France vs United States Preview

France have had one of the best warm up campaigns of all the teams heading for the World Cup in Russia.

They began their preparations for the World Cup by beating Ireland 2-0 and followed that up with a more impressive 3-1 win over Italy.

This game offers them the chance to get another win and showcase just how good they are on the attack.

The United States will not be at the World Cup after their poor qualifying campaign saw them miss out on qualification.

They have begun a new era under the leadership of Dave Sarachan. His youthful team beat Bolivia 3-0 recently before losing 2-1 to Ireland.

If the USA had come into this game off the back of their 3-0 win, they would have been confident of getting a win, however, they now face a huge task in getting a result here.

With the USA struggling at the back, it is hard to see how they can stop this French team that is fast, direct, and devastating on the attack.

The USA are struggling to shutout teams when they play away from home, as they have conceded in each of their last four away games.

The USA drew their last away game 1-1 against Portugal, but that was mostly because the Portuguese failed to take their chances and they cannot afford to give as many chances away in this game.

These teams have met just once before now when the French side beat USA 1-0.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

France

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	France		2-0		Republic of Ireland	28 May, 2018	International Friendly
W	Russia		1-3		France	27 Mar, 2018	International Friendly
L	France		2-3		Colombia	23 Mar, 2018	International Friendly
D	Germany		2-2		France	14 Nov, 2017	International Friendly
W	France		2-0		Wales	10 Nov, 2017	International Friendly

United States

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	United States		3-0		Bolivia	29 May, 2018	International Friendly
W	United States		1-0		Paraguay	28 Mar, 2018	International Friendly
D	United States		0-0		Bosnia and Herzegovina	29 Jan, 2018	International Friendly
D	Portugal		1-1		United States	14 Nov, 2017	International Friendly
L	Trinidad and Tobago		2-1		United States	11 Oct, 2017	FIFA World Cup Qualifying – CONCACAF

H2H

DATE	COMPETITION
France		1-0		United States	11 Nov, 2011	International Friendly