Tips for match France — Belgium

On July 1st, the national teams of France and Belgium will play in the 1/8 finals of the 2024 European Championship. Three years ago, this would have been considered a top match with a 50-50 chance of passing, and maybe that is why the odds for the French to win are so high. I think it is worth taking advantage of such a generous offer from bookmakers, Belgium did not show a high level of play in any match.

The French national team took only 2nd place in its group, having drawn with Poland and the Netherlands, and were able to beat the Austrian national team. What is interesting is that there were only 2 goals in 3 matches, and these were an own goal and a penalty. It seems that this is the answer to the question “why 1.91 for France?” But those who saw the matches probably thought that France was not playing at 100% of its capabilities. And often there was simply a lack of luck - if we look at xG (expected goals), we will see 2.38 against Poland, 1.42 against the Netherlands, 2.03 against France. That is, on average, the French should have scored 2 goals against their opponents, but they lacked the implementation. I would not be surprised at all if this luck returned in the match against Belgium. Moreover, even against the current Belgium, it will not be possible to play at 70% of strength, the question is either about advancing further or about leaving.

Belgium took 2nd place in the group, where everyone saw it as the favorite, because its opponents were only Ukraine, Romania and Slovakia. But in the end it turned out that if Ukraine had realized at least 1 of its chances in the 3rd round, Belgium would have taken the last place and left the tournament. What can we say if even the Belgian fans booed their team after reaching the playoffs. You certainly won't earn the fans' respect by playing toothlessly in the group. It seems that the Belgians have big problems with morale, and the team's best player, Kevin De Bruyne, often tries to do everything on his own at the end of the match, which hasn't led to good results.

Sportwars.net forecast for the Euro 1/8 final match, 01.07.2024, France - Belgium: P1 (France to win), odds 1.94.

Forecast for the exact score in the match: 2-0, odds 7.4.