France took a while to get going in their first game of the World Cup, but once they did they showed the class of why many believe them to be one of the favourites to win the whole tournament. This France vs Iraq clash may seem lopsided on paper, and perhaps the French will use this to get a bit of squad rotation ahead of a final match against Norway which could decide top spot. Iraq aren’t totally hopeless though, and they will battle hard with an Australian manager, but their squad is budget against the might of the French team.
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STATS SUMMARY
RATINGS
The Gurgler’s in-house Ratings system chooses the winner. Using H2H history, World Cup performance history, World Cup qualifying, the last four years of international games, performance against the confederation, and current effort at this World Cup.
| France | 75.0% | Iraq | 25.0% |
France to win by our Ratings widest margin so far.
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
France are unbeaten in five World Cup games v Asian nations with a record of W4 D1.
France have won their last five games v Asian nations in all competitions. Overall their record is an impressive W17 D3 L3.
France have lost only one of their last 15 World Cup games going back to the 2018 tournament with a record of W12 D2 L1.
Iraq are yet to avoid defeat at the World Cup in four games.
France had the highest Shots on Target % of all teams in the first round of games with 73% from 11 shots. Iraq had the third lowest at 9% from their 11 shots.
MATCH PREDICTION
France 5 Iraq 0
