Paraguay faces France, at midnight today, Saturday, as part of the round of 16 matches of the 2026 World Cup.
The winner of the France vs. Paraguay match is scheduled to play in the quarter-finals against the winner of the Morocco vs. Canada match.
Facts and figures before the France vs. Paraguay match
1 - Enciso's opening goal against Germany was Paraguay's first goal in the knockout stages of the World Cup, after failing to score in their previous five matches in these stages.
2 - This will be the sixth encounter between the two teams in all competitions, and the third in the World Cup.
3 - France won the previous two World Cup matches against Paraguay, with a score of 7-3 in 1958 and 1-0 in 1998.
4 - The French team remains unbeaten against Paraguay (3 wins and 2 draws), noting that this is the first encounter between the two teams since France's sweeping 5-0 victory in a friendly match in June 2017.
5 - The French team has not lost any World Cup match, except for penalty shootouts, against South American teams since losing 2-1 to Argentina in the group stage in 1978 (48 years ago), and since then, they have remained unbeaten in 11 such matches (6 wins and 5 draws).
