France - Belgium Football prediction

France and Belgium  face each other in a game for this phase of the World Cup (Semi-finals). There is only one recent direct showdown between these two teams, on 07-06-2015, which ended with Belgium winning by (3-4).

Analysis of France

To reach this phase of the World Cup (Semi-finals), the team had to eliminate Uruguay and Argentina. In the last 5 matches he played for the World Cup, France won 4 and drew 1.

For this competition, you have not lost 5 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 4 of the last 5 games for this competition. This is a team that scores many times first: it opened the scoring in 12 of its last 15 games, of those 12 reached the interval in advantage in 10 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 'in 10.

France go into this semi-final after beating Uruguay in the 90th minute with 0-2: the goals were signed by Varane and Griezmann. We remember that the French already won this competition for one occasion: in 1998. In this game against Belgium, team with several individual values, the coach Didier Deschamps should return to align in 4-3-3 privileging possession of the ball and organized attacks , always with Griezmann and Mbappé as responsible for taking the team to the attack. It is important to emphasize that the French team has great offensive quality and a competent defensive sector in the aerial game. Mbappé is one of the great highlights of the selection of France, being this one of the best markers with 3 goals pointed. For this game the coach can not count on the chastised Matuidi.

Analysis of Belgium

The team arrives in this phase of the World Cup (Semi-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Brazil and Japan. In the last 5 World Cup games Belgium has 5 wins.

In this event, he won the last 5 games he played. His attack has marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 5 games for this competition. In their games there is a tendency to score goals, since in 22 of their last 25 games there were over 1.5 goals and in 18 of the last 25 there were over 2.5 goals. This is a team that scores many times first: opened the scoring in 12 of their last 15 games, of those 12 reached the break in lead in 6 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 'in 11.

Belgium were one of the big surprises of the quarter-finals of the World Cup, beating Brazil 2-1: De Bruyne and Fernandinho (self-goal) scored the winner. Despite not having any World Cup yet, the Belgians are well qualified for a possible surprise. In this match against France, coach Roberto Martínez is expected to play 4-3-3 with a cautious approach, as the opponents have players of great individual value. It is important to emphasize that the strengths are in the offensive sector: Hazard is a very fast and excellent player in the transition defense-attack. For this semi-final the coach can not count on Meunier, punished, and still has in doubt Nacer Chadli due to injury.