France – Ukraine, Prediction – World Qualifiers

✳️ France begins its march to defend the world cup

World champions France finished first in the Nations League last season in a group with Portugal, Croatia and Sweden, which is definitely impressive even for Les Bleus. It was the victories over Portugal and Sweden that were the last official matches for them. For this meeting, Deschamps has really chosen the best. Mbappe, Giroud, and Griezmann will lead the team’s attack, and in the midfield, the pair of Kante and Pogba still look impressive.

🙌 Decisive moments are ahead for Shevchenko and his team

Ukraine finished last in the Nations League in a group with Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, which is probably normal considering the class of opponents, and the Swiss had 6 points in the end, but a better goal difference than Ukraine. This should not make us forget Ukraine’s impressive performance in the European qualifiers. The Ukrainians are very high class and quite hardworking. For now, Shevchenko’s work looks excellent, but in the next 2 big tournaments, we will see if Sheva has become a great coach, as he was as a player.

France is in very good condition and we expect them to start strong the match

 Expert view: It is not the best idea to judge the form of national teams by their results in the Nations League, but this is the most recent tournament they have played and in general these are the last matches of the teams. France has only 1 loss in its last 21 World Cup qualifiers against Spain in 2013. Ukraine, on the other hand, have 5 consecutive losses as a guest and as many as 19 goals in them, 7 of which were in a friendly match against France 5 months ago. Now it will hardly be a walk in the park for the French, but we expect them to start strong, because Mbappe is in top form and our forecast is for France to score in the first half at 1.50.