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Paraguay v France : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Jul, 22:00 BST, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

France are on the road on Saturday night, as manager Didier Deschamps takes his team to visit Paraguay and Gustavo Julio Alfaro at the Lincoln Financial Field in the World Cup. All statistics, including each side's 20 game form and head to head (H2H) history, will update as you click through each of the 17 major markets using the tabs below. Odds and, of course, our predictions will too.

Best Tip: France to win

Playing as the away side at Lincoln Financial Field and coming away with a win is incredibly difficult, especially in the World Cup, but we're predicting France boss Didier Deschamps has the skill and the know-how to deliver just that. Stats, head-to-head (H2H) records and odds from the bookies all add credence to the away win, and we're making it the best bet on this fixture.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 78% chance of France coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Paraguay 7%	14/1 12%	-
Draw 15%	6/1	-
France 78%	2/11	-
France 2-0 15%	5/1	-
France 1-0 13%	13/2	-
France 3-0 12%	6/1	-
France 2-1 8%	10/1	-
Draw 1-1 7%	12/1	-
France 4-0 7%	-	-
France 3-1 7%	12/1 8%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	14/1	-
France 4-1 4%	-	-
France 5-0 3%	18/1	-
Paraguay 1-0 3%	28/1	-
Draw 2-2 2%	33/1	-
Paraguay 2-1 2%	40/1	-
France 3-2 2%	40/1	-
France 5-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	8/13 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	13/10 3%	-
Home 1st Goal 31%	10/3	-
Away 1st Goal 66%	2/9	-
No 1st Goal 4%	14/1	-
BTTS - Yes 38%	11/8	-
BTTS - No 62%	8/15	-
BTTS - Home Win 3%	25/1	-
BTTS - Draw 10%	8/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 26%	9/4	-
Home/draw 22%	7/2	-
Away/draw 93%	1/40	-
Home/away 85%	1/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	1/5	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	7/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	6/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	8/15	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	7/2 4%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/5 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	7/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/12	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/33	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	14/1	-
Home DNB 18%	12/1 18%	-
Away DNB 88%	1/25 1%	-
Paraguay win to nil 4%	20/1	-
France win to nil 52%	8/11	-
Paraguay / Paraguay 3%	28/1	-
Paraguay / France 4%	20/1	-
Paraguay / Draw 3%	28/1	-
Draw / Paraguay 3%	25/1 10%	-
Draw / France 22%	11/4	-
Draw / Draw 9%	8/1	-
France / Paraguay 2%	50/1 24%	-
France / France 51%	8/13	-
France / Draw 4%	20/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Paraguay	1 - 1	Germany
H	Paraguay	0 - 0	Australia
A	Paraguay	1 - 0	Turkey
A	Paraguay	1 - 4	USA
H	Paraguay	4 - 0	Nicaragua
A	Paraguay	1 - 2	Morocco
A	Paraguay	1 - 0	Greece
A	Paraguay	0 - 2	South Korea
A	Paraguay	2 - 2	Japan
A	Paraguay	1 - 0	Peru
H	Paraguay	0 - 0	Ecuador
A	Paraguay	0 - 1	Brazil
H	Paraguay	2 - 0	Uruguay
A	Paraguay	2 - 2	Colombia
H	Paraguay	1 - 0	Chile
A	Paraguay	2 - 2	Bolivia
H	Paraguay	2 - 1	Argentina
H	Paraguay	2 - 1	Venezuela
A	Paraguay	0 - 0	Ecuador
H	Paraguay	1 - 0	Brazil

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	France	3 - 0	Sweden
A	France	4 - 1	Norway
H	France	3 - 0	Iraq
H	France	3 - 1	Senegal
H	France	3 - 1	N Ireland
H	France	1 - 2	Cote d'Ivoire
A	France	3 - 1	Colombia
A	France	2 - 1	Brazil
A	France	3 - 1	Azerbaijan
H	France	4 - 0	Ukraine
A	France	2 - 2	Iceland
H	France	3 - 0	Azerbaijan
H	France	2 - 1	Iceland
A	France	2 - 0	Ukraine
A	France	2 - 0	Germany
A	France	4 - 5	Spain
H	France	2 - 0	Croatia
A	France	0 - 2	Croatia
A	France	3 - 1	Italy
H	France	0 - 0	Israel

Goal Statistics

France's forwards have been superb of late, finding the net twice or more in 9 consecutive World Cup matches. A PG of 2.3 suggests that run should continue on Saturday night.

	Paraguay	France
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.6 goals	2.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 58% 1 32% 2 3 4+ There is a 58% probability that Paraguay will fail to score	0 1 23% 2 26% 3 21% 4+ 21% There is a 67% probability that France will score 2 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away games

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

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PAR

FRA

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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PAR

FRA

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between Paraguay v France will show here when available.

Paraguay World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	1	2	2
O Gill	J Enciso	J Enciso	M Fonda

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
O Gill GLK	4			-
G Velázquez DEF	4			-
G Portillo DEF	4			-
J Alonso DEF	4			1 -
J Cáceres DEF	4			1 -
A Cubas MID	4			1 -
D Bobadilla MID	4			-
J Enciso MID	4	1	2	-
J Canale DEF	3			-
O Alderete DEF	3			-
M Maurício MID	3	1		-
M Fonda MID	3	1	1	2 -
D Amarilla MID	3			2 -
G Ávalos FWD	3			-
M Almirón FWD	3			1 1
A. Maidana Mendieta DEF	2			-
A Arce FWD	2			1 -
A Sanabria FWD	2			-
F Balbuena DEF	1			-
Kaku MID	1			-
B Rodríguez MID	1			-
I Pitta FWD	1			-
G Caballero FWD	1			-
R Sosa FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	3	2	2
J Enciso	M Maurício	J Enciso	J Enciso

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Enciso MID	1	1	2	2
M Maurício MID	1	3
M Fonda MID	1	1	1	1
J Alonso DEF		1
J Cáceres DEF		1
D Amarilla MID		1
G Caballero FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
122	18	37
O Gill	J Cáceres	J Cáceres

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Gill GLK	122		3
A Cubas MID	111	15	20
G Portillo DEF	100	4	15
O Alderete DEF	100		10
J Cáceres DEF	94	18	37
D Amarilla MID	93	8	18
M Fonda MID	82	15	30
J Alonso DEF	76	8	14
J Enciso MID	68	4	24
G Velázquez DEF	64		6
M Maurício MID	63	6	11
M Almirón FWD	55	6	19
D Bobadilla MID	31	7	8
G Ávalos FWD	26	2	13
J Canale DEF	18	6	9
A. Maidana Mendieta DEF	16	2	2
A Arce FWD	12	1	3
A Sanabria FWD	12	2	8
Kaku MID	9		1
G Caballero FWD	9	1	7
B Rodríguez MID	8
I Pitta FWD	8
R Sosa FWD	3		1

France World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	6	6	1
M Maignan	K Mbappé	M Olise	A Tchouameni

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Maignan GLK	4			-
J Koundé DEF	4			-
D Upamecano DEF	4			-
R Cherki MID	4			-
M Olise FWD	4		6	-
K Mbappé FWD	4	6	2	-
B Barcola FWD	4	2	1	-
O Dembélé FWD	4	4	2	-
D Doué FWD	4	1		-
T Hernández DEF	3			-
M Gusto DEF	3			-
W Saliba DEF	3			-
A Rabiot MID	3		1	-
A Tchouameni MID	3		1	1 -
L Digne DEF	2			-
M Koné MID	2			-
J Mateta FWD	2			-
M Lacroix DEF	1			-
I Konaté DEF	1			-
M Thuram FWD	1			-
M Akliouche FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	13	6	5
K Mbappé	K Mbappé	M Olise	M Olise

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Mbappé FWD	6	13	2	1
O Dembélé FWD	4	5	2	1
B Barcola FWD	2	3	1	1
D Doué FWD	1	5		1
J Koundé DEF				2
D Upamecano DEF		1		1
M Olise FWD		5	6	5
A Rabiot MID		1	1	1
A Tchouameni MID			1
L Digne DEF		1
M Koné MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
251	13	22
D Upamecano	A Tchouameni	A Tchouameni

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Upamecano DEF	251	7	19
M Olise FWD	211	4	19
A Tchouameni MID	205	13	22
J Koundé DEF	198	11	20
A Rabiot MID	191	2	6
W Saliba DEF	189	2	10
O Dembélé FWD	157	3	9
K Mbappé FWD	128	1	12
M Koné MID	127	5	8
D Doué FWD	103	4	11
T Hernández DEF	103	2	9
L Digne DEF	101	1	6
M Maignan GLK	94		1
B Barcola FWD	78	3	14
R Cherki MID	52	1	3
M Lacroix DEF	46	2	3
M Gusto DEF	29	1	1
I Konaté DEF	12		1
M Akliouche FWD	8	1	1
J Mateta FWD	1