The 23rd edition of the tournament and the first to feature 48 teams and three host countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States. England beat France 6-4 in a turbulent third-place World Cup playoff on Saturday in Miami.
As a result, the game produced ten goals, making France repeat their historical 10 goals for France and their opponents in a single game at the FIFA World Cup. This actually happened between France and Paraguay in Sweden in 1958.
Below are the full details.
France 7-3 Paraguay
Sweden 1958 | Group stage
Idrottsparken, Non-working
10 goals
France goals: Just Fontaine (24, 30 & 67), Roger Piantoni (52), Maryan Wisniewski (61), Raymond Kopa (70), Jean Vincent (83)
Paraguay goals: Florencia Amarilla (20 & 44), Jorge Romero (50)
England beat France yesterday, making it the best success for England at a World Cup since 1966.
The first half saw Declan Rice and Ezri Konsa score before Bukayo Saka added a rapid-fire brace, completing his hat-trick from the spot three minutes from time.
Bukayo Saka hat trick helped England survive a dramatic second-half comeback to beat France 6-4 in the game.
Currently, 300 goals have been scored in the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Which England and Arsenal player, Bukayo Saka, netted the 300th of the tournament in third place against France. The Mentions’ player played just 356 minutes at this World Cup, and provided 6 goal contributions.
3 goals. 3 assists… Averaged a goal or assist every 59 minutes. Just imagine if he was fully fit all tournament. Great one to Saka
France 4-6 England third place yesterday
Canada, Mexico and the United States host for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
France 🇫🇷 Kalian Mbps (48′, 66′) Bradley Barcola (54)Qusmane Dembélé (90’+6)
Declan Rice (3), Ezri Konsa (18), Bukayo Saka (37′, 45’+1′, 87′ Pen)
Jude Bellingham (90’+8)
Mbappe’s has 10 goals in this World Cup, two more than Messi in the race for the Golden Boot and
Moved past Lionel Messi for the career World Cup scoring record, scoring twice yesterday to reach 22 goals.
As the FIFA World Cup has been a long tournament, ten yesterday wasn’t the highest scoring in World Cup history.
See a ranked list of the FIFA World Cup matches with the most goals.
1st
Austria 7-5 Switzerland in 1954 2nd
Brazil 6-5 Poland (AET) in 1938 3rd
Hungary 8-3 West Germany in 1954
4th
Hungary 10-1 El Salvador in 1982 5th
France 7-3 Paraguay in 1958
6th
Argentina 6-3 Mexico in 1930; Hungary 9-0 Korean Republic in 1954
West Germany 7-2 Turkey in 1954
7th
France 6-3 West Germany in 1958, Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire in 1974
9th
Austria 7-5 Switzerland
Switzerland 1954 | Group stage
Stade Olympique de la Polonaise, Lausanne
Austria goals: Theodor Wagner (25, 27 & 53), Alfred Korner (26 & 34), Ernst Ocwirk (32), Erich Probst (76)
Switzerland goals: Robert Ballaman (16 & 39), Sepp Hugi (17, 19 & 60)
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup is full of unforgettable experiences and memories for millions of people, the result of yesterday’s game ended 4-6.
This has not just been and is not just the greatest record in the World Cup of all time, but a trace to follow for the next generation because it is natural to happen in football and, in other conclusions, only one country will be the FIFA world champion. Tonight witness another record set as all preparation is made for the match between Spain vs Argentina for the final of this year