Luxembourg vs France
The Stade Josy-Barthel will be bouncing on Saturday night because, for Luxembourg fans, it doesn’t get much better than a visit from France.
Football games with stars like Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba don’t come round often for the residents of Europe’s tiny nation. And while few football betting pundits will give Luc Holtz’ boys a prayer, it’ll surely be a night to remember. Give the hosts a big start with Asian Handicap Betting and it could even be a nail-biter!
With a population a quarter of that of Paris alone, Luxembourg may be seen as the Group A whipping boys but there are no really easy games any more. Luxembourg sits at the bottom of Group A while France is atop, but with a goal difference of just -4 after four games the minnows match rivals Bulgaria and Belarus, drawing away with the latter in October.
Incidentally, France could only manage a draw with Belarus, and when Sweden visited Luxembourg, earlier in qualification, they escaped with a narrow 0-1 win.
So don’t imagine this will be a walk in the park. But in reality, the only thing that should defeat Didier Deschamps’ men would be themselves and their own complacency. I doubt they’ll let that happen. France has won each of the last 14 meetings between these two and Atletico’s brilliant Antoine Griezmann will be keen to add to his solitary goal in this campaign. Luxembourg top scorer Aurélien Joachim plies his trade in the Belgium first division with Lierse SK and would dearly love to give the French a fright.
France could take a stranglehold on Group A with a win on Saturday and I don’t really expect little Luxembourg to stop them. If they make it to half time though it could be fun!
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