Deschamps switches to back three for Switzerland clash

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Kelleher

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Miley
Kroupi

GW17 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	133.3%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	100.3%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	94.3%	Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	98.6%	Likely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	96.7%	Likely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	91.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	82.9%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.2%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	77.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	72.3%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	74.0%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	70.4%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	62.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	70.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	69.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	66.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	59.2%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	52.5%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	62.7%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	60.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	62.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	55.6%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	58.0%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.1m	43.9%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	51.5%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	50.9%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	49.2%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	56.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	49.0%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.8%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	7.9m	42.6%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	47.7%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	43.0%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	40.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	38.9%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	35.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	37.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	34.0%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	114.8%	Very Likely
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	108.4%	Very Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	106.4%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	99.7%	Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	106.7%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.9%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	101.4%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.8%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.9%	Very Likely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	98.2%	Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.6%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.5%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.4%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	98.1%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	97.8%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.0%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	93.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	93.5%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.0%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	89.6%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	89.4%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	92.4%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	90.0%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.9%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	90.4%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.6%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	86.6%	Unlikely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	83.6%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	85.7%	Unlikely
Tzimas	BHA	5.3m	83.8%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	84.4%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	85.3%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	81.9%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	82.8%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	83.1%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

GW17 Chip Poll

Dugout Discussion

28 June 2021 773 comments

Colm Hayes

France look set to operate a wing-back system in their last-16 clash with Switzerland in Bucharest.

With Lucas Digne (€6.0m) out injured and Lucas Hernandez (€6.5m) only fit enough for the bench, Didier Deschamps has drafted in Clement Lenglet (€5.5m) to anchor a back three alongside Presnel Kimpembe (€5.6m) and Raphael Varane (€6.1m).

Adrien Rabiot (€6.5m) and Benjamin Pavard (€6.0m) are set to take up the wing-back roles, flanking a midfield of N’Golo Kanté (€5.5m) and Paul Pogba (€8.6m).

Antoine Griezmann (€11.2m) will operate in the pocket behind Kylian Mbappé (€12.0m) and Karim Benzema (€10.1m).

Switzerland head coach Vladimir Petkovic names the same XI that beat Turkey 3-1 in Matchday 3, where Xherdan Shaqiri (€7.4m) scored twice.

France XI (3-4-1-2): Lloris; Kimpembe, Lenglet, Varane; Rabiot, Kanté, Pogba Pavard; Griezmann; Mbappé, Benzema.

Switzerland XI (3-4-1-2): Sommer; Rodrgiuez, Akanji, Elvedi; Zuber, Xhaka, Freuler, Widmer; Shaqiri; Embolo, Seferovic.

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☈☾
4 years, 5 months ago
YESSSSSSSSSS

Benz (C)
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Paqueta Rice
4 years, 5 months ago
My capitano. Get in
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TomSaints
4 years, 5 months ago
Just a mental 5 mins. France will win the whole thing now.

Just devastating when they need to step it up.
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TheDragon
4 years, 5 months ago
Benzema (c) & Lloris & Sarabia

A rare good day after yesterday’s train wreck
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OverTinker
4 years, 5 months ago
One more Capitaan
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amplifiedAnt
4 years, 5 months ago
Thank goodness for Maehle and Benzema (C).

Would've been dusted without those two.
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1. Forza Papac
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Same. Only have three players with returns. Benzema, Maehle and Damsgaard. Just Forsberg left to go
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2. dirtmcgirt
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Same. Still need Forsberg to get an average score though.
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Paqueta Rice
4 years, 5 months ago
Rodriguez missed pen and yc in 10 mins. Why would someone like Shaqiri not be on pens.
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1. OverTinker
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Why not Xhaka
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2. Louis_Sans_Balls
  4 years, 5 months ago
  lol at Rodriguez pick up because he's on pens
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Wirtzle Gummidge
4 years, 5 months ago
Lloris, Sarabia and Benzema (C).
A good day.
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Rainer
4 years, 5 months ago
Pogba starting to purr.
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1. Piggs Boson
  4 years, 5 months ago
  And now he roars.
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Milk, 1 Šuker
4 years, 5 months ago
Sorry but seeing that first touch from Benzema for his first makes me think that was better than Bergkamp v Newcastle
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1. Rainer
  4 years, 5 months ago
  It was outrageous, second touch wasn't bad either.
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  1. Milk, 1 Šuker
    4 years, 5 months ago
    I’ve rewound it a couple of times, it’s exquisite
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2. Forza Papac
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Pogba did something similar in training recently
  https://twitter.com/thekickofftg/status/1409512564309082120?s=19
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panda07
4 years, 5 months ago
That Swiss manager should be in a Gillette ad!
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1. Milk, 1 Šuker
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Slick isn’t he
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Sim Simma
4 years, 5 months ago
What a Goal Pogba
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Piggs Boson
4 years, 5 months ago
Wow wow wow. World class.
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Rainer
4 years, 5 months ago
Magic Paul
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Milk, 1 Šuker
4 years, 5 months ago
Wow Pogba
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CaptMidnight
4 years, 5 months ago
Yes Pogba!
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DAZZ
4 years, 5 months ago
What a huge 5 mins that was for those without wildcard. I was looking at three french blanks and 7 players out the comp. a benzema captain brace and potential 3 more names in next round is huge.
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1. FFSbet.com
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Similar,have Pogba and Lloris too.
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Rainer
4 years, 5 months ago
Benz assist?
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Milk, 1 Šuker
4 years, 5 months ago
Benz assist? Hehe
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Sim Simma
4 years, 5 months ago
Xhaka Can on
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JONALDINHO
4 years, 5 months ago
And to think that some people believe Bruno > Pogba
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1. dark91
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Depends if you are talking International level or league level 😉
  
  For me I just enjoy both as a neutral
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2. Scapegoat Salah
  4 years, 5 months ago
  France a better team so unfair to compare them at national level
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3. The Red Devil
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Pogba got kante when playing for France & mcfred when at United, hell & heaven difference
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Scapegoat Salah
4 years, 5 months ago
Lol sold Pogba last week
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dark91
4 years, 5 months ago
You have to feel bad for J.Rodriguez after missing that penalty he will get most of the blame
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1. chocolove
  4 years, 5 months ago
  James?
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  1. dark91
    4 years, 5 months ago
    José *
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gooberman
4 years, 5 months ago
Pogba is so much better for France than Utd. Weird isnt it.
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1. JONALDINHO
  4 years, 5 months ago
  English football is played at a faster more physical pace. Pogba has a lot more time on the ball in international / European football to get the ball out of his feet. Also has more freedom in the French side and allowed to express himself more
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Isco Disco
4 years, 5 months ago
Bit late to the party but Benzemaaaaaaaaa(C)
Such an underrated player. Good to see Karim get his much deserved fame on the international stage.
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1. Marvin.
  4 years, 5 months ago
  He's underrated?
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  1. Isco Disco
    4 years, 5 months ago
    If you compare it with all the world class strikers like Aguero, Kane, Lewandowski etc then he is underrated. Usually he doesn't get the recognition/fame that he deserves and always gets harsh criticism for missing chances
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DAZZ
4 years, 5 months ago
Is that a Benzema assist?
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1. Nomar
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Doesn’t look like it will be classed as one.
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2. TheDragon
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Based on the rules I think it should be
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3. Scapegoat Salah
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Yes, Paul Pogba was 100% his intended target there.
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  1. TheDragon
    4 years, 5 months ago
    The rules say:
    
    Players also get points for an assist if a goal is scored on the rebound when they've shot against the post, bar, goalkeeper or defender.
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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      4 years, 5 months ago
      Fair, seems harsh to allow that but not if they make a great pass but it deflects and falls to another play
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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        4 years, 5 months ago
        *player
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        TheDragon
        4 years, 5 months ago
        It’s not been given currently but based on that wording surely it should?
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4. 272MK
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Players gained an assist if a goal is scored on the rebound when they shot against the post, goalkeeper or def.
  
  So yes.
  
  Or maybe itll be Bruno assisr
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  1. HollywoodXI
    4 years, 5 months ago
    I own Benzema. It won’t be given. Meanwhile my ML rival owns Damsgard….don’t get me started!
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Steve The Spud
4 years, 5 months ago
England will batter this France team
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1. JONALDINHO
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Just like they battered Scotland
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gooberman
4 years, 5 months ago
Still no goals for Killian.
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1. Sim Simma
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Assist is more than enough
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More Cowbell
4 years, 5 months ago
Benzema saving everyone's bacon I think
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1. Sim Simma
  4 years, 5 months ago
  He won't approve of this message
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Better Call Raul
4 years, 5 months ago
Does Lloris need 1 or 2 more saves for a save point?
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1. Rainer
  4 years, 5 months ago
  Yeah.
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  1. Better Call Raul
    4 years, 5 months ago
    lol
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