France are applying the pressure on now, Jeremy Menez skips past the challenge of two Ukrainian defenders, with his pullback cleared for a corner.
22′
Corner to France, Yohan Cabaye's inswinging delivery is headed behind
20′
The visitors hold the ball up, waiting patiently for chances to open up as Blaise Matuidi sends in a testing low cross from the left. Quickly cleared by an alert Oleksandr Kucher.
17′
Les Bleus are enjoying more of the ball, yet they've largely been kept at arm's length by Ukraine in the early exchanges. Loic Remy is penalised for a foul on Vycheslav Shevchuk
12′
A teasing cross forces Anthony Revelliere to head behind safely for a corner, but the setpiece is quickly snuffed out by Steve Mandanda. A waste.
9′
France surge up the field, yet Sakho loses out to Voronin in the middle of the park. The PSG man's limp release of the ball allowed Devic to run clear on the right, yet the pull back was disappointingly poor to trouble the rearguard.
7′
Sakho is penalised for a foul near the corner flag. The hosts fail to make anything count however, with Sakho clearing the ball away from the box.
6′
It's the visitors' turn to enjoy more of the ball, a long cross from the right evades the front line, and into the grateful hands of Pyatov.
3′
The hosts have settled into a controlling rhythm, with Loic Remy going wide with an early shot. Not troubling Andriy Pyatov.
1′
France get the game underway. Lots of empty seats around the Donbass Arena
Captains for the evening Bayern Munich's Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Marseille's Steve Mandanda go through the pre-match formalities. France are in their tradiitional blue jerseys, whilst the hosts are in their distinct yellow kits.
National anthems are played at a noisy Donbass Arena in Donetsk. Kick off is not too far away.
Interesting team selection from the visitors, with Laurent Blanc ringing the changes from their woeful display away to Belarus on Friday. Les Bleus were held to a 1-1 draw in their Euro 2012 qualifier, and only Mamadou Sakho retains his place for tonight's encounter. Meanwhile, Ukraine are without captain and talisman Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine line up as thus: Pyatov; Kucher, Shevchuk, Ischenko, Tymoshchuk, Rotan, Nazarenko, Husyev, Kobin, Voronin, Devic.
