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France v Belgium Bet Builder Tips & Longshot
It was an eerily similar group stage experience for France and Belgium – both finished second in their respective groups, scoring two goals and conceding just one across their three games. Despite boasting incredibly talented lineups, neither have been able to hit the ground running. Knockout fixtures are less forgiving, so both managers will be looking to gee up their players and build some momentum.
Below, we’ve put together a bet builder at 3/1 and a longshot at an enticing 7/1 for Monday’s knockout clash between France and Belgium. We also have a France v Belgium betting preview that offers our expert’s most confident betting selections for this fixture and some helpful data behind the two sides’ performances so far this tournament.
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3/1 France v Belgium Bet Builder Tip
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🏆 France to qualify for the next round
📈 Odds: 1.40
France have had the upper hand on Belgium in recent head-to-head fixtures. Les Bleus edged past them in the Nations League semi-finals in 2021 to eventually lift the trophy.
Prior to that, these two nations met in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. France were the much better team, and came away with a 1-0 victory to secure a spot in the final against Croatia, which they went on to win.
Performance metrics suggest France are still operating at an extremely high level, despite results suggesting otherwise. They have created the most expected goals at Euro 2024, of any side left in the tournament, even in a competitive Group D alongside Netherlands, Austria and Poland.
Deschamps’ men have been solid defensively, conceding just one goal from the group stages which was from the penalty spot.
🚀 Kevin De Bruyne to have 2+ shots
📈 Odds: 1.57
Both Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku have registered the most attempts at goal for Belgium so far, with ten apiece. The difference is, De Bruyne has actually scored a goal, and is currently tied with Youri Tielemans as Belgium’s top goalscorer.
The Man City player managed at least two shots in all three group stage games. Six of his ten have come from outside the box. Considering that box entries might be scarce against France, Belgium might rely on longer-distance efforts to test Mike Maignan.
Kevin De Bruyne will have a massive responsibility on his shoulders, and will be the allocated set-piece taker to maximise his chances of shooting.
🛑 Timothy Castagne to commit 1+ fouls 🔄️
📈 Odds: 1.83
Timothy Castagne has played every minute for Belgium so far, making just two fouls in that time. Both fouls came against Slovakia, meaning Castagne has cleared this line in just one game out of three – which probably explains why his odds are so high.
Against France, however, the Fulham full back is set for a busy afternoon potentially up against Bradley Barcola and Kylian Mbappe.
Every right back to face Les Bleus so far has been forced into a foul. 48% of French build-up play came through the left-wing against Poland, meaning Przemyslaw Frankowski was heavily involved.
He finished the game with two fouls. In matchday two, Denzel Dumfries was noted for four infringements, despite the absence of Mbappe, and Stefan Posch made two fouls in game one.
7/1 France v Belgium Longshot
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🎯 Kylian Mbappe to have 2+ shots on target
📈 Odds: 2.00
Kylian Mbappe had a game to forget against Austria in matchday one, as he wasted two golden opportunities to score his first goal in a Euros.
He then collided with Kevin Danso, and was forced off in the 90th-minute with a painful-looking nose injury. He returned with a protective mask, which did not to faze the Real Madrid man, as he accumulated six shots, with five on target against Poland, and finally broke out of his goalless rut in the Euros.
Mbappe now has a fantastic matchup against an ageing Belgium defence who have struggled in transitional moments.
Belgium have conceded at least four shots on target in every game so far, which should fill Mbappe with confidence. He had two shots on target last time he played against Belgium, and scored.
🧤 France GK to make 3+ saves
📈 Odds: 2.25
Even despite his underwhelming performances so far, Belgium will always pose a threat when Romelu Lukaku plays. He has had at least two shots on target in all three games so far, and Belgium forced 16 goalkeeper saves in the group stages – an average of 5.3 opposition saves per game.
Belgium accrued 12 shots against Ukraine, 20 attempts against Romania and 16 shots against Slovenia – in all three games, Belgium have forced at least three saves from the opposition goalkeeper.
Although France have conceded just 24 shots so far, Mike Maignan has been relatively busy, making nine saves at an average of three saves per game.
The AC Milan keeper was forced into four saves against Netherlands, who are a similar calibre of opponent to Belgium.
🛑 Belgium to commit 11+ fouls
📈 Odds: 1.50
France currently rank top for most fouls drawn at Euro 2024 so far, and have drawn at least 13 fouls in every game so far.
Theo Hernandez and Ousmane Dembele are the most fouled French players, with six fouls drawn each. Mbappe has drawn four fouls, despite missing one game so far.
Mbappe is set to start alongside Dembele and Barcola, as they did for PSG last season, and for France in the last game. It’s a highly dynamic front three, who are likely to cause the Belgian defence problems.
Given that, it’s very realistic that we see a lot of cynical fouls, as we have done against France so far.
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* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.
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