Euro 2012 action Monday evening comes from the Donbass Arena, Donetsk featuring France v England.
The whole game is being shown Live on ITV 1 High Definition, with a scheduled 17:00pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Welcome and thanks for stopping by to view our France v England Betting Preview from Group D of Euro 2012, where we have provided you with the very latest team news, head to head statistics, best betting odds markets and our free betting tips predictions on the match.
France will be looking to put memories of the last world cup behind them where they were a mere shadow of the side that had previously won the illustrious trophy back in 1998 and were runners up in 2006.
But now with former defender Laurent Blanc having taken over from Raymond Domenech this France side is now starting to look very dangerous indeed and from the recent friendly matches I saw, they looked a very well organised and strong side and could go very far in this tournament.
England for once have no real expectations from people back home as with notable absentee’s due to injury the squad doesn’t look very strong at all and everyone has pretty much given in to the fact that it’s extremely doubtful that we will get past the first knock out round, let alone be serious contenders for the trophy.
Roy Hodgson has taken over from Fabio Capello, a huge mistake from the FA in my opinion as we have already seen that he has no problem with parking the bus in front of the goal when we take a 1-0 lead during games and sorry Roy, but that just isn’t going to work at these finals.
France v England Team News
France Team News : Blaise Matuidi and Alou Diarra have both recovered from recent injuries and one of them looks likely to step in for Yann M’Vila who is still not 100% fit.
Probable Lineup : Lloris, Rami, Debuchy, Mexes, Evra, Diarra, Cabaye, Malouda, Ribery, Nasri, Benzema.
England Team News : No Wayne Rooney as he serves a two match suspension, so Danny Welbeck looks likely to start up front. John Terry has recovered in time from a hamstring pull and will partner Lescott in the central defence.
Probable Lineup : Hart, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Johnson, Milner, Gerrard, Downing, Parker, Young, Welbeck.
France v England Head to Head Statistics
Monday evening’s game will become the 30th time the two nations will have met eac other over the years and all the results of those previous matches can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- France Victories : 8
- Draws : 4
- England Victories : 16
The last time the two sides met was back in November 2010 in a friendly match at Wembley Stadium where the score finished England 1-2 France after 90 minutes, Karim Benzema scoring the first goal of that game.
France v England Best Match Betting Odds
The head to head statistics are firmly in England’s favour as from the previous 29 matches the two sides have played each other over the years, the Three Lions have won eight more times than Les Bleus.
However, France have looked extremely good in recent performances and the online bookmakers are taking no risks it seems and have France priced up as that clear favourites to win this game at around a best price of 6/4 currently available.
