France vs. Belgium - prediction, team news, lineups

Zinedine Zidane seeks his archetypal triumph arsenic France brag connected location soil, arsenic Les Bleus invited Belgium to Stade de France for Monday’s UEFA Nations League match.

Zidane’s men could not unafraid a 3rd consecutive 1-0 triumph against Italy connected Friday, with Alessandro Bastoni scoring an equaliser successful the 1-1 draw, leaving Les Bleus conscionable 1 constituent up of matchday four’s visitors, who comfortably defeated Turkiye 3-0 successful Liege.

Match preview

France whitethorn inactive beryllium unbeaten nether their 1998 World Cup-winning superstar, but the three-time satellite champions person had a mixed commencement successful their archetypal 3 matches station Didier Deschamps.

A constrictive 1-0 triumph implicit Turkiye connected Zidane’s debut was followed by a tighter triumph implicit Belgium past week — an admittedly amended show — but Italy exposed definite limitations of Les Bleus connected Friday.

While the French faced Gianluigi Donnarumma successful inspired form, Roberto Mancini’s squad arguably deserved to travel distant with a gully aft a beardown showing successful Paris, wherever the hosts were chasing a 5th consecutive triumph successful competitory matches.

The draw, however, ends Les Bleus’ four-match winning streak successful competitory games successful beforehand of their supporters, which they question to restart against an hostile they are tied with connected 30 wins apiece successful their humanities head-to-head record.

However, France person triumphed successful the past six meetings against Monday’s rivals, including precocious September’s 1-0 triumph successful Brussels nether Zidane.

Mark van Bommel volition undoubtedly invited the speedy rematch aft the events of the past encounter, decided by Michael Olise’s 88th-minute winning extremity erstwhile a gully seemed the apt outcome.

The Dutchman’s squad tin instrumentality encouragement from keeping cleanable sheets against Italy and Turkiye either broadside of their decision to Les Bleus, and the information they were adjacent to 1 against the star-studded French broadside until the closing stages.

Inspired by seasoned Kevin De Bruyne successful Liege connected Friday, Van Bommel saw his squad people 3 times to unafraid a 3-0 result, adjacent if galore supporters volition constituent to Vincenzo Montella’s broadside having registered 23 shots to the Red Devils’ 17.

However, 8 of Turkiye’s 13 attempts aft halftime came aft De Bruyne had doubled Belgium’s lead, emphasising that the crippled state, owed to the scoreboard advantage, led to Montella’s broadside pushing much men forward.

Nonetheless, securing the triumph was conscionable what the doc ordered, particularly since France dropped points to Italy, giving the Red Devils a coagulated accidental of leapfrogging Les Bleus successful League A Group 1 by defeating Zidane’s broadside for the archetypal clip since June 2015.

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Team News

Dayot Upamecano is suspended for 1 lucifer aft receiving a 2nd yellowish precocious connected against Italy, giving Chelsea centre-back Maxence Lacroix an accidental to commencement alongside Jeremy Jacquet, having some played unneurotic successful the reverse fixture.

Kylian Mbappe has already withdrawn owed to a genu injury sustained successful the 1-0 triumph implicit Turkiye connected matchday one, but Zidane has a wealthiness of match-winning prime successful his squad.

One specified subordinate is Olise, whose stunning free-kick against the Azzurri was his 2nd successful the Nations League this season, accounting for 66.7% of Les Bleus’ 3 goals.

Ousmane Dembele leads the array of endowment remaining successful the group, which includes Desire Doue, Rayan Cherki, Bradley Barcola and Maghnes Akliouche.

As for the distant side, Romelu Lukaku oregon Charles De Ketelaere should transportation overmuch of the attacking work for Van Bommel’s team, with PSG summertime signing Mika Godts facing immoderate of his nine teammates.

Not having De Bruyne oregon Youri Tielemans is simply a important stroke for Belgium, with the brace picking up costly yellowish cards against Turkiye that regularisation them retired for 1 match.

Those absences could effect successful different quality for Chelsea’s Romeo Lavia successful midfield, with Van Bommel either transitioning to a 4-2-3-1 oregon utilising Hans Vanaken successful a 3 consisting of Nicolas Raskin and the Chelsea player.

France imaginable starting lineup:

Maignan; Kalulu, Jacquet, Lacroix, Truffert; Cherki, Da Cunha, Camavinga; Olise, Dembele, Doue

Belgium imaginable starting lineup:

Lammens; Castagne, Ngoy, Mechele, De Cuyper; Lavia, Raskin; Lukebakio, Vanaken, Godts; De Ketelaere

We say: France 2-1 Belgium

Although Belgium caput into Monday with renewed assurance aft dismantling Turkiye and volition beryllium keen to avenge their caller decision successful Brussels, overcoming France astatine Stade de France remains a formidable challenge.

With De Bruyne and Tielemans suspended, Zidane’s men should connection excessively overmuch attacking depth, adjacent without Mbappe, to borderline a adjacent contention and instrumentality to winning ways.

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