France vs Gibraltar Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

In Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifying Group B clash, France welcomes Gibraltar to the Allianz Riviera for both nations' penultimate match.

With two games remaining, Les Bleus have already been declared group winners, while their bruised and battered visitors have yet to earn a single point in the section.

Only twice before has France qualified for the Euros with a perfect record, progressing to the 1992 and 2004 editions with eight wins from eight games, but Didier Deschamps' team is just 180 minutes away from repeating that feat en route to Germany.
 

While the 2022 World Cup runners-up have not been the most ruthless attacking unit in qualifying, as evidenced by a solid but unspectacular 13 goals, they have the best defensive record in Europe, conceding just once in their first six preliminary games.

That goal came late in their most recent match against the Netherlands, but Kylian Mbappe had already scored a qualification-clinching brace before Quilindschy Hartman halved the deficit, ensuring France a first-place finish and a spot in next year's Finals.

The thrashing of the Dutch was followed by a 4-1 friendly thrashing of Scotland for France, but Les Bleus will be looking for maximum points this month to earn a spot in Pot 1 for the Euro 2024 group-stage draw.

Portugal as well as the hosts Germany is already present, leaving France, England, Turkey, Belgium, Scotland, Spain, and Austria to compete for the final three spots in Pot 1. However, Les Bleus' 18 points are superior to all of their competitors', and an obligatory hiding of Gibraltar could see Les Bleus complete their final mission before next week's trip to Greece.

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The team with the best defense in Euros qualifying now squares off against the only nation yet to score in the preliminary rounds, and the final whistle cannot come soon enough for Gibraltar, one of five teams still without a point in the UEFA sections.

Los Llanis share that unfavorable record with Cyprus, San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Malta, the latter of which has a better defensive record than Gibraltar, but all four of those teams can at least claim to have scored a goal in Euro 2024 qualifying.

Gibraltar took a welcome break from Group B duties last month to play Wales in a friendly, only to lose 4-0 to Rob Page's men before suffering an identical defeat to the Republic of Ireland in their most recent qualifying battle, marking their eighth loss from eight games in 2023.

Julio Cesar Ribas' troops may have ended 2022 on a high note with friendly victories over Liechtenstein and Andorra, but Los Llanis now face two daunting assignments against France and the Netherlands to close out 2023, and their Euros qualifying record now stands at 18 defeats from 18 matches.

The first meeting between France and Gibraltar took place in June at the Estadio Algarve in Portugal, and it ended in a 3-0 win for Deschamps' side, though the Allianz Riviera faithful will expect a more emphatic thrashing this time around.
 

 

We say: France 6-0 Gibraltar

Despite scoring three unanswered goals against Gibraltar earlier this summer, France's performance left something to be desired, but Les Bleus should have little trouble ripping their cellar-dwelling opponents to shreds here.

Ribas, the manager of Gibraltar, will almost certainly take a back-to-the-wall approach from the start, but once the deadlock is broken, the floodgates will undoubtedly open.
 

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