France Vs Belgium Predictions: The Panel's Best Bets & Euro 2024 Tips
France Vs Belgium Betting Tips
- The Panel Tip 1: Kylian Mbappe To Score – 33/20 With BetMGM
- The Panel Tip 2: Under 4.5 Cards – 4/5 With SpreadEx
- The Panel Tip 3: Over 2.5 Goals – 11/8 With Unibet
The bottom half of the draw at the European Championship gets under way on Monday when a potential last-16 classic takes place between 2022 World Cup finalists France and Belgium in Dusseldorf.
Both teams were unbeaten during the group phase, but the consensus is that they have underperformed in Germany, especially Belgium who finished on four points with Group E rivals Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine, advancing as runners-up on goal difference.
Two-time European champions France also finished second in their group, having won just one match which came courtesy of an own goal against Austria.
Les Bleus were also perhaps fortunate to have earned a point against Netherlands, who had a 69th-minute effort from Xavi Simons controversially ruled out by referee Anthony Taylor for obstruction by Denzel Dumfries on goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
Betting sites make France Evens favourites to advance without the need for extra-time, while Belgium are 4/1.
Gambling.com's experts on The Panel have checked out the latest odds on the match and picked out three France vs Belgium predictions.
France Vs Belgium Prediction: Mbappe Has Nose For Goal
Kylian Mbappe remains the favourite to win the Golden Boot for a second successive major tournament despite scoring just once, from the penalty spot, in a 1-1 draw with Poland.
Mbappe, who scored eight goals at the 2022 World Cup, missed the goalless draw with Netherlands after breaking his nose in the 1-0 victory over Austria.
However, he returned to action wearing a mask for the game against Poland during which he converted from 12 yards to put France in front only for Robert Lewandowski to equalise with a retaken penalty.
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France were the co-favourites with England to win Euro 2024 before a ball was kicked but neither team look up to the task of lifting the trophy on current form.
Les Bleus’ failure to top the group also means they are in the tougher top half of the draw which contains Spain, hosts Germany, Portugal and Monday’s opponents Belgium.
Despite his injury, Mbappe played the whole of the game against Poland and head coach Didier Deschamps will surely be working on how his captain can be better supported by his team-mates against the Belgians.
Only Romelu Lukaku has had more shots on target than Mbappe’s six at this tournament, so it was slightly surprising to see that Real Madrid’s new signing was 9/5 with football betting sites to get on the scoresheet just as he did in a 3-2 Nations League win against Belgium in 2021.
Those odds have since been shortened to 33/20, but The Panel are happy to take that price as our first France vs Belgium prediction.
The Panel Tip 1: Kylian Mbappe To Score – 33/20 With BetMGM
Clean Game Expected
Belgium and France are among the most disciplined teams at the European Championship, having committed a combined total of just 61 fouls which puts them in the lower half of the table.
Furthermore, they have only picked up eight yellow cards between them over the course of their three group games, so all the signs point towards a fairly clean game on Monday.
Of course, there is a danger the bookings could increase now that the tournament has entered the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the knockout stage, but France headed to the European Championship as the fourth most disciplined team of the 24 nations.
In the last meeting between the teams, an international friendly in 2021, there was just one booking and although cards are usually kept in the referee’s pocket in non-competitive games, it’s more evidence that these two sides will keep their cool.
Having checked out the odds on betting apps the next of our France vs Belgium betting tips is for under 4.5 cards at 4/5.
The Panel Tip 2: Under 4.5 Cards – 4/5 With SpreadEx
Goals To Buck The Trend
Neither side has been threatening to top the goalscoring charts at Euro 2024, with both nations’ matches producing a total of three goals across their group games.
However, only Portugal and Germany have launched more attacks than Belgium and France at Euro 2024 and The Panel suspect that we could be in for a treat on Monday evening.
That was certainly the case in the aforementioned friendly at the Juventus Stadium less than three years ago when the Belgians squandered a 2-0 half-time lead in a 3-2 defeat in which Theo Hernandez scored a superb 90th-minute winner.
Belgium have had 18 shots on target at the tournament, one fewer than the leading country Germany, and it should not be forgotten that Romelu Lukaku has had three goals ruled out for offside.
New betting sites suggest this will be a low-scoring affair, but The Panel are heading in the opposite direction and predicting over 2.5 goals at 11/8 with Unibet.
The Panel Tip 3: Over 2.5 Goals – 11/8 With Unibet
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