France vs Austria Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

France

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France will be hoping to bounce back here following a 0-1 Nations League defeat in their last game at the hands of Croatia.

In that game, France had 54% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Croatia had 4 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Luka Modrić (5') scored for Croatia.

It has not been often in recent games that France have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, France have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals along the way.

Austria

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Denmark in Nations League competition, Austria will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Austria had 47% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Denmark had 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Jonas Wind (21') and Andreas Skov Olsen (37') scored for Denmark.

The numbers tell their own story, and Austria have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. Defensively, Austria seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league match between these sides was Nations League match day 3 on 10/06/2022 which ended up with the score at Austria 1-1 France.

On that day, Austria managed 33% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Andreas Weimann (37').

On the other side, France had 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Kylian Mbappé (83') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Anastasios Sidiropoulos.

ℹ️ Team News: France

The France manager Didier Deschamps will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this game thanks to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.

It’s our opinion that Les Bleus will probably employ a 4-3-3 system for the game with Mike Maignan, Benjamin Pavard, Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Ferland Mendy, Aurelien Tchouameni, Matteo Guendouzi, Eduardo Camavinga, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe.

📋 Team News: Austria

Due to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Austria boss Ralf Rangnick doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match.

There’s a good chance that Das Team appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-2-1 formation, choosing Heinz Lindner, Stefan Lainer, Gernot Trauner, Kevin Danso, David Alaba, Marcel Sabitzer, Xaver Schlager, Nicolas Seiwald, C. Baumgartner, Michael Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovic.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that France have it within them to get amongst the goals when they line up against Austria, who will not find it easy scoring a goal of their own.

Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for France at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:19 18/09/2022