France vs Australia Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 11/06/2018, 14:00  by Charlotte Riboullot | Modified on 18/06/2018 at 04:40 in World Cup Predictions

France play in a group that includes three of the current top 12 in the FIFA World Rankings including of course themselves. The harder games come later in the group as they take on Denmark and Peru but before that they take on Australia who are ranked 36 in the world. The French side have only lost one of their last 12 games and finished top of their qualifying group ahead of Sweden and the Netherlands. They head into this game with a squad that is full of players who, if playing at their best form, can be among the stars of this tournament. Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud and Antoine Greizmann will make life difficult for many a team, especially the Australian side they face here.

The Australians had a long route to the finals and won't have been happy with being drawn against such top opposition. They lost all three of their games in the last finals conceding three goals in each of their games. A repetition in 2018 is very much on the cards given their current form. After finishing third in their qualifying group, Australia had to play two two-legged play-offs to qualify for these finals. The big problem the Socceroos have is that they just can't get results outside of Australia. They failed to win away in any of their qualifiers meaning all the hard work had to be carried out at home. There's been a bit of improvement in their build-up to this tournament with wins over the Czech Republic and Hungary - though it took a 92nd minute own-goal to get them the win against the Hungarians - but this is a far tougher game. France know they can't afford any slip-up in this match but they should have the measure of the Australian side and the tip in this game is to go for  France to get the win leading at both half and full time..