France vs Scotland stats

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Scotland have not won in Paris since 1999 and have only beaten France once since then - at Murrayfield in 2006.

• France have won 13 of the last 15 meetings between the sides.

France

• France have not lost a Six Nations match on home soil since 2008 (a run of six matches) when England won 24-13 in Paris.

• France have won the Six Nations Championship five times: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 & 2010. They did the Grand Slam in 2002, 2004 & 2010.

• Julien Bonnaire is the only French player in the starting XV who also started in 2006, when Les Bleus last lost to Scotland.

Scotland

• Scotland have won five of their last six Test matches, including the last two.

• Scotland scored just five tries in their 10 matches in 2010 (fewer than any other team in the world's top 10); France also played 10 matches but scored 20 tries.

• Scotland have lost 10 of their 11 opening matches in the Six Nations


TEAM LINE-UPS
France: 15-Damien Traille, 14-Yoann Huget, 13-Aurelien Rougerie, 12-Maxime Mermoz, 11-Maxime Medard, 10-Francois Thrinh-Duc, 9-Morgan Parra, 8-Imanol Harinordoquy, 7-Julien Bonnaire, 6-Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5-Lionel Nallet, 4-Julien Pierre, 3-Nicolas Mas, 2-William Servat, 1-Thomas Domingo.

Replacements: 16-Guilhem Guirado, 17-Luc Ducalcon, 18-Jerome Thion, 19-Sebastien Chabal, 20-Dimitri Yachvili, 21-Vincent Clerc, 22-Clement Poitrenaud.

Scotland: 15-Hugo Southwell, 14-Nikki Walker, 13-Joe Ansbro, 12-Nick De Luca, 11-Max Evans, 10-Dan Parks, 9-Rory Lawson, 8-Kelly Brown, 7-John Barclay, 6-Nathan Hines, 5-Alastair Kellock, 4-Richie Gray, 3-Euan Murray, 2-Ross Ford, 1-Allan Jacobsen.

Replacements: 16-Dougie Hall, 17-Moray Low, 18-Richie Vernon, 19-Ross Rennie, 20-Mike Blair, 21-Ruaridh Jackson, 22-Sean Lamont.


MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Wayne Barnes (ENG)

Touch judges: Andrew Small & Stuart Terheege (ENG)

TV: Giulio De Santis (ITA)


Source - BBC website