Bookmaker-Ratings pundit Emmanuel Adebayor has made his prediction for Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup Group D match between France and Australia.
The French will be looking to defend their title at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. They had an incredible journey in 2018 and were deservedly crowned the best team in the world. But they didn’t do well at Euro 2020 and were knocked out by Switzerland in the quarterfinals, even though they were thought to be one of the favorites to win the trophy.
Therefore, Les Blues will make every effort to defend the title.
Meanwhile, injuries give France coach Didier Deschamps a headache. France will be without Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema, midfield duo Pogba and Kante, as well as Nkunku and Kimpembe.
Anyway, the French team have enough top-quality players, like Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, and Ousmane Dembele, to make a difference in this kind of game.
France and Australia last met at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when they also shared a group.
On that occasion, France defeated Australia 2 to 1 and based on how the two teams are doing in Qatar 2022, I predict France will repeat their success.
It will be a difficult game for Australia, and for me, the French team are clear favorites in this clash.
I can see France winning this game by a score of 2:0 or 3:0. I think Kylian Mbappe will try to put his name on the scoresheet.