A potentially mouth-watering preview of a late Euro clash comes via an international friendly as this summer’s hosts Germany travel to take on France in Lyon on Saturday.
Die Mannschaft head coach Julian Nagelsmann has brought back veteran midfielder Toni Kroos for the first time in almost four years, and the Real Madrid legend will be hoping to add to his 106 caps with a first international appearance since being sent off at beginning of Euro 2020. elimination.
Meanwhile, France will have to learn to play without ever-present veteran Antoine Griezmann, whose ankle injury forced his withdrawal from the team, ending an impressive run of 84 consecutive games for the Atlético Madrid playmaker.
While both teams face squad turmoil of various kinds, these two European giants know they have very few opportunities to test their title chances before the start of the classic summer showcase.
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France vs Germany Prediction, Odds
- Lean Money Line: Germany (+290)
- Score prediction: France 1-2 Germany
It has been almost two years since France lost at home, losing 1-0 to Croatia in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League. However, Les Bleus are not infallible, and facing the prospect of playing without Antoine Griezmann is something they have not had to deal with for quite some time.
Meanwhile, Germany appears revived with Julian Nagelsmann showing a response to adversity that it hasn’t shown for some time. For a while it looked like Team Germany was losing talent and failing to replace the key skills it had lost, but one look at this current roster shows that they are stacked at every position.
The problem remains whether Germany plays well or poorly in their competition, but they defeated France at home last September, and having the world’s best goalkeeping trio of Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Bernd Leno and Manuel Neuer can help solve the problem. many of your other problems. A positive result here will go a long way to giving fans optimism to return to grace this summer.
| BetMGM (USA) |
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| France wins | -125 |
| Draw | +275 |
| Germany wins | +290 |
| Both teams to note Y/N |
-145 / +105 |
| Below 2.5 goals |
-145 / +100 |
| France -0.5 goals |
-135 |
| Germany +0.5 goals |
-110 |
France vs Germany match details
- Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024
- Start time: 9 pm local (4 pm ET / 1 pm PT)
- Location: Groupama Stadium (Lyon, France)
- Last meeting: Germany 2-1 France (September 2023 | Friendly)
The best bet between France and Germany
- Choose: 2+ goals in the first half – YES
- Odd: +150 (BetMGM)
While international friendlies can get cagey after half-time with multiple substitutions breaking up play, the first half should give fans a good show. Plus, if there’s one thing Germany loves to do, it’s get themselves into a hole by conceding goals before half-time, and Kylian Mbappé should do that.
In their 11 international friendlies in 2023 (Germany did not play a competitive match as they automatically qualified for Euro 2024 as hosts), Germany scored and conceded first-half goals in six of them. If we eliminate the four games in which only one participant scored, we now have six out of seven games with goals from each team before the break.
There is plenty of firepower on both sides in this encounter, and while France will be hampered without Antoine Griezmann, they have enough to break the German defensive line, which is probably Die Mannschaft’s weakest unit.
France vs Germany Prop Bet
- Choose: Niclas Fullkrug scorer at any time
- Odd: +280 (BetMGM)
Niclas Fullkrug has been unpredictable since joining Borussia Dortmund this season, but when he puts on the Germany shirt, he has been one of the most dangerous strikers in the world. Since his international debut at the end of 2022, Fullkrug has 10 goals in 13 international matches and has failed to score in just four appearances.
Meanwhile, the opposite is true: when Fullkrug fails to score, so do the Germans. Of the four games in which Fullkrug participated but failed to score, three of them ended without a goal for his team. Only in the 2-1 loss to Japan at the World Cup did Germany score without Fullkrug scoring, but still tasted defeat, while in the other three they were defeated by a combined 5-0 against Poland, Colombia and Austria.
Fullkrug missed the win over France in September due to injury, but his influence in this all-gas, no-brakes setup under Julian Nagelsmann is undeniable.
France vs Germany Live Stream, TV Channel
| television channel | Transmission | |
| USA | — | vix |
| Canada | — | DAZN |
| United Kingdom | Viaplay Sports 1 | Viaplay UK |
The match between France and Germany will only be broadcast in Spanish in the United States on the ViX streaming service.
In Canada, the match will be broadcast on DAZN, while in the UK it will be televised on Viaplay Sports 1 with streaming available on their internal platform.
