Matchday 1 in Group D of Euro 2024. Austria vs France. The game kicks off on June 17 at 20:00 (BST) at the Merkur-Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf. Austria – France: Prediction and bet, odds, statistics for the Euro 2024 match.
Potential line-ups for Austria vs France
Austria (4-2-3-1): Heinz Lindner – Phillipp Mwene, Kevin Danso, Leopold Querfeld, Stefan Posch – Florian Grillitsch, Nicolas Seiwald – Marcel Sabitzer, Christoph Baumgartner, Konrad Laimer – Michael Gregoritsch.
France (4-3-3): Mike Maignan – Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano, Théo Hernandez – N’Golo Kanté, Adrien Rabiot, Antoine Griezmann – Ousmane Dembélé, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappé.
Austria
Ausria qualified for Euro 2024 after finishing second in their group. They won 6 out of their 8 games, with 1 draw and 1 defeat. This is going to be the third consecutive European Championship for Austria. The previous edition of the tournament saw the best Austrian result as they reached the Round of 16, to be beaten by Italy in extra time. Austria have played two friendly games in June against the following opponents: Serbia (2:1) and Switzerland (1:1).
- Austria haven’t lost 7 out of their last 8 official games (6 wins, 1 draw).
- Austria have scored at least 2 goals in 6 out of their last 8 official games.
- Less than 3 goals have been scored in regular time in 8 out of the last 10 European Championship games Austria have played.
France
France qualified for Euro 2024 without losing a game (7wins, 1 draw). They are second in both goals scored and conceded, in both cases behind Portugal. This is going to be the 9th consecutive Euro for France. The last edition of the tournament wasn’t successful as France were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Switzerland on penalties. Prior to Euro, France have played two friendly games against Luxembourg (3:0) and Canada (0:0).
- France have won 10 out of their last 12 official games.
- France have scored at least 2 goals in 10 out of their last 12 official games.
- France haven’t conceded a goal in 6 out of their last 8 official games.
Austria vs France Prediction
Austria are’t a simple opponent. They haven’t lost 15 out of their last 16 games (12 wins, 3 draws). The only game they lost was played against Belgium (2:3). The opponents that Austria have faced in the European Championships haven’t been able to have an over 1-goal lead in 8 out of the last 10 UEFA Euro games.
France are used to starting the continental tournaments gradually. Only once they won the first game with an over 1-goal lead. It happened 24 years ago. Besides, France have won only 2 out of their last 9 European Championship games with a 2-goal lead or over.
France are unlikely to change their style. They won’t rush right from the start. Austria are a quite strong opponent, after all.
Our prediction is Austria +1.5 at .