France vs Italy Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th September 2024

France take on Italy at Parc des Princes, where an exciting match should be on the cards on Friday. It is one of the matches in round one of the group phase of the UEFA Nations League this season. France won the last two meetings against Italy, as they followed up a 3-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 3-1 score.

While France join this game on Friday as number 2 in the FIFA world ranking, visitors Italy are number 10.

Heading into their next UEFA Nations League match France will be a disappointed not to come out the other end with a win. They should have enough quality to see off Italy as they look for plain sailing in the group.

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 12 for an average of 1.2 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Italy managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

France vs Italy Prediction

France Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from France at the moment. Against Belgium, they came out on top in a 1-0 win, before drawing 0-0 against Portugal. Most recently, they were left reeling in a 2-1 defeat against Spain. France won three of their previous six internationals. They drew two and lost one, scoring nine goals to six against.

Italy Form

In their past three games, Italy lost 1-0 against Spain, drew 1-1 with Croatia, and lost 2-0 against Switzerland. Italy claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six internationals. The scoreline from these matches reads five goals conceded and four scored.

France and Italy are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu on Friday.

France vs Italy Team News

France vs Italy H2H

France had a good reading on Italy in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 3-1, respectively. France hold a 5-1-2 advantage against Italy from their latest encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 31/47.

France vs Italy Results

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last eight matches between France and Italy. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 7/8 with bookies.

France vs Italy Betting Tips

As the new UEFA Nations League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for France and Italy this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

France won seven of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Parc des Princes. They drew two and lost one as well, while Italy won two of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost five. France kept visitors at Parc des Princes from scoring six times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Italy have been able to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past eight encounters between France and Italy, with the latter scoring 1.02 goals on average in these. France managed an average of 1.77 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. France saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Italy's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.