Here are the **Iceland vs France** player ratings for their World Cup 2026 qualifying game from well known French newspaper L’Equipe. France dropped points for the first time in this 2026 WC qualifying campaign, drawing 2-2 in Reykjavik.
**Iceland 2** (Palsson, Hlynsson)
**France 2** (Nkunku, Mateta)
**Iceland 2-2 France October 2025 L’Equipe ratings.**
France as a team didn’t impress L’Equipe. Arsenal defender William Saliba got a 3/10 rating as a centreback and fellow CB Dayot Upamecano didn’t do much better either- he also got a 3. Goalkeeper Mike Maignan, heavily linked with Chelsea, only fared marginally better with a 4/10 rating here.
France as a team got a rating of just 4.3/10 vs Iceland. The only two players that were decent on the evening in L’Equipe’s books were Lucas Digne and Crysta Palace’s Jean-Phillippe Mateta- the duo got a 6/10 rating against Iceland.
Chelsea wingback Gusto’s replacement in this game ([Gusto started the previous fixture against Azerbaijan](https://www.soccer-blogger.com/2025/10/11/france-vs-azerbaijan-3-0-lequipe-player-ratings-how-did-ekitike-saliba-others-perform/))- Barca’s Jules Kounde, got a 3/10.
The highest player rating for this Iceland 2-2 France game went to Gudmunsson (7/10 rating). Referee Grinfeld also had a good game in L’Equipe’s eyes- he got a 7 too. Deschamps as manager was however given only a 4/10.