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France vs Australia Prediction & Betting tips
France and Australia meet for the second time in a row at a World Football Championship after the 2018 edition, when the two national teams were part of group C along with Denmark and Peru. The only difference between 2018 and the current tournament that is played in Qatar is that the 4th team in the group is Tunisia and together with Denmark they are part of group D. And in 2018, France and Australia faced each other in the first match of the group, the world champion achieving a 2-1 victory, all three goals being scored in the second half. Apart from this confrontation, France and Australia met three more times, France winning 6-0, Australia winning 1-0 at the Confederations Cup in 2001 and another friendly match played also in 2001 ended in tie, score 1-1.
France:
France wants to be the 3rd national team in history that manages to win two consecutive editions of the World Cup, after Italy won the 1934 and 1938 editions and Brazil won the trophies from 1958 and 1962 with the legendary Pele. In the 2018 edition, France also debuted against Australia and then won rather hard with 2-1, thanks to an own goal by the Australians. In the qualifiers, France did not lose a single match, managing seven wins and three draws, finishing group D in first place, but in the UEFA Nations League, France played poorly and finished only in 3rd place, after Croatia and Denmark, being close to a relegation to League B. Karim Benzema is the big absentee from the France team, he got injured before the start of the tournament, while Kante and Pogba are two other players who did not make the team due to older injuries.
Australia:
Australia does not have high hopes for this edition of the World Cup, being rated with the third chance in this group D, after France and Denmark, the only national team that is considered weaker being Tunisia. At the previous tournament in 2018, Australia finished bottom of the group, accumulating a single point, thanks to a 1-1 draw with Denmark. At this moment, Australia is coming after five consecutive victories, but the opponents they met were modest with the exception of Peru, the national team with whom they fought for the qualification to this final tournament, and where they needed kicks from 11m, at the end of the 120 minutes of play, the score being 0-0.
France vs Australia head to head matches
16.06.18 WC France vs Australia 2:1
11.10.13 FI France vs Australia 6:0
11.11.01 FI Australia vs France 1:1
01.06.01 CC Australia vs France 1:0
* Our advice is: France WIN
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.30
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