France vs Belgium Preview

France are the only team who were deemed favourites to win this World Cup who are still in the competition, and Les Blues will be hoping to show the world that they are not over-hyped as they bid to beat Belgium to reach the final.

The French team started their campaign with a 2-1 win over Australia and they managed another win over Peru before a drab draw against Denmark helped them reach the knockout phase.

They beat Argentina in the round of 16 with Kylian Mbappe taking the Argentines to the cleaners.

Their quarterfinal match against Uruguay should have been tougher but Fernando Muslera made a howler that helped the French men to a 2-0 win.

France will be looking to beat Belgium in this game however the Red Devils will be France’s toughest opponents en route to the final.

Belgium alongside Croatia is the only remaining team who has a 100% record in this competition ahead of this game.

This golden generation of players has never been closer to winning a major competition for their nation and Roberto Martinez might just have a group of winners in his hands here.

Belgium started their campaign by beating Tunisia, England and Panama in their group games, netting 9 times and conceding just two times before the knockout round.

Their first knockout game was against Japan and they survived a major scare after going two goals down before beating the Asians 3-2.

Belgium beat Brazil 2-1 in their quarterfinal game to set up this match and they look tactically robust enough to pull a consecutive win over one of the pre-tournament favourites here.

Bookmakers make France very slight favourites to come out on top in this game however Belgium are within half of a point as is the draw.

Possible starting lineups:

France

Belgium

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

France

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Uruguay		0-2		France	6 Jul, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	France		4-3		Argentina	30 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup
D	Denmark		0-0		France	26 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	France		1-0		Peru	21 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	France		2-1		Australia	16 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup

Belgium

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Brazil		1-2		Belgium	6 Jul, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	Belgium		3-2		Japan	2 Jul, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	England		0-1		Belgium	28 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	Belgium		5-2		Tunisia	23 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup
W	Belgium		3-0		Panama	18 Jun, 2018	FIFA World Cup

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