France vs Finland Predictions

• Both teams have scored in the last five France matches (all draws after 90 min).
• Finland have scored in their last nine non-friendly away matches.
• France have kept only one clean sheet in their last four non-friendly home games.

Finns can find net again in France 

France came away from Kiev with a point on Sunday thanks to Anthony Martial’s equaliser, but the display exposed familiar flaws in the world champions’ makeup that keep on costing them wins.

They conceded the opening goal again – for the fifth match in succession – and it came just seconds after Martial had missed a good chance to put Didier Deschamps side in front.

You get the feeling that N’Golo Kante would have positioned himself in a place to prevent Ukraine’s quick transition from defence to attack and while he’s unavailable France’s defence remains vulnerable.

Three of the four likely starters against Finland at Lyon’s new stadium on Tuesday started in the 2-0 home friendly defeat Les Bleus suffered to the Finns last November and there was no Kante to protect them that evening either.

It’s now five games since Deschamps’ side blanked an opponent and they have kept only one clean sheet in their last four meaningful games on home soil.

These are all good reasons to take the generous odds on offer for both teams to score when a Finland side buoyed by their first win in the group take on the leaders.

Markku Kanerva’s side are not blessed with a tenth of the talent of France, but they showed in qualifying for and reaching the second round of the Euro 2020 Finals that they are a solid unit with a good Plan A.

The Eagle-owls have scored in nine straight competitive away games, including against Denmark on that awful afternoon in Copenhagen last summer, and we’re fully expecting them to create something against the French.

Backing Deschamps’ side to draw has been profitable lately, but they have enough to come away with a narrow win, so we will support a 2-1 scoreline for them this week.