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France

3 — 1 Jun 09, 2026 · 12:40 AM IST

Northern Ireland

Friendlies

Venue Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq

Referee Sascha Stegemann

Attendance 43,272

Player of the Match Michael Olise 9.7 82' played

Match Events

43' Home ⚽ Michael Olise — 1-0

HT

46' Home ↔ Malo Gusto → Jules Koundé

46' Home ↔ Maxence Lacroix → William Saliba

49' Home ⚽ Michael Olise — 2-0

62' Home ↔ Bradley Barcola → Désiré Doué

62' Home ↔ Rayan Cherki → Ousmane Dembélé

62' Home ↔ Lucas Digne → Theo Hernández

63' Away ↔ Ethan Galbraith → Alistair McCann

64' Away ⚽ Patrick Kelly — 2-1

75' Home ⚽ Michael Olise — 3-1

79' Away ↔ Jamie McDonnell → Isaac Price

79' Away ↔ Josh Magennis → Jamie Donley

79' Away ↔ Ceadach O'Neill → Patrick Kelly

82' Home ↔ Kouadio Koné → Aurélien Tchouaméni

83' Home ↔ Maghnes Akliouche → Michael Olise

90 + 1' Home ↔ N'Golo Kanté → Adrien Rabiot

FT

Match Stats

72 28

Ball possession

27 4

Total shots

5 2

Shots on target

52 7

Touches in opposition box

2 1

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

770 (93%) 256 (80%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

5 1

Corners

Lineups

France (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Didier Deschamps

Starting XI

16 Mike Maignan 6.4

5 Jules Koundé 6.5

4 Dayot Upamecano 7.5

17 William Saliba 7.2

19 Theo Hernández 7.9

8 Aurélien Tchouaméni 8.7

14 Adrien Rabiot 7.3

11 Michael Olise 9.7

7 Ousmane Dembélé 7.1

20 Désiré Doué 7.5

10 Kylian Mbappé 8

Substitutes

2 Malo Gusto 7.4

26 Maxence Lacroix 6.5

3 Lucas Digne 6.6

24 Rayan Cherki 7.5

12 Bradley Barcola 6.8

6 Kouadio Koné

25 Maghnes Akliouche

13 N'Golo Kanté

1 Brice Samba

23 Robin Risser

15 Ibrahima Konaté

21 Lucas Hernández

18 Warren Zaïre-Emery

22 Jean-Philippe Mateta

9 Marcus Thuram

Northern Ireland (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Michael O'Neill

Starting XI

1 Pierce Charles 5.1

5 Trai Hume 6.4

3 Ruairi McConville 5.2

22 Ciaron Brown 5.8

20 Brodie Spencer 6.1

16 Alistair McCann 5.4

19 Shea Charles 7.3

15 Justin Devenny 6.1

2 Patrick Kelly 7.6

14 Isaac Price 6.7

10 Jamie Donley 5.6

Substitutes

7 Ethan Galbraith 6.1

6 Jamie McDonnell 6.1

13 Ceadach O'Neill 6.2

21 Josh Magennis 6.2

23 Josh Clarke

12 Luke Southwood

11 Paul Smyth

17 Braiden Graham

8 Callum Marshall

18 Jamie Reid

9 Kieran Morrison