France and Australia face each other at 11:00 local time on Saturday 16th June at the Kazan Arena in Kazan.
There is little chance of any other result than a French victory in the clash with Australia as is evident by Bovada’s odds of +450 on France winning, +500 on the match being drawn and +1500 on Australia causing an upset. You can find odds of +140 on France winning by three clear goals and that is not outside the realms of possibility.
1-0 is the favored scoreline according to Bovada who price it at +300 with 2-0 to France coming in at +375. If you fancy a 3-0 France win, you will find odds of +500. This is arguably the best French team in recent years so expect them to brush Australia aside with relative ease. 2-0 at +375 looks like the bet to make.
France vs Australia Key Bites
The French will be determined to get their World Cup campaign off to the best start possible with three points against Australia. France won all three group games when they lifted the trophy in 1998 and got off to a winning start in 2014 when they eventually reached the quarter-finals.
Australia do not play any teams in qualifying that have the quality of France and this game should be far too much for them. The best team Australia has played recently was a poor Norway side in March 2018 and they fell to a 4-1 defeat.
Expect France to win and win comfortably by at least two clear goals.
France go into their first 2018 World Cup Group C match against Australia having been confirmed as the tournament’s fourth-favorites with odds of +750 to lift the coveted trophy. This price will seem like a bargain for some because coach Didier Deschamps has never had a more talented squad of players to choose from during his reign.
The French qualified for the World Cup with ease, topping their group courtesy of seven wins, two draws and a shock 201 defeat at the hands of Sweden, but that only happened because of a complete howler from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny and Marseille’s Dimitri Payet missed out on this World Cup through injury while Alexandre Lacazette was not selected despite a relatively strong debut season since his £46.5 million transfer to Arsenal.
Deschamps will not be worried, however, because he can select the likes of Samuel Umtiti and Raphael Varane in the heart of defense and has a wealth of attacking options to call upon, such as Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and the potential star player of the World Cup Kylian Mbappe.
Through into the mix a hard-working midfield that has the likes of N’golo Kante, Paul Pogba, and either Thomas Lemar or Blaise Matuidi in it and you can see why the French are excited about this tournament.
Australia are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in an attempt to stem the attacking options of the French and it is in the midfield that this game will be won and lost.
Thankfully, for the Aussies, they are strong in this department as Huddersfield Town’s Aaron Mooy and Mile Jedinak will hold the fort in the center of the park while Celtic’s Tom Rogic has something special about him that can turn a game on its head in an instant.
Tim Cahill is Australia’s biggest goal threat despite being the tender age of 38. Cahill has 50 goals in 105 appearances for the “Socceroos” and if he should find the back of the net during this World Cup, he would join the legends that are Pele, Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose as the fourth man to score at four different World Cup finals.
On the other side of the coin. Australia are not the best defensively. They may have only conceded four goals during qualifying, but they were playing some extremely poor opposition and their back line will probably have never faced players as strong and skilful as those in the French attack.
It is difficult to look past a French victory in this fixture although you are not going to get rich backing odds of -425 on this happening. France are are more backable -140 with a -0.5 spread and that does look like a solid bet to make.
As Australia like to play down the wings due to having some tricky players in those positions and France being at their weakest in the fullback positions, we particularly like the look of the +350 Bovada is offering on France to win and both teams to score and this is likely to be our bet.
Also consider both teams to score and the game to feature over 2.5 goals at +225 because although we see the Aussie being able to breach the French defense, France have far too much talent for Australia to contain.
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