France vs Poland Prediction & Match Preview

France vs Poland Prediction

France are looking to return to winning ways on Tuesday afternoon when they take on Poland in Matchday No 3 in Dortmund.

Les Bleus are chasing the top spot in Group D while Poland became the first eliminated team at the 2024 Euro after two losses in the inaugural two rounds.

• France did not concede in four consecutive outings.
• Poland shipped five goals in the opening two matches at the Euro.
• Les Bleus won three and drew one of the last four clashes against Poland.
• Poland did not keep a clean sheet in any of their last four affairs in all competitions.

A low-key goalless draw to the Netherlands has secured France a place in the last-16 round of the competition.

Nevertheless, they want the top spot in the section and to get there they need to beat Poland by as many goals as possible. The first place might come down to goal difference as the Netherlands and France currently share it with four points each from the inaugural two rounds.

Poland revealed all sorts of defensive issues once again four days ago in a 1-3 defeat to Austria.

Head coach Michal Probierz will now find it difficult to motivate his men for a strong performance against France knowing they’ve already been eliminated from the tournament.

France Team News

All eyes will be on Kylian Mbappe who sat out a goalless stalemate to the Netherlands in the second round.

The new Real Madrid superstar is forced to wear a protective mask after he broke his nose in the inaugural round against the Austrians.

As much as Kylian would like to get on the pitch, we assume Didier Deschamps will not risk him in the group stage, especially after he did not give Mbappe a minute on the pitch in the second round.

France Expected Staring Line-up ( 4-3-3 Formation )

Maignan – Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez – Tchouameni, Kante, Rabiot – Dembele, Thuram, Griezmann.

Poland Team News

As for Poland, we will most likely see Robert Lewandowski in the starting XI as the Barcelona forward came on as a second-half sub in a defeat to Austria. Bartosz Salamon is also a big doubt following his ankle injury.

Poland Expected Staring Line-up ( 3-5-2 Formation )

Szczesny – Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior – Frankowski, Piotrowski, Slisz, Zalewski, Zielinski – Buksa, Lewandowski

Everything points towards a commanding win for France

The gulf in quality between these rivals is too big and we can hardly expect anything other than a convincing victory for France on Tuesday.

Poland have nothing but pride left to play for and they have generally been struggling to keep things quiet at the back so far in the tournament.

The Poles have not kept a clean sheet in four straight outings across competitions. They’ve shipped five goals in the inaugural two matches at the Euro.

France need a win to stay in contention for the first place in the section. They have kept their net untouched in four successive outings across competitions, including both games at the Euro.

Les Bleus won three and drew one of the previous three outings against Poland. The run includes a 3-1 victory in the last 16 round of 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

We’ll back Les Bleus to win by two or more goals difference at the odds of 1.95.

Antoine Griezmann to shine against Poland

Whether or not Descamps decides to use Kylian Mbappe, backing Antoine Griezmann to score anything is a wise idea at the 2.87 odds.

Of course, Griezmann’s stocks grow if Mbappe is benched again but even if Kylian plays, Antoine will get his chances up front.

Griezmann missed two big chances in Gameweek 2 against the Netherlands. He will surely get more opportunities to score against a horrendous Polish back line on Tuesday.

Steffen Schmidt- June 23, 2024

France vs Poland Betting Tips

France to win in -1.5 Asian Handicap

OK

1.98 Odds

Antoine Griezmann to score anytime

OK

2.88 Odds

Correct Score: France 3-0

OK

9.00 Odds