FACTBOX-Soccer-France v Australia World Cup 2022: kickoff time, venue, stats and odds

When: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2200 local (1900GMT/1400 ET) Where: Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Capacity: 40,000 Odds: France win: 1/4 Australia win: 12/1 Draw: 9/2 Key stats: * The last meeting encounter the two teams was also in their opening game of the last World Cup in Russia.

France play Australia in the World Cup in Al Wakrah on Tuesday. When: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2200 local (1900GMT/1400 ET)

Where: Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah Capacity: 40,000

Odds: France win: 1/4

Australia win: 12/1 Draw: 9/2

Key stats: * The last meeting encounter the two teams was also in their opening game of the last World Cup in Russia. France won 2-1.

* France have only won of their last six matches, losing three. * France have won the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2018, from 16 participations. Their 1998 title was followed by a first-round exit in 2002 - a first since the 1978 edition.

* Didier Deschamps's team are without two of their top midfielders, with Paul Pogba and Ngolo Kante having been ruled out injured. * Australia are playing at a sixth edition of the World Cup finals and a fifth in a row. Their best finish was their only visit to the round of 16 at the 2006 World Cup, when they lost to Italy.

* The Socceroos qualified for Qatar in an inter-continental playoff against Peru decided by a penalty shootout in Doha in June. * Australia's last World Cup finals victory came in South Africa in 2010, when they beat Serbia 2-1 in Nelspruit with goals from Tim Cahill and Brett Holman.

Previous meetings: * The teams have met once at the World Cup, when France won 2-1 courtesy of a late Aziz Behich own goal in the opening game of the group phase in Kazan four years ago.