France vs Bulgaria Predictions, Betting Tips and Preview

France will play their first match on home soil since the European Championships in the summer when they host Bulgaria on Friday night. Here are our France vs Bulgaria predictions, betting tips and match preview.

 

France will be looking to kick-start their World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday as their first result in the group was a disappointing draw away to Belarus on match-day one and Didier Deschamps and his side will expect to beat Bulgaria this week. France obviously didn’t have to qualify for the Euro’s as they were the host nation so they haven’t been involved in any qualifiers since 2013 and they had to qualify through the play-offs as they finished second in their group and if they continue to drop points against the so-called weaker sides then they may have to do the same this time around.  Les Bleus struggled to break the more defensive-minded teams in the Euro’s and had to rely on some late drama in a couple of their games and this also showed when they drew a blank against Belarus and I’m sure that Bulgaria will use the same tactics to get a result here. Bulgaria needed an injury-time winner in their opening game when they defeated minnows Luxembourg and they conceded three in that game which will worry the coach Petar Hubchev as Luxembourg don’t have the quality that France have. Bulgaria are ranked 74 in the FIFA world rankings below the likes of Benin and the Cape Verde Islands so on that evidence this should be a comfortable win for the French.

 

France vs Bulgaria Predictions

 

As France are so heavily odds on, it’s all about finding bets that are value for money in these types of matches and I think I have selected a couple here. My first France vs Bulgaria betting tip is going to be for Griezmann to score at any time and France to win the match. After drawing their first game, I think the French have to win this game and I expect them to field a strong side and that will include Griezmann. He is on form at the moment and will probably take penalties so I think with odds of 5/4 at Sky Bet this is my banker bet for this game and expect this to happen.

 

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Anytime Goalscorer Tips

My second France vs Bulgaria prediction tip is going to be in the anytime goal scorer market and this one has got slightly higher odds. Laurent Koscielny scored for Arsenal at the weekend and is always a constant threat on corners and with the delivery of Dimitri Payet I think Koscielny could score here. He is 8/1 to score at any point in the match at Bet365 and I will be backing this.

 

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France vs Bulgaria Team News

Hugo Lloris is back in the squad after missing the game against Belarus with an injury and the French have all their attacking talents fit for this game. Both Antoine Griezmann and Anthony Martial scored at the weekend and will be looking to continue that form in their international break. Arguably Bulgaria’s most famous football player is Dimitar Berbatov but since his international retirement back in 2012 they haven’t really produced any household names. The majority of their squad play in the Bulgarian league and their most recognisable player now is Ivelin Popov who has thirteen international goals to his name.

 

Head to Head Stats

These two sides haven’t met since the 1998 World Cup where France won 3-1. Bulgaria did do the double over France back in the early 1990’s where they defeated them twice in the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign and if they were to get a result on Friday night this would be a special day in their recent history.

 

France vs Bulgaria Betting Odds

As mentioned earlier, France are heavily odds on for this game and the best price for them to win is 1/6 at Betfred. The draw is best priced 8/1 at Sportingbet and if you fancy an upset then you can get odds of 28/1 for Bulgaria to win. The most popular correct score is 2-0 to the French and this is 21/4 at 888Sport and if you think that Bulgaria will get on the scoresheet but France will win then France to win and both teams to score is best priced 3/1 at Betfair.

 

France vs Bulgaria Betting Tips

Antoine Griezmann to score and France to win – 5/4 at Sky Bet.

Laurent Koscielny to score anytime – 8/1 at Bet365.

 

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