France v Denmark team news: Skov Olsen and Pavard benched

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	80.9%	Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	57.1%	Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	78.0%	Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	96.9%	Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	88.8%	Likely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	80.9%	Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	86.1%	Likely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	89.3%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	85.7%	Maybe
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	75.0%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.9%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	93.9%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	81.4%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	24.8%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	78.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	70.3%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	28.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	38.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	73.7%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	74.8%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	49.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.7m	26.3%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	60.8%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	66.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	57.3%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	19.5%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	50.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	64.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	65.6%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.7%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	9.0m	10.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	50.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.9%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	42.3%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	21.9%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	52.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	45.7%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	6.1%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.2%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	40.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	148.5%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	93.0%	Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	103.0%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	102.4%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	102.1%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	101.0%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.9%	Very Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	100.8%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	101.1%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	100.7%	Very Likely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	96.7%	Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Ajer	BRE	4.4m	95.4%	Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.1%	Very Likely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	98.0%	Maybe
Webster	BHA	4.4m	92.9%	Maybe
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	94.2%	Maybe
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	95.0%	Maybe
James	LEE	5.3m	95.6%	Maybe
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	92.6%	Maybe
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	94.0%	Maybe
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	82.6%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.9%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	98.5%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.2%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	92.6%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	90.1%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.8%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.2%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	88.9%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	6.1m	65.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.4%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	88.1%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.3m	76.6%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.6m	32.1%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	85.8%	Unlikely

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

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

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

The stand-out World Cup fixture of the day for many is the 16:00 GMT kick-off, which features Group D co-favourites Denmark and France.

The Danes have become something of a bogey team for Les Bleus, having defeated Didier Deschamps’ troops both home and away in the UEFA Nations League this year.

The two sides played out a mutually beneficial goalless draw in Russia four years ago, with France’s last victory over Denmark coming in 2015.

A win for the reigning World Cup champions today would seal their place in the round of 16, while a victory for Denmark would catapult them into top spot.

No team in Group D can be eliminated this afternoon, regardless of the result at Stadium 974.

As for the all-important team news, France have changed three-quarters of their defence.

Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane and Theo Hernandez replace Benjamin Pavard, Ibrahima Konate and the injured Lucas Hernandez in Deschamps’ three alterations from Matchday 1.

Kasper Hjulmand has gone one better, making four changes from the disappointing 0-0 draw with Tunisia.

The 6.4%-owned Andreas Skov Olsen is the highest-profile casualty from a Fantasy perspective, while captain Simon Kjaer and striker Kasper Dolberg also make way.

Thomas Delaney is injured and will miss the rest of the tournament.

Andreas Cornelius, Victor Nelsson, Jesper Lindstrøm and Brentford’s Mikkel Damsgaard are handed starts in their places.

Joakim Maehle is the most-owned Denmark player in the official FIFA Fantasy game, sitting in just over one in five of managers’ teams.

Pavard’s omission is a blow to the 15% or so who own the right-back but the other two France players with a double-digit ownership, Kylian Mbappe and Theo Hernandez, both start.

MATCHDAY 2 LINE-UPS

Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Andersen, Nelsson, Christensen, Kristensen, Højbjerg, Lindström, Eriksen, Maehle, Damsgaard, Cornelius

France XI: Lloris, Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Hernandez, Tchouaméni, Rabiot, Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappé, Giroud

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