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3 — 0 Jun 23, 2026 · 02:30 AM IST

Iraq

World Cup Grp. I · Round 2

Venue Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Referee Drew Thomas Fischer

Attendance 68,324

Player of the Match Kylian Mbappé 9.2 89' played

Match Events

6' Away Amir Al-Ammari

14' Home ⚽ Kylian Mbappé — 1-0

26' Away ↔ Ali Al Hamadi → Ayman Hussein

HT

54' Home ⚽ Kylian Mbappé — 2-0

60' Away ↔ Youssef Amyn → Zaid Ismael

60' Away ↔ Rebin Sulaka → Zaid Tahseen

66' Home ⚽ Ousmane Dembélé — 3-0

68' Away ↔ Aimar Sher → Amir Al-Ammari

68' Away ↔ Marko Lawk Farji → Ibrahim Bayesh

68' Home ↔ Rayan Cherki → Michael Olise

68' Home ↔ Désiré Doué → Ousmane Dembélé

83' Home ↔ Malo Gusto → Jules Koundé

83' Home ↔ Maghnes Akliouche → Bradley Barcola

90 + 1' Home ↔ Marcus Thuram → Kylian Mbappé

FT

Match Stats

56 44

Ball possession

2.67 0.63

Expected goals (xG)

19 4

Total shots

5 0

Shots on target

41 7

Touches in opposition box

5 1

Big chances

3 1

Big chances missed

540 (90%) 413 (86%)

Accurate passes

0 1

Yellow cards

4 2

Corners

Lineups

France (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Didier Deschamps

Starting XI

16 Mike Maignan 7.1

5 Jules Koundé 7.4

4 Dayot Upamecano 7.9

17 William Saliba 7.2

3 Lucas Digne 7.3

6 Kouadio Koné 7.5

14 Adrien Rabiot 7.3

7 Ousmane Dembélé 8.6

11 Michael Olise 8.9

12 Bradley Barcola 7.7

10 Kylian Mbappé 9.2

Substitutes

24 Rayan Cherki 6.9

20 Désiré Doué 6.2

2 Malo Gusto

25 Maghnes Akliouche

9 Marcus Thuram

1 Brice Samba

23 Robin Risser

15 Ibrahima Konaté

21 Lucas Hernández

26 Maxence Lacroix

19 Theo Hernández

8 Aurélien Tchouaméni

13 N'Golo Kanté

18 Warren Zaïre-Emery

22 Jean-Philippe Mateta

Iraq (4-3-3)

Coach: Graham Arnold

Starting XI

22 Ahmed Basil Fadhil 4.4

3 Hussein Ali 5.8

4 Zaid Tahseen 6.2

5 Akam Hashem 6.6

23 Merchas Doski 6.4

24 Zaid Ismael 6.4

16 Amir Al-Ammari 5.8

14 Zidane Iqbal 6.7

11 Ahmed Qasem 5.7

18 Ayman Hussein 6

8 Ibrahim Bayesh 5.8

Substitutes

9 Ali Al Hamadi 6

2 Rebin Sulaka 6.3

7 Youssef Amyn 5.9

20 Aimar Sher 6

21 Marko Lawk Farji 6.5

1 Fahad Talib

12 Jalal Hassan

15 Ahmed Maknzi

6 Manaf Younis

25 Mustafa Saadoun

26 Frans Putros

19 Kevin Yakob

17 Ali Jasim

13 Ali Yousif

10 Mohanad Ali