Kylian Mbappé scored one and made another as 10-man France avoided a shock by battling back to scrape a 2-1 victory over Iceland in World Cup qualifying.

The goal brought Mbappé's international total to 52, one ahead of Thierry Henry and five short of Olivier Giroud's record tally.

Andri Gudjohnsen -- son of former Chelsea and Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen -- fired the visitors into a surprise 21st-minute lead at Parc des Princes in Paris.

But Real Madrid star Mbappé equalised from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time before teeing up Bradley Barcola for the 62nd-minute winner.

Gudjohnsen thought he had claimed an 88th-minute leveller, only for his bundled effort to be disallowed on review because of a foul on Ibrahima Konaté.

France were a man down for the final 22 minutes of the Group D encounter due to Aurélien Tchouaméni being sent off for a studs-up lunge on Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson.

Les Bleus head coach Didier Deschamps replaced Lucas Digne and the injured Désiré Doué with Theo Hernández and Marcus Thuram after his side launched their campaign with Friday's 2-0 win away to Ukraine.

Iceland goalkeeper Elias Rafn Olafsson produced a fine save to keep out Thuram's early poke following Michael Olise's through-ball before the visitors stunned the home crowd.

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Under pressure from Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson, Olise conceded possession in his own 18-yard box, allowing Blackburn forward Gudjohnsen to direct an instinctive, first-time finish into the roof of the net from 10 yards.

Olafsson then repelled Thuram's header and Manu Kone's follow-up with a superb double save to further frustrate the dominant hosts.

Iceland, who began their campaign by thrashing Azerbaijan 5-0, were set to take their unexpected advantage into the break until VAR intervened when Thuram was brought down in the box by Mikael Anderson and Mbappé converted the spot kick.

Olise almost atoned for his earlier error in spectacular fashion when his curled effort from range crashed back off the crossbar.

Mbappé turned provider as France completed the comeback, racing clear on to Tchouameni's defence-splitting pass and unselfishly squaring to leave Barcola with a simple finish.

Iceland were given fresh hope of causing an upset just six minutes later when Real Madrid midfielder Tchouameni was dismissed after his initial yellow card was upgraded to red on review.

Two-time world champions France endured some nervy moments in the closing stages but ultimately made it two wins from two after breathing a major sigh of relief when Portuguese referee Antonio Nobre chalked off Gudjohnsen's scruffy finish following a trip to the pitch-side monitor.