Kylian Mbappe and Hugo Ekitike scored for France as they sent out a statement of their World Cup credentials by overcoming Dayot Upamecano's red card to beat Brazil 2-1.

Didier Deschamps' side will play their final Group I match against Norway in Foxborough on June 26, and they looked at home in their New England surroundings as they earned an impressive victory, despite playing more than 40 minutes a man down.

Both coaches selected strong lineups and that made for a lively start, but with Raphinha sending a half-volley over, the first shot on target did not arrive until the 32nd minute.

And Mbappe made that effort count, latching onto Ousmane Dembele's through-ball before dinking a sensational finish over Ederson from the right side of the area.

Mbappe was wayward with two more attempts before half-time, though Brazil grew into the contest after the restart, with substitute Luiz Henrique working Mike Maignan.

And the Selecao had a numerical advantage when Upamecano saw red for his last-man foul on Wesley in the 55th minute. The Bayern Munich man was initially shown a yellow card for tripping his opponent just outside the area, only for a VAR review to result in his punishment being upgraded.

However, France shook off that setback 10 minutes later as Michael Olise slipped a pinpoint pass into Ekitike, who, like Mbappe, chipped Ederson with confidence.

Brazil got back into the game when a goalmouth scramble resulted in Bremer scoring his first international goal, and both the Juventus defender and Vinicius Junior had glorious chances late on, but neither of them could find the target. 

Data Debrief: Mbappe inches ever closer as Brazil misfire

Mbappe's wonderful finish took him to 56 goals for France, drawing him within one of Olivier Giroud's all-time Bleus record (57), ahead of facing Colombia on Sunday.

Mbappe led all France players for shots (three, all inside the box), expected goals (0.64 xG), and touches in the area (nine), while also creating one chance and completing the joint second-most dribbles on his team (two, Olise completed three).

He had a better time of things than his Madrid team-mate Vinicius, who had two shots with an xG value of 0.64 and failed to hit the target, missing a glaring chance to equalise on the slide in stoppage time.

Brazil won the xG battle by 2.24 to 1.29, outshooting France 17-7, but Carlo Ancelotti's side only hit the target on four occasions.