World Cup 2010 team news: France v South Africa

Venue Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, Tuesday 3pm Odds France 7-5 South Africa 9-4 Draw 12-5 Referee O Ruiz (Col) TV ITV1 Radio BBC 5 Live France Manager Raymond Domenech Fifa ranking 9 Doubtful None Injured None Suspended Toulalan Unavailable Anelka (sent home) South Africa Manager Carlos Alberto Parreira Fifa ranking 83 Doubtful None Injured None Suspended Dikgacoi, Khune Match pointers • Since Zinedine Zidane's retirement France have failed to win their five matches at international tournaments • South Africa's 3-0 defeat by Uruguay was the largest ever suffered by a host nation in the first round of the World Cup • Nicolas Anelka has scored just once in his 15 appearances at international tournaments – against South Korea at the 2001 Confederations Cup • Carlos Alberto Parreira has failed to win any of his 10 World Cup matches with the four nations he has managed at the finals apart from Brazil – Kuwait in 1982, UAE in 1990, Saudi Arabia in 1998 and South Africa in 2010 • France have been eliminated in the first round in three of their four previous World Cup participations outside Europe (Uruguay 1930, Argentina 1978 and Japan & South Korea 2002)