World Cup RO16: Paraguay vs France – Lineups announced | OneFootball

Paraguay and France meet in a crucial round of 16 clash on Saturday with Didier Deschamps’ men looking to continue their goalscoring form and become the first team to score three or more goals in six consecutive World Cup matches.

Both teams will look to secure a quarter-final spot against Morocco. The managers have already named their respective squads for the match. Find out who’s playing and what changes have been made to each team.

Paraguay vs France – Lineups and team news

Paraguay

Paraguay made multiple changes to their squad. Canale makes way for Alderete in defence. Diego Gomez returns to the starting lineup.

Gabriel Avalos dropped to the bench along with Bobadilla.

Paraguay playing XI: Gill; Caceres, G. Gomez, Velazquez, Alonso, Alderete; Galarza, Cubas, D. Gomez; Almiron, Enciso

France

France named their squad with only one forced change, as Aurelian Tchouameni benched due to injury issues while Manu Kone replaces him.

France playing XI: Maignan; Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Digne; Kone, Rabiot; Dembele, Olise, Barcola; Mbappe

Our Prediction

Based on the current form, it should be an easy result for France, but South American teams always make it hard in the knockout stages.

But even though we expect Paraguay to put up a fight after their impressive display against four-time world champions Germany, the advantage is still towards France and any score less than three goals can be considered a success for Paraguay.

We say it will be 2-1 in favour of France.

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