Ukraine vs France Prediction, Preview and Bet Tips

Ukraine vs France betting tips: It’s Ukraine v France in the first leg of their World Cup Playoff and we are banking on France to give their hosts les blues this Friday evening in our World Cup play-off predictions.

Les Tricolores seem to have found some self-belief in recent months and come into this on the back of a five match unbeaten run. The turnaround seems to have come in their away match in Belarus. Whilst trailing 1-0 at half time, some rousing words from Partice Evra inspired them to come from behind not once but twice to win the game 4-2. This was followed up with a resounding 6-0 victory over Australia and then they saw off Finland 3-0 in their last Group I match.

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Whilst Ukraine come into this match in good form themselves the majority of their recent wins have been against the likes of San Marino x2, Israel and Moldova. When they come up against teams with a touch more class they tend to struggle and break them down. France boast an impressive run against Ukraine winning four of their last seven encounters, most notably in Donetsk when they beat them in Euro2012. What this highlights is they seem to have their number and are more than capable of handling the partisan home crowd. It’s bound to be a tense nervy encounter but France are taken to sneak the win at 6/4 with Bet365.

With Franck Ribéry playing I’d be saying at this point we’ll be betting him as the highest rated player with Bet Victor in the WhoScored.Com market, he is a 4/1 shot. The ballon d'or favourite has been sensational this year so we’ll use him to help us nail a bookings bet as well. Ribéry operates on the left hand side of midfield, attacking the right back by coming inside and out. Many have picked up bookings marking him and let’s hope Artem Fedetskyi continues the trend this weekend. The Ukrainian right back is currently 9/5 with 888Sport to pick up a card.

We’ll also chance our arm with Ribéry to be score anytime. He has netted in his last three French internationals and has managed to bag 11 in 19 in all competitions so far this season. At an attractive 31/10 with Bet Victor it would remiss of us not to bet him at those odds.

Ukraine vs France Betting Tips

France to win – 6/4 @ Bet365

Fedetskyi to be booked – 9/5 @ 888Sport

Ribéry to score anytime – 31/10 @ Bet Victor

Ribery highest rated player – 4/1 Bet Victor

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