Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 18 | 17 June 2010 | 20:30 | Polokwane / Peter Mokaba Stadium | 35370 |
Referee Khalil AL GHAMDI (KSA) | Assistant Referee 1 Hassan KAMRANIFAR (IRN) | |
Fourth Official Peter O LEARY (NZL) | Assistant Referee 2 Saleh AL MARZOUQI (UAE) | |
Match Commissioner David CHUNG (PNG) | Fifth Official Matthew TARO (SOL) |
| France (FRA) | Statistics | Mexico (MEX) |
| 13 | Shots | 12 |
| 4 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 23 | Fouls Committed | 25 |
| 7 | Corner kicks | 1 |
| 4 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 2 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 1 / 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Cautions | 4 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 53% | Possession (%) | 47% |
| 30 | Actual playing time | 27 |
| France (FRA) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Mexico (MEX) |
| 2% | 15% | 10% |
| 12% | 20% | 14% |
| 4% | 13% | 10% |
| 6% | 18% | 5% |
| 12% | 16% | 13% |
| 10% | 15% | 5% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Hugo LLORIS | GK | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Bakari SAGNA | D | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Eric ABIDAL | D | 90 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | William GALLAS | D | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | Franck RIBERY | F | 90 | 2/4 | 4 | |||||||
| 10 | Sidney GOVOU | F | 69 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | Patrice EVRA | D | 90 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 14 | Jeremy TOULALAN | M | 90 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Florent MALOUDA | M | 90 | 1/2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 19 | Abou DIABY | M | 90 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 21 | Nicolas ANELKA | F | 46 | 1/4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Andre Pierre GIGNAC | F | 44 | 0/1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 20 | Mathieu VALBUENA | F | 21 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 2 | 4/13 | 23 | 23 | 2 | |||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oscar PEREZ | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Francisco RODRIGUEZ | D | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Carlos SALCIDO | D | 90 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | Rafael MARQUEZ | D | 90 | 1/1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Ricardo OSORIO | D | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 6 | Gerardo TORRADO | M | 90 | 0/1 | 3 | |||||||
| 9 | Guillermo FRANCO | F | 62 | 0/1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | Carlos VELA | F | 31 | 0/1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Hector MORENO | D | 90 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Efrain JUAREZ | D | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Giovani DOS SANTOS | F | 90 | 0/2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Pablo BARRERA | F | 59 | 0/1 | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | Cuauhtemoc BLANCO | F | 28 | 1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | ||||||
| 14 | Javier HERNANDEZ | F | 35 | 1 | 2/2 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 2 | 5/12 | 1/1 | 25 | 22 | 4 | ||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
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