Spain U19 vs France U19 Match Preview: European Under 19 Championship

France under 19’s meet Spain under 19’s this Monday evening at the Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas stadium in Lithuania in the second semi-final of the European under 19 Championship.

Spain topped Group A with wins over Portugal (1:0), Lithuania (2:0) and Nethlerlands (3:2).

France qualified from Group B in second place with a win over Turkey (2:1) and two draws against Georgia and Serbia.

Recent form:

Spain under 19’s – W W W D W W L

France under 19’s – D W D W W W D

Spain have lost just one in seven while France are unbeaten in seven.

The semi-finals draw looks like this:

Serbia meet Portugal at 14:30 GMT+1 at the Alytus Stadium where Portugal will be favourites to progress to the final (Portugal 4/5 odds to win, Serbia 16/5, Draw 11/4).

Head-to-head

Bookmakers side with Spain in this tie.

Current betting odds: Spain U19 (10/11) Draw (5/2) France U19 (3/1)

Gamingtips Prediction – Spain U19 2:1 France U19

The last time these two sides met the game finished 7:5 in favour of Spain and we can only hope for a similar showing this evening.

Both sides have very good defensive records (Spain conceded 2 goals in 3 games, France conceded 2 goals in 3 games).

Adrien Hunou has scored 2 of France’s 3 goals in this tournament and they will be relying heavily on him to continue to produce if they are to progress to the final.

Spain have scored 6 times in 3 games and they will be hoping Sandro Ramirez (scored 2) and Iker Hernandez (scored 2) can guide them through to the final.

Ultimately on paper Spain have a better chance of progressing to the final – they have conceded the same amount of goals as France but have scored double.

They are also unbeaten whereas France couldn’t break down a poor Georgian defense.

Spain have won the last two meetings against France but at this level teams can underperform under pressure and it won’t be a massive surprise if France can cause an upset this evening.

This match gets underway at 19:00 GMT+1 and can be viewed live on Eurosport. International listings will vary.