On September 7, from 19:45, France receives a visit to Paris, Albania, in the fifth stage of the Euro 2020 preliminaries.
On Stade de France we will see an authoritarian domination of the hosts, after Deschamps’ roosters have won three of the first four matches in the preliminaries to at least three goals difference. With only two defeats in the last 19 official matches, the whites will be very difficult to defeat at the weekend. Both defeats we are talking about were suffered on foreign soil by the French.
History is on the side of favorites. France has won all five direct matches so far against Albania, leading to the break in four of these matches. From the 64th place in FIFA, Albania hopes for miracles, as the Balkans have lost only one official move in the last six: 0-1 on Iceland. For example, in 2014, the Albanians defeated Portugal on the move, showing that they can be very dangerous when defending exactly.
Antonine Griezmann, author of 29 goals for France so far, will be the most dangerous player on the field, and Unibet offers good odds for a goal scored by the Barcelona star. Considering that three of the last four matches played by France in the preliminaries had at least two goals in the first half, we expect once again that the favorites will start the game “like the cannon”. In the last qualifying match, France beat Andorra easily (4-0) and Albania defeated Moldova (2-0). The last straight match between France and Albania ended with a 2-0 win for the “Gallic roosters” in 2016, also in the preliminaries.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,46
