French media predicts France’s starting line-up against Azerbaijan: Ekitic and Mateta will partner up front

6686 Sports reported on November 16 that in the 10th round of Group D of the European Qualifying Tournament of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, France will go to the visiting team to challenge Azerbaijan. According to previous official news from the French team, Mbappe and Camavinga have left the team due to injuries, and Cone also returned to the club early due to accumulated warning cards. Before the game, the French media "Le Parisien" predicted France's starting lineup for this game. Considering that France has qualified early, the media believes that the team will make substantial rotations in this game. It believes that Ekitic and Mateta, who were reserve players in the last game, will partner up front in this game, while Chevalier will make his debut for the adult national team.

"Le Parisien" predicts the starting lineup for France against Azerbaijan

Goalkeeper: Chevalier

Defenders: Gusteau, Konate, Lucas, Theo

Midfielder: Akliusz, Emery, Thuram, Nkunku

Forwards: Mateta, Ekitic