Austria vs France prediction and betting tips

Tournament:European Championship

Game time:18 jun 2024, 03:00

A match between the national teams of Austria and France will take place in the 1st round of the Euro on June 17, 2024. Mbappé and the company will try to confirm their status as tournament favourites by starting with a victory, but they have a difficult opponent.

Austria vs France: key statistics and trends

• Austria has lost only once since September 2022.
• France has won only 2 of 5 previous matches.
• Austria wins the first half in 45% of matches, France does the same in 63% of confrontations.

Austria – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“Das Team” made it to the play-offs at the previous Euro. Then there were not the best performances, including an unsuccessful play-off match for a place at the World Cup in Qatar. Still, Rangnick’s team lost only to Belgium, which did not prevent them from reaching the continental championship from 2nd place in a confident way.

The Austrians confirmed their class in control matches, winning against Slovakia, Turkey and Serbia, in 2024. And only Switzerland, playing on the native field, reduced the meeting to a 1-1 draw.

France – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“Les Bleus”, after the dramatic World Cup final in Qatar, rejuvenated their squad a bit, including making Mbappé the new captain. This version of “the Gallic Roosters”, as expected, confidently won the qualification, including beating the team of the Netherlands twice.

Still, the grandee, having decided everything, was limited to a 2-2 draw in the struggle with Greece. And there was a goalless draw with Canada and a defeat made by Germany in 2024. On the other hand, both Chile and Luxembourg were beaten in the interval between those fights.

Austria: team news

There are questions about Linhart’s health.

France: team news

Lucas Hernandez has been injured for quite some time.

Austria vs France: possible starting line-ups

Austria (possible line-up): Lindner – Prass, Wober, Danso, Posch – Grillitsch, Seiwald, Wimmer, Baumgartner, Sabitzer – Arnautović.

France (possible line-up): Maignan – Upamecano, Konate, Kounde – Theo, Tchouaméni, Griezmann, Fofana, Rabiot, Kolo Muani – Mbappé.

Previous head-to-head matches: Austria vs France

Taking into account 10 head-to-head matches, “das Team” has taken 1 victory and a draw. Speaking about the previous meeting, “Le Bleus” won with a 2-0 score in the last but one Nations League.

Free prediction for the match Austria vs France

Many are expecting a confident victory for Deschamps’ wards. Still, their opponent is potentially capable of putting up a fight – thus, we are waiting for “total: over 2.5” (odd: 1.7).