WORLD CUP FINAL BY THE NUMBERS

France versus Italy.

It's a battle between two of Europe's greatest soccer powers, a rematch of the dramatic Euro 2000 final.

On Sunday, Les Bleus and the Azzurri will battle it out in Berlin for soccer's greatest prize: the World Cup.

Between them, France and Italy have won the World Cup four times: Italy in 1934, 1938 and 1982; France in 1998. They've also combined for three European championships (Italy in 1968; France in 1984 and 2000).

This will be Italy's sixth World Cup final (it finished runner-up in 1970 and 1994). A victory on Sunday would give Italy its fourth World Cup title, one more than Germany. Only Brazil, with five, has won more.

These two nations have met 32 times in international play with the Italians holding a distinct advantage in the series: 17 wins, eight draws and seven losses. Italy has outscored France 75-44.

Sunday's game will be their fifth World Cup meeting. Italy won 3-1 in the 1938 quarter-finals and 2-1 in the 1978 opening group stage. France defeated Italy 2-0 in the second round in 1986 and ousted the Italians 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the 1998 quarter-finals.

The last time France and Italy met was in the final of Euro 2000. France won 2-1 on a golden goal in extra time by David Trezeguet.

Italy hasn't lost in 24 international matches, its longest unbeaten streak since 1939 - Italy's last loss came in October 2004 against Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier.

If France fails to score, the Italians will tie the record for most consecutive World Cup shutouts (five), and become the first country ever to register six shutouts in a single World Cup tournament.

Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has not given up a goal in 453 minutes. A shutout against France will give Buffon the tournament record, currently held by fellow countryman Walter Zenga, who went 517 minutes without conceding a goal at the 1990 World Cup.

French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez can set a record of his own with a shutout on Sunday - he and English goalkeeper Peter Shilton have 10 career World Cup shutouts.

Italy has scored a tournament-leading 11 goals (tied with Argentina and Germany) but what's amazing is that 10 different players have scored for Italy. Italy has only conceded one goal - an own-goal in its 1-1 draw with the United States in the first round.

France has outscored its opponents 8-2 in Germany.

Juventus, a Turin-based club that plays in Italy's Serie A (first division) has eight players competing in Sunday's match: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta, Mauro Camoranesi and Alessandro Del Piero face French teammates Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira and David Trezeguet.

Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro will make his 100th appearance for his country on Sunday. Paolo Maldini (126) and Dino Zoff (112) are the only other Italian players to reach the 100-game plateau.

Sunday's game is the first all-European final since Italy defeated West Germany 3-1 in 1982. It's also the first final not to feature Germany or Brazil since 1978 (Argentina vs. the Netherlands).