France v England
Bronze Medal Match
FIFA World Cup 2026
10pm BST, Saturday 18 July 2026
Miami Stadium, Florida

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Thomas Tuchel has named his team to play France in the FIFA World Cup bronze medal match in Miami on Saturday evening.

The England line-up sees a World Cup debut for goalkeeper Dean Henderson, while there are first Word Cup starts for Eberechi Eze and Ivan Toney, among seven changes to the team which started against Argentina in the semi-final last Wednesday.

There’s also a return to the side for Jarell Quansah, who is available again after serving his two-match suspension.

Declan Rice will captain the team, with usual skipper Harry Kane among those named on the substitute’s bench. Kobbie Mainoo is ruled out of today’s matchday squad due to injury.

The match kicks-off at 10pm BST and can be watched in the UK via the BBC. You can also follow the match in the England app via our live blog or follow via our live commentary and stats right here in the Match Centre.

England: 13 Dean Henderson, 2 Ezri Konsa, 4 Declan Rice (c), 6 Marc Guéhi, 7 Bukayo Saka, 11 Marcus Rashford, 17 Morgan Rogers, 21 Eberechi Eze, 22 Ivan Toney, 25 Djed Spence, 26 Jarell Quansah

Substitutes: 1 Jordan Pickford, 3 Nico O'Reilly, 5 John Stones, 8 Elliot Anderson, 9 Harry Kane, 10 Jude Bellingham, 12 Trevoh Chalobah, 14 Jordan Henderson, 15 Dan Burn, 18 Anthony Gordon,19 Ollie Watkins, 20 Noni Madueke, 23 James Trafford, 24 Reece James

Bukayo Saka’s hat-trick helped England secure their best men's FIFA World Cup finish since 1966 with a 6-4 win over France in an exhilarating bronze medal match.

Declan Rice got the ball rolling in the third minute before Ezri Konsa doubled the lead.

Saka’s brace opened up a remarkable 4-0 half-time lead but France roared back through Kylian Mbappe’s double either side of Bradley Barcola’s strike.

England re-established a cushion when Saka completed his treble from the spot and though Ousmane Dembele set up a nervy finale, Jude Bellingham finally made the outcome safe with a brilliant solo goal as the Three Lions ended a memorable tournament on a high.

Thomas Tuchel made seven changes to the side beaten by Argentina in the last four but it was one of those who remained that opened the scoring.

Rice seized on a loose pass just inside the French half and carried the ball to just outside the box before drilling a low effort into the bottom corner.

At two minutes and 14 seconds, it marked England’s second-earliest World Cup goal, behind Bryan Robson’s effort after just 28 seconds against the same opposition in 1982.

Dean Henderson kept out Rayan Cherki as France sought a response but England continued to look dangerous and were denied a second when Saka’s fine finish from an angle was ruled out for offside.

There was no denying the Three Lions in the 18th minute, when Konsa rose highest to flick home Rice’s corner and double the advantage.

Mbappe came close to halving the deficit but was kept out by a combination of Henderson and Marc Guéhi, who got back to clear off the line.

Marcus Rashford forced a save from Mike Maignan and Henderson kept out Mbappe again as chances continued to come at both ends.

And Rashford was key as England trebled their lead. He raced on to Saka’s through ball and saw his effort kept out by Maignan, before keeping his composure to set up the Arsenal man to find the net.

Rashford almost set up Ivan Toney for another and the fourth was not long in coming. Eberechi Eze played an inch-perfect through ball to his clubmate and Saka took a touch out of his feet before converting past Maignan into the bottom corner.

France made four half-time changes and flew out the traps after the restart and reduced the arrears when Olise set up Mbappe to place a finish past Henderson.

Mbappe then turned provider for Bradley Barcola to blast home six minutes later and Henderson twice kept out Ousmane Dembele as Les Bleus kept the pressure on while Toney had a header saved at the other end as the frantic end-to-end nature of the game continued.

France were next to strike through Mbappe, who went clear of Lionel Messi as the World Cup’s all-time leading scorer when he finished off a neat move which had Olise at its heart.

Olise then spurned two glorious chances to level and Tuchel turned to his bench, with Jude Bellingham and Elliot Anderson coming on.

Bellingham almost struck straight away, showing quick feet in the area but directing his shot too close to Maignan.

England’s nerves were finally settled when an overlapping Djed Spence was fouled by Malo Gusto and Saka stepped up to coolly convert, becoming the fourth England player to score a hat-trick at a men’s World Cup, following in the footsteps of Sir Geoff Hurst, Gary Lineker and Harry Kane.

Dembele reduced the deficit to a single goal once more in injury time but Bellingham tip-toed through the French defence and slotted home the decisive goal in the dying moments to set a new record for the most goals scored by an England player at a major tournament.

England (4-1-4-1): 13 Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace); 26 Jarrell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), 2 Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), 6 Marc Guehi (Manchester City), 25 Djed Spence (Tottenham Hotspur); 4 Declan Rice (Arsenal); 7 Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), 21 Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), 17 Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), 11 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United); 22 Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli)

Substitutes: 19 Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) for Rashford 46’, 8 Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) for Toney 79’, 10 Jude Bellingham for Eze 79’, 24 Reece James (Chelsea) for Quansah 83’, Trevor Chalobah (Chelsea) for Guehi 90+3’

Substitutes not used: 1 Jordan Pickford (Everton), 3 Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), 5 John Stones (Manchester City), 9 Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), 14 Jordan Henderson (Brentford), 15 Dan Burn (Newcastle United), 18 Anthony Gordon (Barcelona), 20 Noni Madueke (Arsenal), 23 James Trafford (Manchester City),

Goals: Rice 3’, Konsa 18’, Saka 37’, 45+1’, 87’, Bellingham 90+8’

Head coach: Thomas Tuchel

France (4-2-3-1): 16 Mike Maignan; 19 Theo Hernandez, 26 Maxime Lacroix, 15 Ibrahima Konate, 2 Malo Gusto; 14 Adrian Rabiot, 18 Warren Zaire-Emery; 20 Desire Doue, 24 Rayan Cherki, 11 Michael Olise; 10 Kylian Mbappe

Substitutes: 3 Lucas Digne for Hernandez 46’, 4 Dayot Upamecano for Konate 46’, 7 Ousmane Dembele for Cherki 46’, 12 Bradley Barcola for Doue 46’,

Substitutes not used: 1 Brice Samba, 5 Jules Kounde, 6 Manu Kone, 8 Aurelien Tchouameni, 9 Marcus Thuram, 13 Ngolo Kante, 17 William Saliba, 25 Maghnes Akliouche, 21 Lucas Hernandez, 23 Robin Risser, 25 Jean-Philippe Mateta

Goals: Mbappe 48’, 66’, Barcola 54’, Dembele 90+6’

Manager: Didier Deschamps