France vs Northern Ireland LIVE: A challenging matchup for Mbappe and company in the 2026 pre-World Cup friendly! (0-0)

With the French side attacking, spaces are left in the defense and Northern Ireland try to attack.

Mbappe tried to score, but there was an offside before Mbappe's shot in N. Ireland's area.

France 68%, Northern Ireland 32%.

Kelly almost take advantage of a counterattack in France's area and was close to score, but the ball went wide.

France are attacking from all flanks and Northern Ireland just defend their area.

After a great run from one of his teammates, Mbappe tried to shoot from long-range and the ball went slow to Northern Ireland's goalkeeper hands.

With multiple attacks in Northern Ireland's area, Kylian Mbappe wants to score the first goal of the game.

With fouls and balls sent to France's area, Northern Ireland want to create dangerous situations.

With the French side playing in their country, they want to score from the first minute of the game.

The referee blows his whistle and the match starts.

Both teams are in the protocolary acts.

After warming up, both teams are getting ready to play in this international friendly.

Historically, France and Northern Ireland have faced each other 11 times in official international football matches.

• France Wins: 6
• Northern Ireland Wins: 2
• Draws: 3

France and Northern Ireland are on the field finishing their warm ups for this international friendly.

Opened in 2012, the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre-Mauroy is an architectural marvel and the fourth-largest sports venue in France, boasting a standard football seating capacity of 50,186. Serving as the home ground for Lille.

It features a massive retractable roof that can completely open or seal shut in just 15 minutes, but its true party trick is the Showbox technology. Using powerful hydraulic lifts, the northern half of the hybrid grass pitch can completely lift and slide directly over the southern half, transforming the stadium into a fully enclosed 30,000-seat indoor arena within 24 hours.

• Head Referee: Sascha Stegemann (GER)

• Assistant Referee 1: Christof Günsch (GER)

• Assistant Referee 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)

• Fourth Official: Martin Petersen (GER)

• Video Assistant Referee (VAR): Christian Dingert (GER)

• Assistant VAR: Nicolas Winter (GER)

Northern Ireland starting XI: Pierce Charles; Trai Hume, Ruairi McConville, Ciaron Brown, Brodie Spencer; Shea Charles, Alistair McCann, Justin Devenny; Patrick Kelly, Isaac Price, Jamie Donley.

France starting XI: Mike Maignan; Jules Kounde, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba, Theo Hernandez; Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot; Michael Olise, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Kylian Mbappe.

The match between France and Northern Ireland is scheduled to start at 3:10 PM ET / 12:10 PM PT on Monday, June 8, 2026, at the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre-Mauroy, in Lille, France.

In the United States, the game will be available via live streaming on Fubo, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV and ViX.

France and Northern Ireland have an international friendly match prior to the 2026 World Cup, and here in Bolavip you can follow the live minute-by-minute updates of this thrilling duel!