Kazakhstan vs France prediction for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier clash at Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Kazakhstan playing their first match host World Champions France. Follow on for our free 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.
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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