France vs Poland: Preview & Prediction

Sunday 4th December 2022

France vs Poland: Preview & Prediction

2022 FIFA World Cup
Sunday 4th December 2022
Kick off at 3pm GMT
Venue: Al Thumama Stadium

Match Preview:

The world champions will be the odds on favourites to knock out Poland and ease into the quarter finals of the World Cup, then again Switzerland may be on their minds. It was in Euro 2020 when France were winning 3-1 against the Swiss and well on top of the game when they imploded and were eventually knocked out and they will have to keep their egos in check. By far France has the better team here and they could well go all the way again but they will need to stay grounded at times. 

France sailed through in the group stages and not much notice should be taken about their last game in which they lost 1-0 against Tunisia. Manager Didier Deschamps knowing his side had already qualified on top did not pick the strongest team knowing that he had to save his best players for the knock out round. Their other games included smashing Australia 4-1 after trailing and beating Denmark 2-1. Olivier Giroud laughed at duirng World Cup 2018 for being a forward and not scoring has really found his form once again and looks sharp. Kylian Mbappe one of the finest forwards in the game is scoring too and looks contented and it is going to take a lot to stop this team, unless like Euro 2020 they stop themselves.

Poland looked very poor against Argentina in their last group game which was underlined by the fact that they were walking on a tight rope for qualification from the group. They lost 2-0 in the end but looked utterly outclassed and that doesn’t bode well when their next game is against France. To qualify that was ultimately set up in their earlier group games with a 0-0 draw against Mexico and a 2-0 victory over Saudi Arabia. Their danger man is of course Robert Lewandowski and he has already scored in the competition but against quality in Argentina he was left isolated, one has to worry if the same thing could happen in this game?

 

Team News:

France: Karim Benzema has been the big news story of the French side. The Real Madrid great was ruled out just before the tournament started but his club now say he is fit to play. Could he make a stunning return to the side? Unlikely for this game and manager Deschamps is remaining coy. Theo Hernandez is being tipped to be fine after a slight ankle injury.

Poland: There are no injury concerns for the national side however over half of the starting side are on yellow cards and one here would mean missing out on an potential quarter final place.

 

France vs Poland Head to Head:

France have won 50% of the games they have played against Poland.

The last meeting was in 2011 in a friendly and France won 1-0.

Poland have not beaten France for 40 years.

The last 5 meetings in a row have all finished in under 2.5 goals.

 

France vs Poland Prediction:

Poland are far from a terrible side and they have made it to the last 16 which says a lot about a nation who have sometimes taken backwards steps since their glorious days in the 1970s. However France simply look too strong here and we don’t see anything other than a victory for the French side. France have plenty of goals in them and they are only just about building their story here in the World Cup. They have a good record over Poland but most importantly in this present time Poland haven’t shown anything that would worry Deschamps side.

We expect France to start strongly and power ahead and with all due respect this isn’t meant to say that Poland have no chance here but the last game against Argentina just felt telling and if France approach this game in the right frame of mind which they will surely we not only see a victory here but a good one. Mbappe also has his eye on creating personal records in the World Cup and has seven goals in the tournament counting 2018, age is on his side as is hunger and he will be searching for more and more goals. France are around 1.30 to win which may put off some punters so we will look into different markets. 

 

France vs Poland Betting Tips:

Half Time/Full Time: France/France at 2.00

Anytime goalscorer: Kylian Mbappe at 1.91

Corect Score: France to win 3-0 or 3-1 at 7.00 and 12.00

 

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