Finland vs France Match Analysis and Prediction

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France having secured their place at Qatar, they are finishing their World Cup 2022 Qualifying campaign with a clash against second-place Finland on Tuesday.

Deschamps’ side will finish at the top of the section after crashing Kazakhstan eight in the weekend, while Finland are yet to assure themselves of a second-placed finish.

Despite having to play 10 men through the entire second half, Finland’s ten men swept aside a fill Bosnia & Herzegovina outfit to place themselves within touch distance of the World Cup playoffs.

Marcus Forss’ chested finish came a few minutes after Teemu Pukki failed to break the deadlock from the spot, and while the Norwich City man would not make the net ripple, Robin Lod and Daniel O’Shaughnessy completed the job for Finland.

Markku Kanerva’s side cannot overcome France to the top spot anymore but occupy the second position with the 90 minutes of football remaining.

A less impressive result would open the door for Ukraine to try to take advantage as they face eliminated Bosnia on the final day. So, Finland’s job is far from finished as they seek only a second win from six on home soil across all competitions.

Les Bleus’ superior quality came into action during the 8-0 trumping on their opponents, as Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann scored each with Karim Benzema scoring two and Kylian Mbappe scoring four, in contribution of humiliating Kazakhstan.

France assured themselves first position in Group D and a four-point lead over Finland heading into Tuesday’s top-of-the-table clash. However, Deschamps will not want his team to lose thier unbeaten streak in the final stage.

France are among nine teams in UEFA qualifying yet to suffer a defeat – winning four and drawing three of their seven games so far – and the Nations League champions are aiming to triumph for the fifth time in a row in all competitions.

Finland vs France head to head

We can comfortable say here that Les Bleus a better team than Finland’s nationa team, as in their previous ten encounters France has dominated by winning nine against one win for Finland in all competitions. France have scored a total of 20 goals and conceded only 5.

Finland 0-1 France 05/06/98

Finland 0-1 France 07/09/12

France 3-0 Finland 15/10/13

France 0-2 Finland 11/11/20

France 2-0 Finland 07/09/21

Finland latest home form

The Finland national team is really struggling with their performance record at home. With only one narrow 1-0 win against Kazakhstan, we can say that a lot of improvement needs to be done in order to achieve positive results. They have lost three out of their last five and drawn one.

Finland 0-1 Russia 16/06/21

Finland 0-2 Belgium 21/06/21

Finland 0-0 Wales 01/09/21

Finland1-0 Kazakhstan 04/09/21

Finland 1-2 Ukraine 09/10/21

Finland latest away form

With an improved away form recently, Finland should work on their squad to continue achieving positive results. Despite being defeated two times – by Sweden and France in a 2-0 loss each – they have won three out of their resent five matches in all competitions.

Sweden 2-0 Finland 29/05/21

Denmark 0-1 Finland 12/06/21

France 2-0 Finland 07/09/21

Kazakhstan 0-2 Finland 12/10/21

Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-3 Finland 13/11/21

France latest home form

Les Bleus are generally in good form at home with their last record being their 8-0 thrashing over Kazakhstan. Despite Swiztzerland shaking them by a 3-3 draw in the European Championship this summer, where they lost through penalties, they are not a team to expect an easy win from.

France 1-0 Germany 15/06/21

France 3-3 Switzerland 28/06/21

France 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 01/09/21

France 2-0 Finland 07/0921

France 8-0 Kazakhstan 13/11/21

France latest away form

On the road France have proved to be a team not to expect to easily defeat, as they have maintained an unbeated run in more than six recent matches in all competitions. In their recent five away matches, they have won two and drawn three in the process.

Finland news

Finland are set to have a change at the right-back with Raitala’s suspension, so either Albin Granlund or Jere Uronen could fill in. There could be a recall for Paulus Arrajuuri due to Robert Ivanov’s injury, while Forss will hope to hold his place top over Joel Pohjanpalo.

France news

Deschamps has no fresh injury or suspension concerns to deal with ahead of the Tuesday’s clash. A number of changes can expected though, as Aurelien Tchouameni is likely to displace N’Golo Kante, while Kurt Zouma and Benjamin Pavard will eye the opportunity to start in defence.

Prediction and Odds

The Eagle-Owls ought to take to France side a fight who may slightly loosen with qualification already guaranteed, but some enforced changes in defence will harm Finland.

Markku Kanerva’s men will likely rely on Bosnia to do them a favour against Ukraine as France will also want to finsih strong.

Odds: 1 3.15 X 4.75 2 1.40