On Thursday, September 7, at 21:45 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, the Group B match of the European Championship qualification in Germany France – Ireland is scheduled to be broadcast live by Digi Sport 1 and First Sport 1. .

France go into the match against Ireland as favourites, looking for a fifth consecutive win in as many matches, which could be equivalent to qualifying for the final tournament in 2024.

Group B, in addition to France with 12 points (four matches) and Ireland with three points (three matches), also includes Greece with six points (three matches), the Netherlands with three points (two matches) and Gibraltar, without a point (four matches ).

France lead Group B with 12 points and have won four matches without conceding a goal, 4-0 against Holland (a), 1-0 against Ireland (d), 3-0 against Gibraltar (d) and 1-0 against Greece ( and).

In fact, the team of Didier Deschamps did not lose in the last eight matches in all tournaments, more precisely from those 0-1 with Tunisia at the World Cup with Qatar 2022 (the final with Argentina, the score was 3-3, was missed on penalties -intermission), and in the European preliminary matches, he has recorded ten wins and a draw in his last 11 games (he is unbeaten since 0-2 against Turkey in June 2019).

Ireland have just three points from three games, 0-1 with France (a), 1-2 with Greece (d) and 3-0 with Gibraltar (a), and only an upset win will give them hope of qualifying for Euro 2024 (they have not won on French soil for more than 40 years).

Ireland have now qualified for the European Championships three times, the last time in 2016 when they reached the last 16, but Stephen Kenny’s side have had little chance this campaign, especially as they only picked up points against Gibraltar and he picked up another against the Netherlands did not play

The last match between the two teams took place in Dublin on 27 March 2023, when France beat Ireland 1–0 after a 50th-minute goal from Benjamin Pavard (France are unbeaten in their last nine matches against Ireland, a period in which he won seven times).

Probable teams

France: Meignan – Kunde, Saliba, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez – Rabiot, Kamavinga – Coman, Griezmann, Mbappe – Giroud.

Ireland: Bazunu – O’Shea, Egan, Collins – Ebosele, Cullen, Molumby, Brown, Manning – Ogbene, Ida.

Superbet offers odds of 1.65 for the 1/1 Halftime/Final prediction: Home team lead at halftime and win at the end of France v Ireland.

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