Football prediction France vs Belgium, round of 16 EURO 2024: Red Devils embrace defeat

Both France and Belgium failed to impress in the group stage of EURO 2024 and as a result they were drawn against each other early on, falling into a difficult bracket with hosts Germany, Spain and Portugal.

Dharma 1.jpg — Mbappe and France are predicted to defeat De Bruyne and Belgium in the round of 16 of EURO 2024

Although expectations for Belgium in Germany are not as high as France, people hope that Kevin de Bruyne and his teammates will easily get a place in the round of 16 of EURO 2024, when they are in the same group with Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine.

As a result, they had to wait until the last round and Belgium only finished 2nd in Group E, similarly France also had to finish behind Austria in Group D, with only 1 lucky win in the opening match (thanks to Austria's own goal), drawing the remaining 2 matches, against the Netherlands (0-0) and Poland (1-1).

After 3 matches, France has not scored any goals from proactive coordination, except for the only goal by Kylian Mbappe from the 11m mark, the remaining goal was thanks to an Austrian player.

France have drawn five of their last six games at EURO so far, a marked drop from their previous four draws in 25 games.

France vs Belgium at 11pm on July 1st, very familiar with each other because the Red Devils are the most frequent opponents of all time of the Blue shirt, almost twice as many as any other team.

This will be the 76th meeting between the two teams, with France winning 26, Belgium 30 and drawing 19. However, since 1981, Belgium have only won 2 of 13 meetings and lost to France in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals.

To be exact, France have won all four of their matches against Belgium in major tournaments (World Cup and EURO), scoring 13 goals and conceding just three.

Their only meeting at EURO was 40 years ago (1984), France beat Belgium 4-0, with Platini scoring a hat-trick.

Standard experts evaluate the upcoming France vs Belgium match: Both teams have not been in good form at EURO 2024 so far, but France seems to be better than Belgium. Prediction: France 1-0 Belgium .

Belgium and France both disappointed in the group stage, but Deschamps' team is still considered the better team.

Sportmole experts say: France and Belgium have enviable attacking lines but have not been effective at EURO 2024 so far. Therefore, the battle between them will probably give the spotlight to the defense.

Belgium were lucky not to lose and were eliminated by Ukraine. If there was any rare attack in the 90 minutes, it would have been the Blues. Prediction: France 1-0 Belgium .

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton also chose France to win by a narrow margin against Belgium, with the assessment: France caused great disappointment in the EURO 2024 group stage when playing pragmatically and boringly, only finishing 2nd in Group D, behind Austria.

However, France are usually slow starters and I have no doubt they will beat Belgium. Prediction: France 1-0 Belgium .

Meanwhile, expert Paul Merson commented on Sportskeeda: Belgium have weapons but if Mbappe scores, I don't think they will be able to stop France. Real Madrid's new contract is a game-changer.

In my opinion, France vs Belgium is definitely the best match of the round of 16 of EURO 2024. I will choose France, with a narrow victory over Belgium. Prediction: France 2-1 Belgium .

Expected lineup:

France : Maignan; Kounde, Saliba, Upamecano, Hernandez; Kante, Tchouameni; Dembele, Griezmann, Rabiot; Mbappe

Belgium : Casteels; Castagne, Faes, Vertonghen, Theate; Tielemans, Onana; Doku, De Bruyne, Carrasco; Lukaku

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