The world champions are back in action in the UEFA Nations League as they take on the struggling Germany who are coming off an embarrassing defeat to the Netherlands on Saturday. A win for France could put them in a fantastic position to reach the semi final meanwhile Germany will look to get out of the bottom of the group and keep their hopes of winning the group alive. A lot on the line here and we for sure should see an entertaining game!
Key Facts
France are currently unbeaten in 14 games. 10W 4D
Kylian Mbappe has scored 12 goals in 10 apps for club and country this season.
France are unbeaten against Germany in 4 straight meetings. 2W 2D. Winning both games at home
In their last 10 matches against League A opposition, France have a solid record of 6W 3D 1L. Big game team.
Germany have only won 3 of their previous 12 games. 4D 5L
5 losses is the most Germany have suffered in a calendar year since 1985
Germany have currently failed to score in 3 consecutive competitive games for the first time ever as a football nation
Germany have only scored 10 goals in their previous 12 games while only keeping 2 clean sheets in that period conceding 15 goals.
Germany have only won 1 of their previous 10 matches against League A opposition. 7D 2L
Team News
France: Didier Deschamps has mostly all of his key weapons for this match available. Only player that France will be missing is CB Umtiti therefore we may see Kimpembe, Sakho or Zouma slot in alongside Varane. In their recent match against Iceland, Deschamps sat half of his 1st string players on the bench to start including Mbappe who then came on and equalised late. It’s expected that the likes of Mbappe, Matuidi, Kante and Lucas will all return into the starting lineup and Deschamps will use them same lineup as he used during the World Cup with the exception of Umtiti.
Germany: As mentioned already in the previous preview, Germany are missing Rudiger, Gundogan and Reus this month.After being battered by the Dutch, we can expect Joachim Low to make some changes and possibly bring in the likes of Sane and Draxler who came off the bench in the previous match. Well probably see Kimmich stay in midfield while the likes of Hummels, Kroos, Boateng, Muller all to stay in the team. It’s a huge game for Germany and their fans will be hoping that the stars show up for once.
Betting Tips and Predictions
Clearly in this match France are expected to win and we’re willing to back that. A France win and any handicap up until -1.5 is worth the try given how good France are and how poorly Germany perform. Mbappe’s pace is going to be a massive factor as we’ve seen how much German defenders struggle with pacey players nowadays. Frances attack will prove to be too much and not only that, their backline is very solid and with the way Germany look going forward we just can’t see them being able to handle the French right now. The prediction for this match is a 3-0 win for France. France to keep a clean is worth the try and Mbappe to score anytime as well.
Match Odds (TonyBet)
France Win – 1.80
Draw 3.70
Germany Win – 4.45
KICK OFF – 16th October 2018 – 7:45pm UK Time
