Nations League Preview: France vs Austria

France Aim to Continue Good Form Against Austria

Thursday, September 22, 2023

The Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf will host Monday's closing Euro 2024 contest as in-form Austria and title favorites France pit their wits against each other.

Austria have been in excellent form in recent months, winning four of their last five matches. Their only defeat in that run came against Denmark in a friendly.

France, meanwhile, have also been in good form, winning three of their last four matches. Their only defeat in that run came against Croatia in the Nations League.

The two teams have met twice before, with France winning both matches. The most recent meeting was in a friendly in 2020, which France won 2-0.

Austria are likely to be without a number of key players for the match, including Marko Arnautovic, David Alaba, and Konrad Laimer.

France, on the other hand, are likely to be at full strength. Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema, and Antoine Griezmann are all expected to start up front.

Austria vs France Betting Tips

Austria vs France is a tough match to call, but we think that France will just edge it. They have more quality in their squad and they are in better form.

Our betting tips for the match are as follows:

• Game to have over 25 goals - Yes
• France to score first - Yes

Austria Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)

• Lindner
• Posch
• Lienhart
• Trauner
• Lazaro
• Baumgartner
• Schlager
• Sabitzer
• Gregoritsch
• Weimann
• Arnautovic

France vs Austria Predicted XI

• Lloris
• Pavard
• Kounde
• Varane
• Hernandez
• Tchouameni
• Rabiot
• Griezmann
• Mbappe
• Giroud
• Benzema