France – Sweden

France hosts Sweden in a friendly international game at Stade Velodrome.

France made a 1-1 draw with Albania in the weekend … not the best result for sure but what worries me is that players like Lloris said that France played well, which is not the case. Hosts played very well in the World Cup but are making some changes in the team now and are not looking as effective, the players themselves admitted that this team is a work in progress and will take some time to reach its potential … since the World Cup France has 3 wins and 2 draws but played tight matches and covered the handicap only vs. Armenia. France pretty healthy for today, Gignac will probably start instead of Lacazette.

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Sweden almost won in Montenegro in the weekend but had to satisfy with 1-1 result in the end … visitors are looking pretty good … they are hard to beat but can struggle to win games and that is why they have 3 draws and 2 wins in the last 5 matches. Sweden lost only 2 of the last 28 matches by more than 1 goal. Bad news for Sweden is that they will not count on Ibrahimovic, who scored their goal in Montenegro … he is out of this match. Lustig also out, otherwise not much problems for the Nordic side.

France needs a big improvement compared to the Albania game if they want to win this and I do not see them getting such a vast improvement in such short amount of time, and especially in a friendly international game. Sweden has motivation to get a good result vs. a top team and also has positive rage after narrowly missing on the win in Montenegro. My tip will be Sweden to win or draw, but I secure the bet with a +1 asian handicap. France had huge problems on counter attacks in the last couple of games and Sweden is a team that can take advantage of that for sure. Correct score prediction: France – Sweden 1-1.

Pick: Sweden (+1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 2.32 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 9.24
Event date: 18 November