France - Belgium. Predicted line-ups and latest news, – July 1, 2024

The second month of summer will open with the continuation of the UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16. In one of the meetings of this stage of the tournament will meet the national teams of France and Belgium.

It cannot be said that for both teams, the group stage was an easy walk. Yes, France didn't lose a single game, beating Austria and drawing with the Netherlands and Poland, but the reality is that the Tricolours didn't score a single goal from field and ended up second in the group.

The Belgians' results can be characterised as a traffic light: a win over Romania, a draw with Ukraine and a defeat to Slovakia. As a result, Domenico Tedesco's wards took the second place in the group.

Speaking of squads, in the last match of the group stage against Poland, Didier Deschamps saw a very significant event: Kylian Mbappe returned to the squad after a facial injury and played a full match, which may indicate that the Real Madrid rookie is ready for full performances at the tournament.

Liverpool centre-back Ibrahima Konate recently suffered a knee injury, but in any case the centre-back would have no chance of displacing William Saliba or Dayot Upamecano.

In the Belgian team, the injury situation is unchanged: Axel Witsel and Thomas Meunier remain Tedesco's main headache, and the Red Devils manager will not be able to count on them.

And who can appear in the squad is Dodi Lukebakio, who missed the match against Ukraine due to suspension for yellow cards. He, presumably, can replace Leandro Trossard, who was ineffective in the match against Ukraine.

Based on these facts, the Dailysports team has prepared predicted line-ups for the France vs Belgium match.

France predicted line-up

Maignan - Hernandez, Saliba, Upamecano, Kounde - Rabiot, Tchouameni, Kante - Griezmann - Mbappe, Dembele.

Belgium predicted line-up

Casteels - Theate, Vertonghen, Faes, Castaigne - Onana, Thielemans - Doku, De Bruyne, Lukebakio - Lukaku.

The France vs Belgium match will take place on 1 July at the Merkur-Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf. The starting whistle of Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg will sound at 18:00 CET.