France vs Italy predictions and betting tips on June 22, 2023

Prediction on game Total under 2.5

Odds: 2.03

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On June 22, Cluj Arena (Cluj-Napoca) will host the match of the 1st round of the Euro U21, in which France will compete with Italy. The battle will start at 18:00 CET.

France

The national team or, to be more precise, its mentor, Sylvain Ripoll, is forced to put up with the fact that Didier Deschamps takes the best, among which are the players of Real Madrid, Tchouaméni and Camavinga. However, the academies of local clubs are working with might and main, and “the Hopes” have a very wide choice of personnel options. It is even a surprise that the team did not take part in the tournament from 2006 until 2019, when it reached the semi-finals. The team was stopped already at the 1/4 stage in two years. The current squad was undefeated in the qualification: 8 wins and a couple of draws. At the same time, the friendly matches brought a lot of draws. Moreover, the March duel with the neighbours from Britain ended in failure: the hosts defeated the opponent with a tremendous 4-0 score in Leicester. It remains, from the fan’s point of view, only to believe that there is simply not enough motivation for control fights.

Italy

The team was one of the most successful at the end of the previous and at the beginning of the new century. Speaking about 1992-2004, five championship titles were taken. For comparison, “the Azzurrini” did not overcome the group stage at the “home” championship in 2019 and was stopped in the quarter-finals a couple of years later. However, Paolo Nicolato kept his position and the Italians were able to go through the new qualification without any defeat: 7 wins and 3 draws. As a result, the team overtook its closest pursuer, Ireland (and failed Sweden) by 5-6 points. To tell the truth, there were failures in the autumn, but in a friendly format: a 0-2 misfire in the battle against England, a 1-1 draw in the confrontation with Japan and a 2-4 defeat made by Germany (all of them took place at the home arena). Still, it confidently defeated both Serbia (2-0) and Ukraine (3-1) in March.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

France does not lose to its neighbours 5 matches in a row: 3 draws and 2 wins. Still, the last time it happened was in 2018 – it goes without saying that the players were different.

Predictions

Bookmakers tend to wait for France to win. At the same time, the favourites are unlikely “to tear their veins” in the 1st round – thus, we bet on “total: under 2.5” (odd: 2.03).

Prediction on game Total under 2.5

Odds: 2.03

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4.75

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