France and Poland will battle it out for a place in the quarter-final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday when they go head-to-head at the Al-Thumama Stadium.

Despite a 1-0 defeat in their final group outing against Tunisia, Didier Deschamps's men finished top of Group D with six points from a possible nine.

Czeslaw Michniewicz's men, meanwhile, just about finished as runners-up in Group C to set up tomorrow's encounter versus the reigning world champions.

Here, Sports Mole looks at how the squads of France and Poland stack up against each other ahead of the contest.

FRANCE

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Most valuable player:
Kylian Mbappe (£137.8m)

Overall squad value:
£859.1m

Most capped player:
Hugo Lloris (141)

Leading goalscorer:
Olivier Giroud (51)

Total caps:
842

Total goals:
148

Oldest player:
Steve Mandanda (37)

Youngest player:
Eduardo Camavinga (20)

Average age:
26.5

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Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (West Ham), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Rennes)

Defenders: Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Axel Disasi (Monaco), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Raphael Varane (Manchester United)

Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Jordan Veretout (Marseille)

Forwards: Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Marcus Thuram (Borussia Monchengladbach)

POLAND

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Most valuable player:
Robert Lewandowski (£38.7m)

Overall squad value:
£219.9m

Most capped player:
Robert Lewandowski (137)

Leading goalscorer:
Robert Lewandowski (77)

Total caps:
940

Total goals:
159

Oldest player:
Artur Jedrzejczyk (35)

Youngest player:
Jakub Kaminski (20)

Average age:
27

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Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia)

Defenders: Kamil Glik (Benevento), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Robert Gumny (Augsburg), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), Nicola Zalewski (Roma)

Midfielders: Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab), Damian Szymanski (AEK) Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg), Michal Skoras (Lech Poznan), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina)

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte)

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Written by
Adepoju Marvellous