Euro 2024 is heating up as the direct elimination phase is now underway, and we bring you the most accurate betting tips and France v Belgium prediction for July 1, 2024. It’s a battle of two neighboring countries that have formed a decent rivalry in recent history. France defeated Belgium in the semi-finals of the 2021 Nations League, despite trailing 0:2 at half-time. Les Blues also eliminated the Devils at the Semis in the World Cup in Russia 2018. It would be fair to say that Belgium is looking for revenge, but do they have enough talent in their ranks to pull it off?
An underwhelming French side
France enters the game as strong favorites, and they’ve also been picked by a lot of analysts to win the tournament. I’m personally not convinced by their performances thus far, and I’ve never seen them as one of the top candidates to win the trophy in Germany. Mbappé has been far from his electrifying self and for all the talk thus far, France has not scored a single goal from open play in their three group matches at Euro 2024. When Les Blues go forward, despite all their talent and big names, you just don’t see them as a threat, and they don’t produce enough clear-cut chances.
N’Golo Kanté who has been playing in the Sauidi league has been France’s best player in the tournament, and that speaks volumes of their lack of creativity up front. No disrespect to Kante, he is surely a top midfielder, but he is a battler, a fighter on the pitch, not a creative spark like Zidane used to be. So if Kante is your best player, it just means you have not had much success in attack.
Belgium’s golden generation with one last chance
Belgium’s golden boys are steadily drifting away into the sunset of their careers. Eden Hazard called it quits last year, while this could well be Lukaku (31) and De Bruyne’s (33) last major national tournament. This is surely their last chance to leave a mark with Belgium, but their performances thus far have been quite underwhelming, similar to France. They’ve also scored just two goals in the groups. Lost the opener to Slovakia, then had a decent game against Romania and won by 2:0, followed by firing blanks against Ukraine.
France v Belgium Prediction
All in all, this Belgium team is not impressive, but somehow I feel that they could surprise people in this game, and I’m surely betting on them to score against France. Betting on Belgium to eliminate France pays off nicely at nearly 3.00, so you could triple your money. However, in terms of the best betting tip for today’s Euro 2024 matches, I’m going for Both Teams to Score at 2.00. Another good bet is on the Multigoals market where you can get on 2-3 goals in the game (total) at 1.96.
