France vs Belgium Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th September 2024

France head into an encounter against Belgium this coming Monday. Played out at Groupama Stadium, this is their second of six outings in the UEFA Nations League group phase. France had a good reading on Belgium in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-2 and 1-0, respectively.

Whereas hosts France sit as number 2 in the FIFA world ranking, visitors Belgium arrive on Monday as number 6.

Following the first round of the group stage France are number four on zero, while Belgium have three as number two.

France only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 15 for an average of 1.5 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Coming away from their next UEFA Nations League match with anything but a defeat for Belgium would be a massive surprise. It looks like a question of simply trying to minimize the defeat everyone expects them to suffer.

Belgium scored 21 goals, conceded 16 and held on for a clean sheet in one of their last ten matches.

France vs Belgium Prediction

France Form

A single point is all France can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 0-0 draw with Portugal, before getting trounced 2-1 against Spain while Italy won 1-3. France managed to win two of their past six internationals. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored nine and conceded nine goals.

Belgium Form

In their last three matches, Belgium drew 0-0 with Ukraine, lost 1-0 against France and beat Israel 3-1. Belgium won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored eight while also conceding three times.

France disappointingly lost their last two matches, but in front of their supporters at Groupama Stadium, they will kick back and book a much-needed win.

France vs Belgium Team News

France vs Belgium H2H

France won the last two meetings against Belgium, as they followed up a 3-2 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score. France go into their upcoming match against Belgium with a 50% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-2-2 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

France vs Belgium Results

In three of the previous eight matches between France and Belgium both teams scored.

France vs Belgium Betting Tips

Kylian Mbappe has found the back of the net one times in his previous six games for France; who will surely not mind him striking again on Monday. Punters will also be looking for Kevin De Bruyne to keep up his current streak for Belgium, having scored three in his last six games for his national team.

France claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing two. Belgium won five of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost one of the games in this run. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at Groupama Stadium on Monday? France scored the opening goal six times in 10 home games, while Belgium did it in seven of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past eight encounters between France and Belgium, with France scoring 1.4 goals on average per game. Belgium averaged one goal, while both teams scored three times. France saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Belgium, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches.