France vs Ireland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th September 2023
France and Ireland meet at Parc des Princes for an electrifying group stage game this coming Thursday . We are into the fifth round of the qualifying with teams vying for a place in the European Championship.
France go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 1-0 the last two times they played Ireland.
Before going into the fifth round of the group stage, France are number one with 12 points, whereas Ireland, having accumulated three points, rank as number three.
Ireland are taking on number 53 in the FIFA world ranking, with the home side sitting as number two.
It is widely predicted that France will finish first in their group with little difficulty, and it would be highly unexpected if they did not qualify as the group victor.
It would be surprising if Ireland were to progress beyond the qualifying group stage, given their status as underdogs in terms of making it to the next stage.
France vs Ireland Prediction
France Form
In their last three outings, France won 0-1 against Ireland, beat Gibraltar by 0-3 and hammered Greece 1-0. France showed little mercy in their past six internationals of which they won five, drew zero and lost one. They hit the target 16 times, while letting in seven themselves.
Ireland Form
In their last three matches, Ireland lost against France and Greece by 0-1 and 2-1, respectively, and beat Gibraltar by 3-0. Ireland won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored nine while also conceding seven times.
We expect France to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low scoring home win. We expect the guests from Ireland to put up a decent fight.
In eight consecutive matches, France found the back of the net at least once.
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France vs Ireland Stats
- France have won the last 4 matches in a row without conceding a goal
- France have won the last 3 home matches in a row without conceding a goal
- France have scored in 19 of the last 20 home matches
- France have won 11 of the last 13 home matches
- France have won 9 of the last 11 matches
- In 13 of the last 15 Ireland away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Ireland matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Ireland have scored in 9 of the last 10 matches
- Ireland have scored in 10 of the last 12 away matches
- In 6 of the last 8 Ireland matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
France vs Ireland Team News
At the time of writing, France have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Ireland this coming Thursday.
Ibrahima Konate, Christopher Nkunku and Wesley Fofana nurses various injuries and won't take part for France against Ireland at Parc des Princes.
At the time of writing, Ireland just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Thursday.
Names like William Smallbone and Michael Obafemi most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play France.
France vs Ireland H2H
The latest match between France and Ireland was a tight encounter which saw France running away with small 0-1 victory. France seem to have a great read on Ireland, winning five times of the previous seven matches in the European Championship. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 3/10.
France vs Ireland Results
In the last seven matches between France and Ireland, both teams to score came up twice.
France vs Ireland Betting Tips
Kylian Mbappe is the most prolific European Championship scorer for the home team, with seven goals recently. France will undoubtedly rely on him to shine once again in their upcoming match. Meanwhile, Ireland will be looking to Evan Ferguson, hoping he can add to his current total of two European Championship goals in his latest game.
France won eight of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing two times. Ireland won four of their last 10 games away from home, with two draws and four defeats as well. France won seven times in their last 10 European Championship matches. Visitors Ireland claimed three wins in their previous 10 league matches.
Less than three came out one time in the past seven encounters between Ireland and France, as both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. France performed 1.14 goals on average, whereas Ireland averaged 0.28 goals. France scored an average of 2.1 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Ireland's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.