France vs Switzerland Prediction & Tips
The “National Arena” of Bucharest is the stadium that hosts France-Switzerland, the eighth final of Euro 2020. France has managed to move to first place in the group of death. The transalpines already had the qualification in their pocket, after the limited success against Germany on their debut (1-0 thanks to Hummels’ own goal) and the 1-1 draw against Hungary (Griezmann thought about saving the French from a sensational debacle). This is why the draw with Portugal is less bitter than the one with Hungary, also given the qualities of the opponent. The long-range shots of Pogba and Griezmann and the forays of Mbappé and Benzema, against the dribble of the Portuguese talents, produced a high-level match, in which the 2-2 is a fair result. Naive but sunny the penalties procured by the Galletti, not forgiven by Cristiano Ronaldo, relentless from the dischettto. Impeccable also the penalty (more than doubt) achieved at the end of the first half by Benzema who then replied with a deadly diagonal on Pogba’s throw. Deschamps’ move to bring the Madrid striker back to the squad is paying off, especially as Bleus star Mbappé is still incredibly dry in this European tournament.
On the other hand, Switzerland did not impress in Group A, that of Italy. After the debut tie against Wales (1-1), it was the 3-0 suffered against the Azzurri that determined the gap in goal difference that gave Gareth Bale and his team mates second place, relegating the Swiss to third position. The last match of the group stage, the one against Turkey, was nevertheless conducted very well and returned to Petkovic the two decisive elements that had been missing in the previous matches: Shaqiri, who scored twice, and Seferovic who signed the opening goal of the scoring. In the 3-4-3 of the former Lazio coach these two players will certainly not fail, as well as Embolo to complete the trident and the two quality midfielders Xhaka and Freuler. Deschamps also has champions that cannot be ignored: three of these are the forwards Griezmann, Mbappé and Benzema, capable of putting any opposing defense in difficulty. France is also Pogba and Kanté who act as a barrier in the middle of the field, lending a hand at all times to the entire backlog. Probably Koundé and Tolisso will pay for the less than brilliant match played in Budapest, giving way again to Pavard and Rabiot among the owners.
France is number 2 in the FIFA ranking, Switzerland is 13th.
The transalpines have only lost 2 times in the last 24 games.
The Swiss have scored in 11 of the last 12 matches, in 7 of which they have exceeded two goals.
France leads 16-12 in head-to-head matches, but are unbeaten in the last 7.
Both teams have scored 4 goals in the first 3 matches of Euro 2020.
Switzerland is a team that scores easily, but France’s strength and experience are worth more than the round of 16. Transalpine favorites, but it won’t be that easy.
France – Switzerland FREE TIPS
France – Win @ 1.55
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
