France will aim to lift themselves off the foot of the Group A1 table in their Nations League encounter when they welcome Croatia to the Stade de France on Monday evening.
Les Bleus will look to bounce back after they were forced to share the spoils with Austria after they played out to a 1-1 draw at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion after a late goal from Kylian Mbappe cancelled out Andreas Weimann’s 37th-minute opener.
Croatia, meanwhile, are going in search of back-to-back victories in the group after they secured a narrow 1-0 win over Denmark after Mario Pasalic scored the decisive goal at the Parken Stadium on Friday evening.
France currently occupies the bottom place in the Group 1A standings with two points after three games, while Croatia are in third place – level on four points with Austria in second place after three matches.
Coming into this fixture, France has the advantage over Croatia, having won three out of the last five meetings between the two teams, while the other two fixtures has ended in stalemates.
Didier Deschamps will be without two star players for their next encounter as N’Golo Kante withdrew from the squad due to a knee injury while Lucas Hernandez is out of contention due to his partner giving birth, while Zlatko Dalic has not suffered any further injury concerns.
Players To Watch:
Kylian Mbappe: The PSG star opened his Nations League account after scoring France’s only goal in their draw against Austria in his previous outing in national colours.
Mario Pasalic: The Atalanta midfielder has seen three out of his four national goals come beyond the hour mark, including his winning goal for Croatia against Denmark.
Form Guide:
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