France head into a Group F encounter against Jamaica on Sunday. Played out at Sydney Football Stadium, this is the first of the three outings of the World Cup group stage.
As we are in the opening round of the World Cup group stage, both France and Jamaica face a battle to secure their first points of the group stage.
Three points look like a given for France when they open their campaign at Sydney Football Stadium. It would be astounding to see the favorites leave without a victory when considered such big favorites. Jamaica, though, have nothing to lose as a hefty outsider. I
Team form: France vs Jamaica
France Form
France won two of their last three matches, first beating Canada 2-1, and then sweeping Ireland aside in a 0-3 win. Their winning run ended when they lost 1-0 to Australia. France achieved success in six of their last 10 internationals in all competitions, while one ended in a draw and three in defeat.
France enjoy some whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 1.8 goals per game, scoring 18 times while conceding 11. That is an average of 1.1 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in three of the matches.
Jamaica Form
Jamaica had a bit of everything in their last three matches. They first drew 3-3 against Puerto Rico, before losing 3-7 to Mexico. A return to winning ways followed in their previous outing, in which they won 0-1 against Morocco. In their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, Jamaica won twice, lost seven times, and drew once.
Jamaica travel to their next World Cup match, averaging a lowly 1.1 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored a disappointing total of 11 goals, while also conceding 25. That amounts to an average of 2.5 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring two times.
France vs Jamaica Stats
- France have scored in 27 of the last 29 matches
- In 9 of the last 11 France matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- France have not lost the last 6 matches in a row
- France have won 5 of the last 6 matches
- France have lost 3 of the last 4 matches and both teams scored at the same time
- Jamaica have lost the last 4 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Jamaica matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Jamaica have lost the last 4 matches in a row
- In 6 of the last 7 Jamaica matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Jamaica have not won the last 4 matches in a row
World Cup standings overview: France vs Jamaica
France vs Jamaica H2H
Topscorer
WIN – DRAW – WIN
Amazingly, France are on a streak of 19 matches without defeat as the home team. They’ve never played Jamaica before now, but they look a solid bet for the three points.
OVER – UNDER
France saw over 2.5 goals happened four times in their last 10 games. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Jamaica.
BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE
France scored the first goal of the match an impressive eight times in the last ten home games. Interestingly, Jamaica scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games.