France vs Germany Prediction & Match Preview

France welcome Germany in an interesting friendly match on Saturday in a match neither team want to end up on the losing side. 

The French team under Didier Deschamps had an excellent 2023 as they lost just 1 of the 10 matches. They defeat, indeed happened against Germany in a friendly at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park. Other than that, there are no holes to pick in this side. 

Germany after back-to-back world cup group stage exits took some more humiliating defeats to get rid of Hansi Flick. Julian Nagelsmann, now 36 years old, took over the reins. 

We can confirm that little has changed since, evident from their back-to-back losses to Austria and Turkey in November.  

It is a daunting task for Nagelsmann with the team really lacking any quality options in the attacking front as well as defense. 

Recent Meetings 

Germany under interim coach Rudi Voller won 2-1 when these teams met in a friendly six months ago. This was their first win against France since 2014, having lost 4 of the earlier six. 

We cannot see any clear goal-scoring trend when these two lock horns, though both teams scored and over 2.5 goals landed in 3 of their last five clashes. 

France vs Germany Prediction 

It is hard to look beyond a French victory here, with nothing changed with the German set-up since Nagelsmann replaced Hansi Flick. They have been conceding plenty of goals while odd wins came against weaker sides.  

In short, France to win as well as over 2.5 goals at full-time are the safe options for this friendly. However, at LeagueLane, we offer you something out of the box. 

So, my first pick for this match is over 1.5 goals in the second half, this is when Germany wakes up and throw everything at the opposition and score or concede the most goals. 

We can take the correct full-time score 4-2 in favour of the hosts considering there is a slim chance of this happening based on the attack vs defense analysis. 

Kylian Mbappe is the most prolific player for France in the calendar year 2023 having netted 10 goals in as many games. I would back him to score anytime here, against a defense that conceded 8 goals in their last four games. 

Arun- March 22, 2024

France vs Germany Betting Tips

France 4-2

OK

41.00 Odds

Mbappe to score anytime

OK

2.20 Odds

Over 1.5 Goals Second Half

OK

1.83 Odds