World Cup: Paraguay vs France – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the World Cup game between Paraguay and France who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Paraguay head to their upcoming match as number 41 in the FIFA world ranking. Meanwhile, there is a pretty big gap to upcoming opponents France. They enter the game ranked number 3 in the world.

Form: Paraguay vs France

Paraguay Form

The Paraguay team look in good shape before their match against France, as they seek to remain unbeaten. Firstly, they beat Turkey 0-1, then they held Australia to a 0-0 draw. Their last outing resulted in a hard fought 1-1 draw Germany. Paraguay claimed four wins wins in their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured four defeats in this run.

France Form

France are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Iraq got left behind in a 3-0 win, before Norway got hammered in a 1-4 victory. Sweden was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for France. France won nine of their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, while also losing one time. Curiously, they didn’t draw a single match.

Betting facts for Paraguay and France

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Paraguay and France played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Paraguay vs France

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Matias Galarza, who is performing well for Paraguay. He found the back of the net two times in his most recent national team outings. He’ll be out to add more goals for his country against France. The visitors will be looking up to Kylian Mbappe to find the net once again, after managing six goals for France in his last six matches.

Betting markets: Paraguay vs France

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches across all tournaments, Paraguay won four times, drew two and lost four times. France claimed nine wins, drew zero times and lost one in their last 10 games across all tournaments. Paraguay have gone through an impressive 8 games without losing even once as the home side. France won their last 5 matches. France remained without defeat in 7 away games on the bounce.

Both teams to score

Paraguay scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. France scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive away games France played. Paraguay managed to open the scoreline in no less than five of their previous 10 games. Their opponent from France performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in nine of their last 10 games.

Total goals

Paraguay saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in ten of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for France. They performed an average of 2.9 goals in these. France are on a nice streak of scoring at least once in their previous 17 matches.

Recommended tip: Paraguay vs France

To sum up, the upcoming match between Paraguay and France seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this World Cup game.