🆕Belgium vs France
⏲️UEFA Nations League, KO: 19:45 Oct 14, 2024, Stade Roi Baudouin
⚽Belgium go head-to-head against France on Monday. Read our Predictions and Betting Tips with Match Preview, Head-to-head stats (h2h) and Team Form Analysis.
Our prediction for this Nations League match:
All eyes will be on King Baudouin Stadium when Belgium and France lock horns in the UEFA Nations League derby. Belgium showed character in a 2-2 draw with Italy as they came from two goals behind to share the spoils with the Azzurri at Stadio Olimpico, but it has to be noted that Lorenzo Pellegrini was sent off for the hosts after 38 minutes. Anyhow, home win should not be considered as both Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku are out of contention for the home side.
Les Tricolores, on the other hand, defeated Israel 4-1 on Thursday to climb to second place in the standings and even though Real Madrid ace Kylian Mbappe is rested in October games, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visiting team. PSG winger Bradley Barcola is widely expected to return to the starting XI after scoring as a substitute in the last group game.
How the bookies view it: France to prevail
France have been installed as overwhelming favourites and are priced at 5/4 by Baawin to claim the win. Belgium are considered outsiders among the bookies, with a home win valued at 21/10 by WJpeso, who is also offering 5/2 for a draw.
Head to head: France on top
France have a 12-5 advantage with six draws from 23 previous matches against Belgium. The French have also won the last four meetings and triumphed 2-0 in the reverse fixture back in September.
Highlighted Player (Romelu Lukaku):
Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli, born on 13th of ay 1993 is a Belgian player with roots form Congo. Lukaku played for several youth teams before he got picked up by RSC Anderlecht. After playing for only 2 seasons for Anderlecht Chelsea picked him up for around12 million euro.
Lukaku was never able to get a spot in the starting eleven of Chelsea and after playing for WBA he moved to Everton for approximately 35 million euro.Lukaku made his debut in February 2010 by the age of 16 and is one of the youngest players that player for the highest Belgian national team.
The biggest achievement of Lukakui is winning the Eerste klasse in Belgium and the English FA Cup. With his strength and goal scoring abilities Lukaku can be considered as one of the deadliest strikers of the world. Nicknames for Lukaku are Big Rom and the Tank.
Highlighted Team (France):
Recording impressive results on international stage since 1904, France are widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful national teams, with three major trophies to their name. Two of those were won on home soil as Les Bleus emerged triumphant at the 1984 World Cup and 1998 European Championships, before also winning the 2000 Euros in Netherlands and Belgium.
Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Luis Fernandez and Alain Giresse formed the “Carre Magique” during the 80’s as one of the most impressive attacking line-ups made life difficult for opposition defenders for years on end.
The new golden generation appeared at the turn of the century and featured players like Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane, David Trezeguet and Youri Djorkaef, winning back to back major trophies to place Les Bleus back on the map.
Players to watch: Eyes on Nkunku
Nkunku has impressed for Chelsea this season and appears to have brought that good form to the national team. The forward will be keen to build on his goal last time out and is priced at 9/4 by PHCASH to find the net once again.
Trossard showed he can step up for Belgium in the absence of the big guns and could be worth keeping an eye on. The forward is priced at 11/4 by PESO63 to get on the score sheet on Monday.
Probable line-ups
Trossard was one of Belgium’s better players in Italy and should retain his place in attack alongside Lois Openda. Johan Bakayoko could be given the nod in attack ahead of Jeremy Doku while Wout Faes should continue at the back.
France could ring in the changes with the likes of Barcola and Guendouzi pushing to start after fine showings off the bench last time out. Marcus Thuram could also replace Randal Kolo Muani in attack while Ibrahima Konate and William Saliba should continue in defence.
Belgium: Casteels, Castagne, Faes, Theate, De Cuypers, Tielemans, Mangala, Trossard, De Ketelaere, Bakayoko, Openda
France: Maignan, Kounde, Konate, Saliba, Hernandez, Guendouzi, Camavinga, Barcola, Olise, Nkunku, Thuram
Belgium vs France Prediction
France bounced back from the opening round’s loss to Italy as they claimed back-to-back wins over Belgium and Israel in the next two outings.
Les Blues have scored six goals in the process, including four in Thursday’s 4-1 victory over Israel.
France meet Belgium in Gameweek 4 once again this Monday away at Stade Roi Baudouin in Bruxelles.
Didier Deschamps’ men sit second in Group 2 standings with six points from three matches.
They are only two points above Belgium who have a win, a draw, and a defeat each in the inaugural three affairs in the Nations League.
Belgium played a 2-2 stalemate away at Italy. They got away with such a result despite conceding two early goals in Rome.
The turning point of the game was Lorenzo Pellegrini’s red card late in the first half. Belgium took advantage of the extra man mainly thanks to Leandro Trossard who delivered a goal and an assist at Stadio Olimpico.
France have just scored four goals against Israel and Belgium will go into this off the back of a four-goal thriller.
Nevertheless, the circumstances around this game are very much different. These two outfits have brought us some low-scoring scenarios in their recent head-to-head encounters.
Six of the previous eight H2H matches between Belgium and France finished with fewer than three goals scored.
Also, five of Belgium’s previous seven outings across competitions ended with fewer than three goals scored.
The Under 2.5 goals FT is our main betting option here and you can back it at the odds of 1.95.
