2022 World Cup/Group D: head-to-head, France - Australia, Tuesday 22/11/2022 (20:00 CET)

With a squad valued at €998m by the website Transfermarkt (as of 21/11/2022), the French national team's players are valued at 26 times more than those of Australia (€38m), as the two nations prepare to face each other on Tuesday 22/11/2022, Matchday 1 in Group D of the 2022 World Cup at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar (kick-off at 20:00 CET).

On social media (as of 01/11/2022), the French team, the most followed of the 32 teams participating in the 2022 World Cup, has 29.8 million followers. This is over 18 times as many as their rivals, who have nearly 1.5 million followers across all four platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter).

The French team, twice winners of the competition (1998 and 2018), is 34 places ahead of the Socceroos, who are 38^th and whose best World Cup performance was a Round of 16 finish in 2006.

France's dominance is also reflected in their sponsorship deal with Nike, which is worth €50m a year, compared to Australia's €1m deal with the same American brand.