France vs Belgium prediction and betting tips on September 9, 2024
UEFA Nations League A
A match between the national teams of France and Belgium will take place in the 2nd round of the Nations League on September 9, 2024. Having failed the opening match, Deschamps’ wards will try to rehabilitate themselves by defeating their neighbour, but they have their own plans.
France vs Belgium: key statistics and trends
- * France has won only 1 out of 6 matches in regular time.
- * Belgium has lost twice in 4 previous games at the Euro.
- * The most common score between the teams is a 0-0 draw (3 times).
- * France wins the first half in 46% of matches, Belgium – in 61% of confrontations.
Our prediction for the match France vs Belgium
“Les Bleus” continued the Deschamps’ era as a coach with another unclear Euro. The winner of the 2018 World Cup and the vice-champion of the world in Qatar, who confidently overcame the qualification, where the team beat the national team of the Netherlands twice, showed itself weakly in Germany, almost not scoring “from play” (it is reasonable to mention that the captain, Mbappé, will get a broken jaw already in the opening round, and returned only for the play-offs). Having reached the play-offs with 4 points, the team overcame “the Red Devils” at the 1/8 stage. The opponent started with a victory against Slovakia and, after the victory over Romania, pragmatically brought the match with Ukraine to a goalless draw. Then, in a head-to-head meeting of the giants, everything was decided by an own goal scored by Vertonghen. And the French advanced to the semi-finals after a goalless draw in the game against Portugal due to a successful penalty shoot-out. Still, Spain was already waiting there – it predictably won with a 2-1 result.
After the offensive defeat, Jan ended his career, and Courtois and Domenico Tedesco never made peace. At the same time, the following footballers were not called up to the team: Vranckx, Witsel, Trossard, Carrasco and even Lukaku. However, there are only 2 potential newcomers, young Engels and Duranville. Deschamps did not take Lucas Hernandez, Pavard, Rabiot, Camavinga, Coman, and Giroud ended his career.
The French started with a match against another top rival, Italy. Barcola opened the scoring, but then “the Squadra Azzurra” managed to respond with 3 goals of their own. The Belgians tested Israel, and won according to a diametrically opposite scenario: they responded to Castagne’s own goal with an excellent period after the break, making the final score 3-1.
France vs Belgium: possible starting line-ups
France (possible line-up): Maignan – Theo, Saliba, Konate, Kloss – Kant e, Fofana, Olise, Barcola, Griezmann – Mbappé.
Belgium (possible line-up): Casteels - De Cuyper, Theate, Faes, Castagne – Tielemans, Onana, De Bruyne, Doku, Lukebakio – Openda
Previous head-to-head matches: France vs Belgium
“The Gallic Rooster” has won 3 times in a row against the neighbour.
Free prediction for the match France vs Belgium
It will not be easy for Mbappé and the company to confirm their status as favourites with success on the field. “The Red Devils” can win against such an opponent with “a +1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.615).
