* France are on a six-match winning streak, stretching back to their first Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus in Paris.
* Furthermore, that streak is something that Raymond Domenech never achieved in his tenure as France coach.
* Similarly, their last international friendly defeat was in Laurent Blanc's first match in charge last August as les Bleus slipped to Norway albeit with a makeshift squad following the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
* This match will allow Laurent Blanc to experiment with his side ahead of this summer's qualifiers with the likes of Laurent Koscielny vying to make his international debut.
* France laboured to a 2-0 win over Luxembourg on Friday night, with "Le President" blasting his forwards for not taking their chances.
* Les Bleus sit at the top of Group D following that win, stretching their lead to four points and a fourth straight win.
* France haven't lost to Croatia, winning three of their four previous encounters.
* Croatia head into this game at the Stade de France on the back of a surprise 1-0 defeat to Georgia at the weekend after a late goal from Levan Kobiashvili consigned them to a first loss in qualifying.
* They sit second in Group B after that defeat, a point behind Greece.
* That slip-up ended a 14-match unbeaten run for Slaven Bilic's side, which stretches back to a 5-1 defeat at Wembley against England in September 2009.
* You would have to go back an impressive three years for Croatia's last friendly loss, which came in a 0-3 defeat to the Netherlands in February 2008.
* Croatia will look to beat France for the first team in five attempts when the two nations square up on Tuesday night.
* Bilic's men are ranked eighth in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings, ten places ahead of France.
LAST MEETING
16 June 2004: Croatia 2-2 France (UEFA Euro 2004)
In this Euro 2004 group stage fixture, the then-reigning champions went ahead when Igor Tudor deflected in Zinedine Zidane's free kick. Croatia turned the match on its head after some questionable French defending. Milan Rapaic converted a penalty to equalise before a fine strike by Dado
Prso after a poor clearance by Marcel Desailly put the match in the Croat's favour. An ineffective back pass to goalkeeper Butina put him under pressure and David Trezeguet capitalised to side-foot into an empty net to salvage a draw.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
France: Lloris; Sagna, Mexes, Rami, Evra; M'Vila; Gourcuff, Nasri; Ribery Malouda; Benzema
Croatia: Pletikosa; Srna, Corluka, Simunic,Strinic; Dujmovic; Kranjcar, Modric, Rakitic; Petric, Jelavic
Prediction
France 1-1 Croatia
