France vs Netherlands Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th March 2023
France head into an encounter against Netherlands this coming Friday. Played out at Stade de France, this is their first outing in the European Championship qualifying stage. The last time France faced off against Netherlands, Netherlands claimed a 2-0 win at Stadion Feijenoord.
Within group B, five nations are competing against each other, with France, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands all striving to qualify for the European Championship. France sit as number three, while the Netherlands enter their match this coming Friday as number six in the FIFA world ranking.
Bookmakers expect a win for France, when they welcome Netherlands at Stade de France, and dropping points will surely leave them disappointed. However, their visitors have the quality to cause a stir on a good day. A draw could easily be the best call, when Netherlands travel to face France at Stade de France. The two sides look very evenly matched, and they'll be cautious of letting down their guard this coming Friday.
It is widely expected that France will easily finish atop their group, and it would be fairly shocking should they fail to qualify as group winners. Netherlands look well-placed among the favourites in the European Championship. Getting through the group should be a formality, and thereafter anything can happen.
France vs Netherlands Prediction
France Form
In their last three matches, France won 1-2 and 2-0 against first England then Morocco, before drawing 2-2 against Argentina. France won four of their past six internationals, where they also drew zero and lost one. They scored 13 goals and conceded four times.
Netherlands Form
In their three most recent outings, Netherlands won 2-0 and 3-1 against Qatar and USA, before drawing 2-2 against Argentina. Netherlands claimed four wins in six internationals, whilst drawing one and losing zero in which the score said 13 scored to four conceded.
France look well suited to build on their current momentum against visitors Netherlands. We expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Stade de France.
France, are on a streak of four successive games in which they scored at least once.
France vs Netherlands Stats
- France have scored in 17 of the last 18 home matches
- France have won 9 of the last 11 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- France have won 9 of the last 11 home matches
- France have not lost 10 of the last 12 home matches
- France have conceded in 11 of the last 13 matches
- Netherlands have scored in 32 of the last 33 matches
- Netherlands have not lost 26 of the last 28 matches
- Netherlands have not lost 18 of the last 20 away matches
- Netherlands have scored in the last 12 away matches in a row
- Netherlands have won the last 4 away matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
France vs Netherlands Team News
France could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Netherlands. Brice Samba gets a day off from the France squad, as he serves out a suspension.
Aurelien Tchouameni, Alphonse Areola and Mike Maignan nurses various injuries and won't take part for France against Netherlands at Stade de France.
Netherlands have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting France at Stade de France.
Virgil van Dijk won't be travelling with Netherlands this time, as he nurses an injury.
France vs Netherlands H2H
When the two countries last played each other in the UEFA Nations League A, Netherlands bagged a 2-0 win. France usually enjoy playing Netherlands, claiming five wins in the last nine encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 5/6.
France vs Netherlands Results
Both teams to score paid out four times in the previous nine matches between home side France and Netherlands. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 5/6.
France vs Netherlands Betting Tips
Cody Gakpo shows decent form right now for Netherlands, as he has scored zero goals in his last six games in the European Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing France, who are strong favourites on Friday. Siding with Kylian Mbappe also looks like a nice prospect as he has scored zero goals in his last six European Championship matches.
France won eight of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing zero and losing two as well. Netherlands won seven from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost one in this run. Netherlands got the first goal of the game in eight of their last 10 away matches, with France doing the same in seven of their previous 10 games at home.
Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past nine encounters between France and Netherlands, with the latter scoring 1.32 goals on average in these. France managed an average of 1.65 goals as both teams scored four times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of France’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Netherlands's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.3 goals in these matches.
