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France v England : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jul, 22:00 BST, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens

Thomas Tuchel pays counterpart Didier Deschamps a visit on Saturday night in the World Cup, as their England and France sides face each other at the Hard Rock Stadium. Analysing both sides' last 20 World Cup matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This World Cup tie, with France and England going head-to-head, offers real intrigue in the widely used 2.5 goals market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Strikers for both will look to add to their tallies for the season and, having studied the relevant statistics and odds, we have come to the conclusion that a bet on over 2.5 goals would be stronger than anything in the WDW market.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think France are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
France
51%
19/20-
Draw
22%
14/5
3%
-
England
27%
13/5
3%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
7/1-
France 2-1
9%
17/2-
France 1-0
7%
12/1
8%
-
France 2-0
7%
12/1-
England 2-1
7%
14/1
15%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
10/1-
France 3-1
6%
12/1
13%
-
England 1-0
5%
18/1-
France 3-0
4%
18/1-
France 3-2
4%
18/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
18/1-
England 2-0
3%
25/1
13%
-
France 4-1
3%
25/1-
England 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
-
England 3-2
3%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
65%
1/2-
Under 2.5 Goals
35%
13/8-
Home 1st Goal
53%
8/13
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
5/4
2%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
18/1-
BTTS - Yes
65%
4/9-
BTTS - No
35%
13/8-
BTTS - Home Win
30%
21/10
3%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/3
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
9/2-
Home/draw
73%
2/7-
Away/draw
49%
4/5-
Home/away
78%
1/4
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
9/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
43%
11/10
5%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
57%
8/11
4%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
11/4
6%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
2/7
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
11/2-
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/9-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/50-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
18/1-
Home DNB
67%
2/5
3%
-
Away DNB
42%
7/4
5%
-
France win to nil
22%
3/1
8%
-
England win to nil
10%
8/1-
France / France
29%
15/8
4%
-
France / England
3%
25/1-
France / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / France
15%
9/2-
Draw / England
9%
8/1
6%
-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1
8%
-
England / France
4%
18/1-
England / England
14%
5/1
9%
-
England / Draw
6%
12/1-
Win / draw / win form
France
20 games
Goals: Scored
49
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
1
L
3
England
20 games
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
3
L
3
Goal Statistics

France's forwards have been superb of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 9 consecutive World Cup games. A PG of 2.0 suggests that run should continue on Saturday night.

France England
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that France will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that England will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
France
PG (predicted goals)
England
2
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
FRA
ENG
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
FRA
ENG
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between France v England will show here when available.

France World Cup squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7861
M Maignan K MbappéM OliseB Barcola
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Maignan  GLK7
-
J Koundé DEF7
-
D Upamecano DEF7
-
B Barcola FWD721
1
-
O Dembélé FWD752
-
D Doué FWD711
-
M Olise FWD76
1
-
K Mbappé FWD783
1
-
W Saliba DEF6
-
R Cherki MID6
-
A Rabiot MID61
1
-
L Digne DEF5
-
M Koné MID5
1
-
T Hernández DEF4
-
M Gusto DEF4
-
A Tchouameni MID41
1
-
J Mateta FWD3
-
M Lacroix DEF2
-
I Konaté DEF1
-
W Zaïre-Emery MID1
-
M Thuram FWD1
-
M Akliouche FWD1
-
England World Cup squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7632
J PickfordJ BellinghamB SakaD Rice
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Pickford GLK7
-
M Guéhi DEF7
1
-
E Konsa DEF7
-
N. O'Reilly DEF7
1
-
D Spence DEF7
-
E Anderson MID71
1
-
J Bellingham MID761
1
-
H Kane FWD761
-
D Rice MID61
2
-
M Rogers MID61
-
B Saka FWD63
-
A Gordon FWD613
-
J Stones DEF5
-
M Rashford FWD51
-
N Madueke FWD5
-
R James  DEF4
-
E Eze MID4
-
D Burn DEF3
-
J Quansah DEF2
1
1
J Henderson MID1
1
-
I Toney FWD1
-
O Watkins FWD1
-
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