30 0%
31–45 43%
46–60 14%
61–75 29%
76–90 14%
Late-game scoring — most goals come after the 60th.

Top scorers

Kylian Mbappé
FRA · Attacker
8 G · 1.18 g/90
O. Dembélé
FRA · Attacker
5 G · 0.82 g/90
H. Kane
ENG · Attacker
6 G · 0.83 g/90
J. Bellingham
ENG · Midfielder
6 G · 0.87 g/90