For the first 45 minutes of France’s match against Senegal, it seemed as if Les Bleus might suffer the same fate as fellow contenders Spain and Portugal, who were held to draws by African sides. However, France turned it around in the second half with a trio of goals to claim all three points, and it has an excellent chance to punch its ticket to the knockout stage with a 5 p.m. ET matchup against Iraq, which got throttled by Norway, 4-1.
Both teams’ lineups are now set. Didier Deschamps has chosen France’s 11-man starting lineup, and Graham Arnold has done the same for the Lions of Mesopotamia.
Les Bleus are -1200 favorites to take all three points at DraftKings Sportsbook, and Iraq is +3000. A draw is available at +110.
Full Lineups
France (4-2-3-1)
Mike Maignan; Lucas Digne, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba, Jules Koundé; Adrien Rabiot, Manu Koné; Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise
Iraq (4-2-3-1)
Ahmed Basil; Merchas Doski, Zaid Tahseen, Akam Hashim, Hussein Ali; Zaid Ismael, Amir Al-Ammari; Ahmed Qasem, Zidane Iqbal, Ibrahim Bayesh; Aymen Hussein
