France 3-1 Senegal Stats: Kylian Mbappé Hits Brace to Move Closer to World Cup Goalscoring Record - Opta Analyst

After Kylian Mbappé scored twice to fire France to victory, check out the best Opta facts, stats and data from the game with our France vs Senegal stats page Kylian Mbappé is now France’s all-time top scorer after he overtook Olivier Giroud’s record in a 3-1 win over Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium. Mbappe scored his 57th and 58th goals for his country, rallying Didier Deschamps’ team in the second half, with help from Bradley Barcola, to earn France a win in their first game in Group I. A slow game sparked to life in the 25th minute when Nicolas Jackson fired against the foot of the left post. Mike Maignan also got a stroke of luck as the rebound hit his foot and rolled wide of the post. Senegal’s best chance came on the stroke of half-time, though, as Sadio Mané’s low pull-back was met by an unmarked Ismaïla Sarr, but he blazed over the crossbar. And the half-time break was exactly the reset France needed as they came back out on a mission, and on the hour, they thought they had a penalty after Mané slid in on Mbappé, but referee Alireza Faghani pointed for a goal-kick after a trip to the monitor, much to Les Bleus‘ bewilderment. It took just six minutes for Mbappé to shrug off that disappointment, though, as he raced on to Olise’s low throughball and fired it past Édouard Mendy’s outstretched arm on the turn to get his 13th World Cup goal. Jackson rifled the ball into the roof of the net just two minutes later, but he set off too early and was denied by the flag, and France made sure of the win in the 82nd minute, with Adrien Rabiot brilliantly slicing open Senegal’s defence to pick out Barcola, who dinked his lovely shot over Mendy. However, there was still late drama as Senegal pulled one back through Ibrahim Mbaye from a tight angle, but their hope lasted just 68 seconds as Mbappé rifled in a stunning strike from distance to become France’s leading scorer. Senegal almost pulled a second goal back with one of the last kicks of the game when Aurélien Tchouaméni’s attempted block looped towards goal, but Maignan just clawed it off the line in time. It was only a matter of time before Mbappé surpassed Giroud’s tally, and given his World Cup record, it should be no surprise that he took it for himself on the biggest stage. But that is not the only record he broke. He is now France’s all-time top scorer at the World Cup, too (overtaking Just Fontaine’s 13 goals), and is only two away from equalling Miroslav Klose’s tally of 16.