Football Previews
France under 20’s take on Turkey under 20’s this Tuesday evening at the Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium in the last 16 of the FIFA under 20 World Cup.
France finished second in Group A behind Spain after winning 3:1 against Ghana in their opening match, drawing 1:1 with USA and losing 2:1 to Spain in their last group game.
Hosts Turkey finished second in Group C behind a strong Colombian side after defeating El Salvador 3:0 in their opening game, losing 1:0 to Colombia in their second game and narrowly defeating Australia 2:1 in their last group match.
Recent form:
France U20 – L D W D W W W
Turkey U20 – W L W L D W W
Turkey have lost two in seven while France have lost just one game in seven.
The last 16 draw looks like this:
Greece vs Uzbekistan and Spain vs Mexico take place on Tuesday afternoon at 16:00 CET while Nigeria vs Uruguay and France vs Turkey take place at 19:00 CET on Tuesday evening. The remaining games take place on Wednesday.
France and Turkey have never met at under 20 level so we have no form to go on.
Bookmakers side with France in this game.
Current betting odds: France U20 (23/20) Draw (12/5) Turkey U20 (9/4)
Gamingtips Prediction – France U20 2:1 Turkey U20
At the start of the tournament, France were one of the favourites to win with bookmakers however they haven’t looked like a major tournament winning side in any of their performances thus far. They never looked like winning against Spain and although their win against Ghana was comfortable, they have yet to show their real potential.
Although they haven’t impressed thus far, France do have a very good side on paper and we should expect a much better performance from them against Turkey.
Odds of 23/20 are generous considering they were one of the tournament favourites coming in.
Turkey will have massive support from local fans and having slipped up just once in their group matches against a very smart Colombian side, they come into this match in good form and with high expectations from their fans.
Turkey looked very shaky and anxious towards the end of their match against Australia knowing they were about to reach the knockout stages of the tournament and in front of their own fans, they may waiver under pressure.
Turkey were able to compete with one of the tournament favourites, Colombia for most of the game and that form is good enough to make them competitive against France if they can handle the pressure of the occasion in front of their home fans.
This game gets underway at 19:00 CET and can be viewed live on Eurosport.
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