Kazakhstan vs France: Prediction and Betting Tips

Kazakhstan in a tough matchup against the world champions

At 122 in the FIFA world rankings, Kazakhstan are the weakest team in this group since they are the lowest on the ranking chart. Kazakhstan have won just one of their last six competitive matches against Lithuania in League C of the Nations League.

In their last match, Kazakhstan lost to Lithuania in the final match of their group and got relegated to League D. In their six group matches they won one, drew one, and lost four games. 

Kazakhstan went ahead against Lithuania in the first half but lost after conceding a goal in the 94th minute. Kazakhstan had just one shot on goal the whole match and that was their only goal of the game.

France to bounce back after a disappointing draw

World Cup qualifying matches are known for their surprising results. France were a victim of such a surprise result in their opening match when they drew with Ukraine 1-1 at home. The world champions were favorites to win especially after they beat the Ukrainian side 7-1 in a friendly last October.

But France are still a very strong team and we think they will bounce back quickly. In the match against Ukraine at Saint-Denis, the visitors played very solid and compact defense. The French side just couldn’t find enough space to create danger in front of the Ukrainian goal except for the goal scored by Griesmann.

Key Stats

• Kazakhstan haven’t won at home in five matches
• Kazakhstan have scored in three of their last five home games
• France have won their last six away games
• France have scored 11 goals in their last six away matches

Kazakhstan vs France Prediction

France have been having trouble against teams that play compact defense like Ukraine. It happened during the Euro qualification as well against Turkey, Moldova, and Iceland. It is unlikely that Mbappe and co will have difficulties against Kazakhstan though.

The bookies are paying 1.12 for a France win. It is highly unlikely for Kazakhstan to score in this match so we won’t bet on BTTS. We prefer to bet on goals scored in this match as we believe France are strong enough to score at least over two goals.

Kazakhstan vs France Betting Tips

Over 2.5 Total Match Goals 1.57 or 4/7 at William Hill

Goal in Both Halves 1.61 or 8/13 at William Hill