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Peter Green - September 4, 2023
France vs Ireland Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Euro Cup Qualification on Thursday, 7 September 2023.
France managed to deliver their best in the Group B fixtures to climb into the top of the group standings. They won all their four matches and are well clear from their opponents.
The team will face Ireland on Thursday as their visiting rivals. Going on, Ireland is having an inconsistent form at the moment. They have won one and lost two of their three group stage matches.
France have been the superior force in the history of this match-up. They were unbeaten in 8 of the past 10 head to head clashes and won six of those.
France is on a three-match winning streak against Ireland at the moment. Two of the last three clashes at this stadium had goals from both ends.
France is on a seven-game winning streak at home across all competitions. This includes a set of World Cup fixtures too. Their form is so exceptional at home.
Meanwhile, Ireland is having an inconsistent form on the road. They were winless in four of the last five road trips and lost three of those.
Moreover, France is having a stunning h2h form against Ireland for the past several years. Thus, we expect a win for France on Thursday.
Two of the total four fixtures of France this season had goals over 2.5 ft. They owns one of the best offensive line of this season consisting of Kylian Mbappe who have scored 4 goals. Since we expect a win for them, goals are likely to come over 2.5 ft.
Ireland have managed to score in their last four away matches irrespective of the result. But the French side have not allowed a goals so far this season. Such a display makes it a tough call for us.
The winning form of France with good goal-scoring display forces us to back them over this Irish side, who won just once in the past five road trips.
France’s exceptional, superior display in their h2h clashes is another reason for us to back them to win here. While placing France to win Ht/Ft, we like to back the over 2.5 goals option as the second.
