France vs Albania: The hosts of Euro 2016 are much better in the second half

Match facts ahead of the Euro 2016 meeting

Albania fans ahead of their game against France (Getty)

Using the Independent's dedicated Euro 2016 app, we take a look at all the key match stats ahead of France vs Albania...

• France have won four of the six matches played against Albania but have failed to win either of the last two meetings (D1 L1).
• Ergys Kace’s free-kick effort helped Albania to a 1-0 victory over France when they last met in June 2015.
• Albania have never scored more than once in a game against France (three goals scored in six matches).
• Albania have never beaten Les Bleus in France; conceding nine goals across three games and have only scored once in return (D1 L2).
• France have lost just once in their last 11 matches at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille (vs Argentina 2009 - W7 D3).
• Les Bleus have played at this venue twice before in the European Championships; losing to Czechoslovakia in 1960 (0-2) but beating Portugal in 1984 (3-2), both games saw them concede twice.

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  France have won their last six games on home soil in the European Championships (5 in 1984, 1 in 2016).
• France have only kept two clean sheets in their last 17 games at the EURO (against Romania in 2008 and Ukraine in 2012).
• France’s five shots on target (including their two goals) in the opening game against Romania all came in the second-half.
• In fact, seven of France’s last eight goals at the EURO have been scored after half-time.
• N’Golo Kanté made more touches (101), more passes (86), more interceptions (5) and more tackles (3) than any other French player in the opening game against Romania.
• Olivier Giroud has scored eight goals in his last six starts for France.
• Against Romania, Dimitri Payet became the first French player to score and assist in the same EURO game since Thierry Henry in 2000 (v Czech R.). 
• Payet scored six goals and delivered nine assists in his last 17 league games at the Stade Vélodrome as a Marseille player.
• Albania have lost their last two internationals – they’ve not lost three in a row since October 2013.

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