Overview

• Kickoff is at 20:45 in Reykjavik with live broadcast on TF1.
• Didier Deschamps plans multiple changes, with Jules Koundé and Lucas Digne set to return, Manu Koné expected in midfield, and Jean-Philippe Mateta likely to start up front.
• Kylian Mbappé misses out with a right-ankle issue, and Adrien Rabiot is a doubt with a calf problem as Eduardo Camavinga stands by.
• Maignan confirmed he starts and wears the armband for his 23rd consecutive France match, pushing back on questions about being injury-prone.
• France can clinch 2026 World Cup qualification with a win if Ukraine fail to beat Azerbaijan, while the U20s reached the World Cup semi-finals by beating Norway 2-1 with a Saïmon Bouabré brace and face Morocco on October 15.