France vs England – Match preview and team news

Miami Stadium hosts the World Cup third-place play-off on Saturday evening as France and England meet for the first time since their 2022 quarter-final, with the Golden Boot race and Didier Deschamps' final match in charge adding unexpected intrigue to a fixture neither side expected to be playing.

France were beaten 2–0 by Spain in the semi-final at Dallas Stadium despite arriving as many people's tournament favourites. England fell 2–1 to Argentina in Atlanta — Anthony Gordon's second-half opener cancelled out by two Messi-assisted goals from Enzo Fernández and Lautaro Martínez in the final ten minutes.