France

team world cup oddsFrance are always a well fancied team in the World Cup odds but it has to be said they don't look to have their best squad in recent years.

France World Cup Odds

France Tournament Odds
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Euro 2012 » Win Tournament17.00
World Cup 2014 » Win Tournament26.00

Top World Cup Bets On France at the World Cup

France To Finish Third In Their Group

France had a poor qualifying campaign and their manager is probably on his way out after the World Cup as he hasn't been getting the best out of the players. South Africa as hosts should do well and could easily finish ahead of France leaving only Uruguay or Mexico also needing to get the better of France.

France To Be Eliminated At Group Stage

France have not lived up to expectations for some time, in fact ever since star player Zinedine Zidane retired, and despite being fancied at Euro 2008 they finished bottom of their group, even behind Romania who then didn't qualify for the World Cup.

France To Get Under 4 Points In Their Group

If France are to fail to qualify then it is most likely they will win one game and lose the other two or draw two games and lose the other. Both have decent chances and both are covered within this bet.

France To Score 4 Goals Or Less In Their Group

France found goals hard to come by in qualifying, in eight games they scored just once or not at all and a repeat of that sort of form should see them scoring no more than three goals, especially as they are coming up against tougher teams here than in qualifying.

France Game Against South Africa To Be Under 2.5 Goals

As previously mentioned France have been struggling for goals and South Africa have shown they have a great defence in recent matches, they conceded just two goals in five of their warm up matches for the World Cup.

 

France World Cup Matches and Betting Previews


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France Road To World Cup

Date Team Scores Team
06/09/08 Austria 3 - 1 France
10/09/08 France 2 - 1 Serbia
11/10/08 Romania 2 - 2 France
28/03/09 Lithuania 0 -1 France
01/04/09 France 1 - 0 Lithuania
12/08/09 Faroe Islands 0 - 1 France
05/09/09 France 1 - 1 Romania
09/09/09 Serbia 1 - 1 France
10/10/09 France 5 - 0 Faroe Islands
14/10/09 France 3 - 1 Austria
14/11/09 Republic Of Ireland 0 - 1 France
18/11/09 France 0 - 1 Republic Of Ireland

France struggled to qualify from the World Cup after some disappointing results and they are going to have to improve massively to feature in the World Cup and to justify their World Cup odds.

France World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux)
Defenders William Gallas (Arsenal/ENG), Eric Abidal (Barcelona/ESP), Bakary Sagna (Arsenal/ENG), Patrice Evra (Manchester United/ENG), Gael Clichy (Arsenal/ENG), Marc Planus (Bordeaux), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon), Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla/ESP)
Midfielders Abou Diaby (Arsenal/ENG), Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon)
Strikers Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea/ENG), Djibril Cisse (Panathinaikos/GRE), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Thierry Henry (Barcelona/ESP), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/GER), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)

France Player Stats

*All stats reflect bookies rules for own goals and 90 mins play in their respective markets.

Player Games (Sub) Goals Scored 1st Goals Last Goals
Thierry Henry 11 4 2 2
Andre-Pierre Gignac 6 (2) 4 2 2
Nicolas Anelka 6 (2) 3 1 1
Franck Ribery 3 (3) 3 2 2
Karim Benzema 3 (5) 2 1 1

3 France players scored a single goal during qualification.

France Team Stats

France Goal Stats France Result Stats
Games 12 No. Of Games 12
Goals 19 No. Of Games Won 7
Conceded 10 No. Of Games Drawn 3
First Goals 8 No. Of Games Lost 2
Last Goals 9 No. Of Games Winning At Half Time 3
Over 2.5 5 No. Of Games Drawing At Half Time 6
Under 2.5 7 No. Of Games Losing At Half Time 3
Clean Sheet 5    
None Scored 1    

France Recent World Cup Performances

Year Stage of Exit
2006 Runners Up. Eliminated on penalties against Italy in Final
2002 Eliminated at Group Stage
1998 Winners. Beat Brazil in the Final
1994 Did not qualify
1990 Did not qualify

Best Exchange Bet Or Trade On France

Lay France To Qualify From Group At 1.41 (advised 4 June)

Lay France to qualify from their group in South Africa. They struggled in qualifying against worse teams than they will face in their group and they are likely to go home pretty early. This bet should reward at generous World Cup odds.

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Best Spread Bet On France

Sell France InThe Outright Performance Market At 27 (Advised 4 June)

Winner: 100pts; Runner-up: 75pts; Lose Semi-Final: 50pts, Lose Quarter-Final: 25pts; Last 16: 10pts; Others: 0pts.

We are strongly opposing France at the World Cup so the best bet is to sell their outright tournament index . The worse they perform, the more you will make, and we think you will make a nice profit.

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