Germany vs France

UEFA Nations League – Germany vs France Match Preview

Well, the international break is here and we’ve got a treat! Former world cup winners Germany host the current world cup winners France in the new competition named the UEFA Nations League! Germany are looking to win their fans back after a shocking world cup in hopes of defeating the current world champions, high flying France whose top players have really hit the ground running in the club football too!

Key Facts

Germany are not showing great form currently at all, they’re coming off their worst World Cup performance since 1938 so it’s kind of a dark time for German football. They also failed to score in 2 of the 3 games at the World Cup. Their attacking threat isn’t clicking the way it normally would.

France are in red hot form, they’re the world champions flying high. They scored an incredible 11 goals in 4 knockout games. Nearly 3 goals a game. They scored FOUR goals twice in the knockout phase. Their attack is deadly.

Griezmann and Mbappe both scored 4 goals each at the world cup for France. Watch out for both of them.

Since 2012 these sides have met 6 times. France won 3 times, Germany twice and the other was a draw. 50% of those games had an over 2.5 goals and 50% had an under so it’s a coin toss when it comes to goals being scored.

In the 6 meetings since 2012, two of those were played in Germany. Both ended up high scoring with an over 2.5 goals (1-2 and 2-2).

France have won 3 of their previous 4 visits to Germany.

Teams

Germany

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer, Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Defenders: Jerome Boateng, Matthias Ginter, Mats Hummels, Thilo Kehrer, Joshua Kimmich, Antonio Rudiger, Nico Schulz, Niklas Sule, Jonathan Tah

Midfielders: Ilkay Gundogan, Leon Goretzka, Toni Kroos, Leroy Sane, Marco Reus, Julian Brandt, Julian Draxler, Kai Havertz

Forwards: Thomas Muller, Nils Petersen, Timo Werner

France

Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola, Benoit Costil, Benjamin Lecomte

Defenders: Lucas Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Benjamin Mendy, Benjamin Pavard, Adil Rami, Djibril Sibide, Samuel Umtiti, Raphael Varane

Midfielders: N'Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi, Steven N'Zonzi, Paul Pogba, Corentin Tolisso

Forwards: Ousmane Dembele, Nabil Fekir, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Thomas Lemar, Kylian Mbappe, Florent Thauvin

Betting Tips

A France win is what we’re thinking here. It just all adds up. The away team normally plays better when these sides meet. France have a better recent H2H record and they’re simply on a high right now after becoming world champions while Germany are trying to find answers to their world cup failures. We believe that on this day France are simply a much better organized side than Germany and have far better talent all around. Plus the odds at 2.80 on France to win are really high and have a ton of value. Another bet we’d recommend is over 2.5 goals at 1.95. Yes in the recent meetings these teams had 50% overs and 50% unders but when they met in Germany (twice) both games had an over most recently in November 2017 when these sides drew 2-2 in Germany. Germany are totally capable of scoring regardless of their world cup failures and well France have the most lethal attack in the world going right now with Griezmann and Mbappe being the featured men. We’re looking at quite an entertaining game between two attack minded sides from which France should be able to come out on top from 1-2. So to summarise over 2.5 goals at 1.95 and a France win at 2.80 (Odds based on TonyBet).

Match Odds (TonyBet)

Germany Win – 2.50

Draw – 3.30

France Win – 2.80

KICK OFF – 6th September 2018 – 7:45pm UK Time