Brazil vs France: How to watch the “Road to 26” friendly match played at Gillette Stadium
Foxborough is the venue for a high-profile international friendly today, as two former World Cup winners face off.
Two of the highest-profile national teams in men’s soccer meet in the U.S., as Brazil and France collide in a heavyweight tune-up for the 2026 World Cup.
This afternoon in Foxborough, Massachusetts, O Seleção and Les Bleus face off in a friendly at Gillette Stadium - one of the venues for this summer’s tournament, which the U.S. is co-hosting with Mexico and Canada.
Brazil vs France: kickoff times, where to buy tickets
Held as part of a six-game, seven-team series of friendlies dubbed “Road to 26”, Brazil vs France kicks off today, Thursday, Mar. 26, at 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster; at the time of writing, the cheapest available seats inside Gillette Stadium cost just over $200.
How can I watch Brazil vs France? Is it on TV/online in the U.S.?
Viewers in the U.S. will be able to watch the game on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Your streaming options include the online platform fubo, which offers a free trial.
You will also be able to follow live-text coverage of Brazil vs France right here at AS USA. We’ll be building up to the game from about 90 minutes ahead of kickoff, before talking you through the action.
Brazil vs France: international friendly preview
Winners of seven men’s World Cups between them - five for Brazil, two for France - the teams are meeting for the first time in over a decade. They have not crossed paths since March 2015, when goals by Oscar, Neymar and Luis Gustavo earned the Brazilians a 3-1 victory in a Paris friendly. The teams’ last competitive matchup is a further nine years back: a 1-0 win for France in the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals.
Drawn in Group I at this year’s World Cup - with Senegal, Norway and one of Bolivia, Iraq or Suriname - the French will be back at Gillette Stadium on Jun. 26, when they face the Norwegians in their final round-robin game. What’s more, Les Bleus are set to establish their World Cup base in Massachusetts, using the training facilities at Babson College in Wellesley, just outside Boston.
Having returned from injury for Real Madrid last week, Kylian Mbappé headlines Didier Deschamps’ squad for a double-header of U.S. friendlies: after facing Brazil on Thursday, Les Bleus move on to a Landover, Maryland clash with Colombia on Sunday, Mar. 29. Deschamps, who is expected to be replaced by former Madrid boss Zinédine Zidane after the World Cup, arrives in the U.S. with Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé also in his travelling party. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is back for France after injury ruled him out of November’s internationals. Crystal Palace’s uncapped Maxence Lacroix is the only new face on Deschamps’ roster.
Meanwhile, Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti travels to the States without the once more-overlooked Neymar, but has handed a recall to Lyon’s on-loan Real Madrid forward Endrick Felipe. Ancelotti, whose team also takes on Croatia in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, has picked a roster that features maiden call-ups for defenders Léo Pereira and Kaiki, for midfielder Gabriel Sara, and for two Premier League forwards in Brentford’s Igor Thiago and Bournemouth’s Rayan.
Ranked at No. 5 in the world, two places behind France, the Brazilians have been drawn in Group C at the 2026 World Cup, along with Haiti, Morocco and Scotland.
Brazil squad to face France and Croatia:
- Goalkeepers: Alisson, Bento, Ederson
- Defenders: Bremer, Ibanez, Leo Pereira, Marquinhos, Keiki, Danilo, Douglas Santos, Wesley
- Midfielders: Andrey Santos, Casemiro, Danilo, Fabinho, Gabriel Sara
- Forwards: Endrick, Gabriel Martinelli, Igor Thiago, João Pedro, Luiz Henrique, Matheus Cunha, Raphinha, Rayan, Vinícius Júnior
Brazil’s last five results:
- Nov. 18: Brazil 1-1 Tunisia, friendly
- Nov. 15: Brazil 2-0 Senegal, friendly
- Oct. 14: Japan 3-2 Brazil, friendly
- Oct. 10: South Korea 0-5 Brazil, friendly
- Sep. 9: Bolivia 1-0 Brazil, WCQ
France squad to face Brazil and Colombia:
- Goalkeepers: Lucas Chevalier, Mike Maignan, Brice Samba
- Defenders: Lucas Digne, Malo Gusto, Lucas Hernández, Theo Hernández, Pierre Kalulu, Ibrahima Konaté, Maxence Lacroix, Dayot Upamecano
- Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga, N’Golo Kanté, Manu Koné, Adrien Rabiot, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Warren Zaïre-Emery
- Forwards: Maghnes Akliouche, Rayan Cherki, Ousmane Dembélé, Desiré Doué, Hugo Ekitike, Randal Kolo Muani, Kylian Mbappé, Michael Olise, Marcus Thuram
France’s last five results:
- Nov. 16: Azerbaijan 1-3 France, WCQ
- Nov. 13: France 4-0 Ukraine, WCQ
- Oct. 13: Iceland 2-2 France, WCQ
- Oct. 10: France 3-0 Azerbaijan, WCQ
- Sep. 9: France 2-1 Iceland, WCQ
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