France vs. Poland Bet Builder Tips: Les Blues to dominate against passive Poland
The first of two Round of 16 ties takes place at 3pm on Sunday as France take on Poland for a place in the quarter-finals. Here at BettingOdds.com we’ve put together our best bet builder tips for the match.
Many punters would not have predicted France to be beaten by Tunisia in their final group game, but despite that loss Les Blues still finished top of the Group D table. The reigning World Champions have not lost a last-16 game at the World Cup since all the way back in 1934 and will have their sights firmly set on the quarter-finals.
Poland were another side who lost their final group fixture at the World Cup in Qatar, but still progressed to the knockout stages as the runners-up with a slightly better goal difference to that of Mexico in third. Czeslaw Michniewicz’s side have not reached this stage of the tournament since 1986 where they lost out to Brazil.
Bookmakers are fully in the camp that France should get the job done here and go just 1/9 that they qualify for the quarter-final. Poland can be backed at 11/2 to advance but can be backed at 12/1 with BoyleSports to win the game inside 90 minutes.
France vs Poland Bet Builder Tips
Kicking-off our Bet Builder for France against Poland is Kylian Mbappe to score anytime in the match. The current joint-top goalscorer in the competition with three goals, Mbappe has scored on both of his starts so far.
No player has let off more shots so far at the World Cup in Qatar than Mbappe despite him only starting two games. The Frenchman was on the scoresheet in France’s opener against Australia before scoring a brace against Denmark in what was a commanding performance by France. Mbappe looks as hungry as ever at this tournament and with Over 1.5 France team goals being offered at just 4/9 it’s fair to say Deschamps’ side are expected to dominate here.
Next up we are backing France to win the game to Nil. Despite conceding in all three of their group matches we think they will be able to keep Poland out.
In Poland’s game with Argentina they let off just four shots in the full 90 minutes, amassing just 0.3 xG. Out of all the teams to have played three matches at the tournament only Costa Rica (11), have let off fewer shots than Poland (18) and we think chances will be sparse on Sunday.
Having considered Poland’s performances so far we are also going to be including the France -1 Match handicap, meaning they need to win the game by two goals or more. France have the ability to really take it to Poland and just as they were against Argentina we think Poland will be incredibly passive with France liable to make a statement of intent with a dominant display.