Argentina vs France Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th December 2022

We have reached the end of the road with the 64th and final match of the 2022 World Cup. Argentina take on France in the final this coming Sunday afternoon.

For the second World Cup in a row, France have reached the final. In fact, they have reached the final for the fourth time since hosting it in 1998. An absolute stunning achievement which speaks volumes for their development of players for Les Bleus.

Olivier Giroud has beaten the French record for goals scored in the national team. Antoine Griezmann perhaps has never been better, while Kylian Mbappé pose a constant threat and could still end up as top scorer of the tournament. And this is a squad which had to wave goodbye to Karim Benzema before it all began a month ago.

Argentina are in their fourth final since 1986 and similarly to France, are looking to win their third tournament. Will Lionel Messi finally reach the absolute pinnacle of the sport, just like Diego Maradona did in 1986? He's been outstanding going forward, while their back four have performed at a continuous high level since succumbing to Saudi Arabia in their first match.

Imagine losing to Saudi Arabia and now having the opportunity to claim the title a month later. They were deadly on the counterattack against Croatia in the semifinal with Messi running rings around Gvardiol, while Alvarez proved why Manchester City paid big money for the young lad this summer.

While Argentina join the final on Sunday as number three in the FIFA world ranking, visitors France are number four. We should be in for a cracking final on Sunday.

Argentina vs France Prediction

Argentina Form

Argentina are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Australia 2-1, and then drawing 2-2 with Netherlands. They were back as winners when they defeated Croatia 3-0. Argentina have been pretty scary, winning nine of their last 10 games across all tournaments, while suffering defeat once.

Argentina are in eminent form in the goal scoring department, banging in 32 goals in their previous ten matches. This creates an average of 3.2 goals per game. They held on for a clean sheet in seven of these, conceding eight goals for an average of 0.8 per game.

France Form

France are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Poland got left behind in a 3-1 win, before England got hammered in a 1-2 victory. Morocco was the most recent victim in a 2-0 win for France. France were able to win six of their previous 10 games across all tournaments, while drawing one of the games. They suffered three defeats as well.

France scored 16 goals, conceded nine and managed a clean sheet two times in their previous ten matches.

Argentina vs France Lineups

Argentina vs France Betting Tips

Lionel Messi look like value in the goal scoring market with five strikes to his name in six World Cup matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Kylian Mbappe adds to his five World Cup goals come this coming Sunday.

Argentina claimed all three points nine times in their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while also enduring defeat once. France have won six of their last 10 games, while drawing once and losing three in this series of matches.

Over 2.5 goals paid out in eight of Argentina’s ten most recent matches across the tournaments, and they scored an 3.2 goals on average in the process. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for France, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches. Argentina scored at least one goal in their last 15 matches.

In the last three encounters between Argentina and France over 2.5 goals came out once, as Argentina averaged two goals a game. France scored an average of 1.33 goals in these, while both teams scored once.

France scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Argentina probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Sunday, as France managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed seven clean sheets in their last 10 matches.