France vs Poland Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Poland just qualified to the knockout stages by the skin of their teeth, especially after their 2-0 defeat to Argentina in the last group game. They are definitely the underdogs here and bookmakers have offered odds of 14 for a Poland win while France go into the game as the favorites despite their loss to Tunisia in the final group game and a win for them is offered at 1.31. A draw in this game is priced at 5.85.

France made massive changes in their game against Tunisia as they suffered a 1-0 loss in their final group game. Going into the game they had already secured their round of 16 slot and despite the loss they finished top of the group. France manager Didier Deschamps did introduce a number of his top players later in the game and Antoine Griezmann managed to get the ball to the back of the net but that was chalked off by VAR. In the end, they had to contend with a first loss in 10 World Cup matches and they will be looking to restart their impressive World Cup run in this game. France’s loss was their second in the last five matches but only the third time in 10 matches that they failed to score. In attack the reigning champions are among the best in the world and coming to this game they have scored two or more goals in three of the last five matches. While they haven’t been the strongest in defence, they’ve only conceded more than once in one of the last eight matches. They have one clean sheet in the last five and three of their last five matches have produced under 2.5 goals. In six of France’s last 10 matches at the World Cup, they have scored two or more goals and failed to score completely in two of the last 10.

Poland haven’t beaten France in the last seven meetings though the last time they met was in 2011, and the last time they met competitively was in 1995. The Poles come into this game straight from a 2-0 loss to Argentina, in a game where Lionel Messi missed a penalty. This was just their first loss in five matches; Poland have won three of the last five games and have four clean sheets in the five matches. They’ve failed to score in two of their last three matches and under 2.5 goals have been scored in each of their last seven matches. In competitive action, seven of Poland’s last 10 matches have produced under 2.5 goals and they’ve failed to score in four of the 10 matches. Poland have managed two wins in their last six World Cup games while they have three clean sheets in 10 World Cup games.