With striker Nicolas Anelka expelled from the squad, Andre-Pierre Gignac looks set to replace the Chelsea forward in attack.

Domenech will be forced also to reshuffle his midfield to replace the suspended Jeremy Toulalan. Youann Gourcuff is the main most likely to step in.

South Africa manager has a number of suspensions to deal with. Fulham midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi and goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune are both suspended. Moeneeb Jospehs is favourite to replace Khune between the sticks.

Both sides have a number of players one card away from suspension including South Africa’s Steven Pienaar and France’s Franck Ribery.

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This means that Nicolas Anelka or Thierry Henry could start upfront on their own in a 4-2-3-1 set up with Abou Diaby and Jeremy Toulalan (who is on a booking) shielding the defence.

Florent Malouda may come in on the left of midfield, replacing Sidney Govou who would drop to the bench.

France have further been hampered by an injury to second choice keeper Cedric Carrasso, who suffered a thigh injury in training.

Mexico boss Javier Aguirre will be pleased that Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez has declared himself 100% fit after suffering a knock in Mexico’s opening match.

Aguirre, however, may drop goalkeeper Oscar Perez in favour of Guillermo Ochoa after a poor display by Perez against South Africa. However, Aguirre has promised that the attacking 4-3-3 formation he used will remain, with Gio Dos Santos, Carlos Vela and Guillermo Franco providing the firepower.

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Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyon), Steve Mandanda(Olympique Marseille), Cedric Carrasso (Girondins Bordeaux)

Defenders: Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla), Marc Planus (Girondins Bordeaux), Gael Clichy(Arsenal), Anthony Reveillere (Olympique Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Alou Diarra(Girondins Bordeaux), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyon), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Yoann Gourcuff (Girondins Bordeaux), Abou Diaby (Arsenal)

Forwards: Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Panathinaikos), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique Marseille)

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Two words: Raymond Domenech. How Domenech is still in a job after presiding over a shocking Euro 2006 and a, to say the least, faltering World Cup qualification campaign is one of life’s great mysteries.

With Domenech in charge, you can expect France to do pretty badly. Word from the camp suggests that his tactics confuse the players.

Luckily for France, their group (Group A) has no really strong teams, featuring Uruguay, South Africa and Mexico so I would expect France to qualify.

However, they will then be facing a clash with someone from the Group of Death, Group B. Frankly, I’m not 100% confident idea who is going to qualify from Group B, but any one of Argentina, Greece, Nigeria or South Korea is capable of beating France under Domenech.

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