Interestingly, both sides suffered shocking defeats in the group stage. The South Americans were thrashed by spirited Saudi Arabia 2-1, while the holders were beaten by Tunisia.

However, in semifinals, both sides comfortably outshined their opponents, as Messi’s Argentina thrashed Croatia 3-0, while France secured a 2-0 victory over history-makers Morocco.

Now it is down to the final, and we have gathered some head-to-head statistics to show who is the dominant side between the two.

France have won three of the 12 previous meetings between the two countries with Argentina victorious on six occasions. Three matches have been drawn.

Here is the list of their matches:

1930: World Cup ­­– France 0 - 1 Argentina

1965: Friendly – France 0 - 0 Argentina

1971: Friendly – Argentina 3 - 4 France

1971: Friendly – Argentina 2 - 0 France

1972: Friendly – Argentina 0 - 0 France

1974: Friendly – France 0 - 1 Argentina

1977: Friendly – Argentina 0 - 0 France

1978: World Cup – Argentina 2 - 1 France

1986: Friendly – France 2 - 0 Argentina

2007: Friendly – France 0 - 1 Argentina

2009: Friendly – France 0 - 2 Argentina

2018: World Cup – France 4 - 3 Argentina