France begins its October triptych, this Wednesday (9:10 p.m.), with the reception of Ukraine at the Stade de France.
Here are some benchmarks relating to this friendly confrontation.
10.
This will be the 10th confrontation between France and Ukraine.
The record is largely in favor of the French with 5 wins for 3 draws and only one failure conceded in the first leg of the dam for the 2014 World Cup (2-0).
The Blues signed their biggest victory against this nation in June 2011, during a friendly match played in Donetsk (4-1).
Entered in the 76th minute, the current player of Chambly, Marvin Martin, had, for his first selection, signed a resounding double (87th, 90th).
Retained by Laurent Blanc for Euro 2012, he then experienced his 15th and last cap in August 2012. The only survivor of this meeting is Steve Mandanda.
911.
It has nothing to do with the American television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.
But Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar could become tonight, if he starts or comes into play, the 911th player to wear the blue jersey since 1904, the 50th launched by Didier Deschamps in the France team since his inauguration in August 2012 against to Uruguay (0-0).
859.
France-Ukraine is the 859th match in the history of the Blues since their debut against Belgium in 1904 (3-3).
The double world champions have a largely positive record with 426 wins for 178 draws and 254 defeats.
40.
With 40 goals to his credit, Olivier Giroud, if he finds the opening tonight, will join Michel Platini, the 2nd best director in the history of the France team (41), at a good distance, however, by Thierry Henry (51).
The Chelsea striker, who will celebrate his 100th selection against Ukraine, scored 6 braces and a hat-trick against Paraguay in June 2017. He scored 37 of his goals when he started.
He can claim to have also delivered 9 assists.
