First meets worst in Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifying Group B showdown, as France welcome Gibraltar to the Allianz Riviera for both nations' penultimate battle.
Les Bleus have already been confirmed as group winners with two games left to play, while their bruised and battered visitors have yet to achieve a single point in the section.
While the 2022 World Cup runners-up have not been the most ruthless attacking unit in qualifying - a solid yet unspectacular 13 goals can attest to that - they boast the best defensive record Europe has to offer, conceding just once in their opening six preliminary fixtures.
That goal came in the dying embers of their most recent showdown with the Netherlands, but Kylian Mbappe had already come up with a qualification-clinching brace before Quilindschy Hartman inconsequentially halved the deficit, as France ensured a first-placed finish and a spot at next year's Finals.
The beating of the Dutch preceded a 4-1 friendly thumping of Scotland for France, although Les Bleus do not only have pride on the line this month, as Deschamps's men will be after maximum points to earn a place in Pot 1 for the Euro 2024 group-stage draw.
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