IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - MEN'S EUROPEAN WORLD CUP 2026 QUALIFIERS
Picture : Florian Thauvin has played his first match for Les Bleus since 11 June 2019 (against Andorra) after missing France's subsequent 77 matches.
Statistics on WC 2026 qualifiers in Europe (10 October)
Germany vs Luxembourg 4-0
*This is the first Germany’s clean sheen in almost a year, since a 7-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on 16 November 2024.
They had 7 games in a row conceding since.
*Joshua Kimmich scored his first brace in his career in the national team (104 games).
Northern Ireland vs Slovakia 2-0
*For the first time ever, Northern Ireland have won 5 competitive home games in a row without conceding a single goal during this run.
Kazakhstan vs Liechtenstein 4-0
*This is joint-largest ever Kazakhstan’s win over a non-Asian team, alongside 4-0 over Andorra on 16 October 2018 and 4-0 over San Marino on 11 June 2019.
Iceland vs Ukraine 3-5
*Only one game in Ukraine’s history brought more goals: a 9-0 win vs San Marino on 6 September 2013.
Twice before, they have played games with as many goals (8): on 15 October 2013 vs San Marino (8-0 win) and on 7 October 2020 vs France (1-7 loss).
Iceland’s last as prolific game was on 6 September 2013 (a 4-4 draw vs Switzerland).
France vs Azerbaijan 3-0
*France has won their first 3 matches of a World Cup qualifying campaign for the first time since 1984.
*France has scored at least 2 goals in each of their last 6 matches. This is their best such run since that of between September 2021 and March 2022 (7 games).
*France started the match with 11 players from only foreign clubs for the first time since 7 September 2019 (against Albania).
*France played their first match without a single PSG player for the first time since 25 March 2022 (against Côte d'Ivoire), ending a run of 46 consecutive matches with at least one PSG player used.
Lyon holds the record as a club with most consecutive matches (90) where its players were used in the history of Les Bleus (between August 2004 and June 2011).
*Kylian Mbappé has scored in each of his last 10 games for club and country: his best such run in the career.
*Mbappé scored in his 5th consecutive match for France, equalling his best goal streak with Les Bleus (5 games from October 2021 to March 2022).
*Florian Thauvin has played his first match for Les Bleus since 11 June 2019 (against Andorra) after missing France's subsequent 77 matches.
This is the largest gap between two consecutive caps for a player in France's history, ahead of Vikash Dhorasso (73) and Karim Benzema (71).
*Thauvin scored his first goal for Les Bleus in 6 years and 3 months: the largest gap for a player between two consecutive goals for France since Didier Deschamps against Portugal on 22 January 1997 (6 years and 11 months).
*Thauvin became the first Lens player to score for the French national team in nearly 40 years, since Philippe Vercruysse against Argentina on 26 March 1986.
*Kingsley Coman continues his unique specification in national team career: he is the one who has appeared in the most matches (60) for France without ever having played a single match in its entirety.