Austria vs France Betting Tips: 17.06.2024 - Predictions & Match Preview

Austria – France

Tip:

Mbappe anytime goalscorer

2.00

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Home Win 1

16.7%

6.00

Draw X

23.8%

4.20

Away Win 2

66.7%

1.50

Pre-tournament second-favourites France are bidding to reach their fourth major final since 2016. While the Netherlands are widely regarded as their most difficult opponents in Group D, there is optimism surrounding Austria and their chances of springing a surprise.

Austria’s appointment of Ralf Ragnick in 2022 has created a match made in heaven. Players and fans have bought into the German’s methods, and Das Team enter Euro 2024 off the back of an impressive string of results.

Since securing qualification, Austria have won four and drawn one of their friendly internationals. All those matches were against teams that will participate in this tournament, and the sweetest of those victories came in a 2-0 success against Germany.

David Alaba’s absence through injury is a problem but not one that cannot be solved. In Christoph Baumgartner, Austria possess a capable deputy who made a big impact at Euro 2020.

Fans of other top sides looking for chinks in the French armour will have to search long and hard because Les Bleus are as stacked and determined as ever.

Having been denied back-to-back World Cup triumphs by Argentina two years ago, France are in the mood for more silverware and Didier Deschamps will care not one jot if neutrals malign his pragmatic style.

There is depth almost everywhere you look. Arsenal’s William Saliba, who Thierry Henry described as ‘the best centre-back in the league’ last season, will likely have to settle for a place on the bench. England supporters could only dream of such luxury.

Mbappe may prove too much

Austria are one of many teams that have fallen victim to Kylian Mbappe’s magic in recent years. The 25-year-old is hunting down a half-century of international goals and he already has two against Das Team to his name.

In Ragnick’s third game in charge of Austria, it looked as though the former Manchester United boss had masterminded a famous Nations League win over the then-world champions. The hosts would be denied, though, as Mbappe raced clear and found the roof of the net with seven minutes to play.

The Austrians were equally defiant when the pair met at Stade de France three months later. Again, it was Mbappe, this time weaving through practically the entire Austria defence, that made all the difference. Cometh the hour, cometh the best player in the world.

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Les Bleus have a phenomenal tournament record since Deschamps captained them to World Cup glory in 1998. Getting out of the group should be no problem for the French, but don’t expect Austria to be the pushovers that they have been in decades gone by.

Our Betting Tip for Today

Mbappe is the star attraction in Germany this summer. With redemption for Euro 2020 on his mind and goalscoring milestones to chase, the best bet for Austria vs France is for the new Real Madrid striker to get on the scoresheet.

After registering four goals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as a teenager, Mbappe somehow drew a blank at Euro 2020 and missed the crucial penalty in the shootout defeat by Switzerland for good measure.

He more than made up for that at the 2022 World Cup, as a hat-trick in the final rounded off an eight-goal haul in Qatar. Expect more of the same over the next month from the bookies’ favourite for the Golden Boot.

Austria are organised enough to make life difficult for Mbappe and France as they did in 2022, but keeping him out for 90 minutes is one of the toughest tasks in the sport.

France could deploy their superstar off the left or as part of a front two. Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele are certainties to start, while the final piece of the forward puzzle will be either Marcus Thuram or Olivier Giroud.

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