In their first meeting since the shock 2002 World Cup opener, France and Senegal square off at the New York New Jersey Stadium.
Kick-off in the Group I curtain-raiser is at 20:00 BST.
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Jules Kounde ($5.4m) gave France an injury scare in their final pre-tournament friendly but he’s fit enough to start at right-back this evening.
William Saliba ($5.3m) has also had his fitness concerns over the last fortnight but joins Kounde in Les Bleus’ back four.
The front four of Michael Olise ($9.5m), Ousmane Dembele ($10.0m), Desire Doue ($7.5m) and Kylian Mbappe ($10.5m) is as expected, and indeed the one that Didier Deschamps sent out for the 3-1 win over Northern Ireland last Monday.
In fact, the entire starting XI remains unchanged from that game.
Rayan Cherki ($6.0m) has to settle for a place among the substitutes, then.
The Manchester City man is among seven France players with an ownership of over 5% in World Cup Fantasy. The others, Mbappe, Olise, Dembele, Saliba, Kounde and Mike Maignan ($5.0m), all start.
As for Senegal, not one of their squad members enjoys anywhere near that level of popularity.
Sadio Mane ($7.6m) and Edouard Mendy ($4.5m), owned by 1.8% and 1.1% of managers respectively, are their most-selected players.
There aren’t too many shocks with Pape Thiaw’s line-up, with Nicolas Jackson‘s ($6.7m) red card against Saudi Arabia a week ago not affecting his availability for today’s game.
LINE-UPS
France XI: Maignan, Kounde, Saliba, Upamecano, T Hernandez, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Olise, Dembele, Doue, Mbappe.
Subs: Samba, Risser, Gusto, Digne, Konate, L Hernandez, Lacroix, Kone, Kante, Zaire-Emery, Cherki, Akliouche, Thuram, Barcola, Mateta.
Senegal XI: E Mendy, Diatta, Koulibaly, Niakhate, E Diouf, Camara, I Gueye, P Gueye, I Sarr, Mane, Jackson.
Subs: Y Diouf, Diaw, M Sarr, Seck, Jakobs, A Mendy, Ciss, P Sarr, Diarra ,C Ndiaye, Diao, Dieng, I Ndiaye, Mbaye.
