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Wednesday 04 Jul 2018, 16:05 WIB
Uruguay Vs France Prediction: Les Bleus Featured, Game Completed 90 Minutes
Lucas Aditya - detikSport
Uruguay Vs France Prediction: Les Bleus Featured, Game Completed 90 Minutes
France's World Cup in 2018. (Photo: Shaun Botterill / Getty Images)
Jakarta - Uruguay vs France will be the first match in the 2018 World Cup quarter-finals. Les Bleus is seeded, the game is predicted to finish 90 minutes.
La Celeste match against France will take place at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Friday (6/7/2018) night at 21.00 pm. The duel will be the fourth for both at the World Cup.
Head to Head
Uruguay and France have already faced seven times. The result, Uruguay is still ahead in the record meeting by picking two wins and four draws, and once lost.
Uruguay's last victory over France came in a friendly on 6 June 2013. At that time, the sole goal of Luis Suarez who became the winner with the final score 1-0.
At that time, Uruguay coached by Oscar Tabarez and France handled by Didier Deschamps.
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Uruguay Vs France Prediction: Les Bleus Featured, Game Completed 90 Minutes
Key Players
Kylian Mbappe has shown sharpness in four matches that have been undertaken with France. Speed and quietness became the 19-year-old's main weapon.
Already three goals were created by Mbappe for France in the 2018 World Cup, two of which were booked in a match against Argentina. Mpappe recorded five trials in four matches, all reaching the target.
In midfield, Paul Pogba secretly look good for France. Always Deschamps main choice in midfield, he has recorded 130 bait on target.
Pogba was instrumental in France's win over Australia in the group's first phase match. He who made the Australian player, Aziz Behich, did an own goal. Pogba recorded an average of 1.3 keypasses at each with France in the 2018 World Cup.
In the stronghold of Uruguay, Luis Suarez will get an additional burden. His duet partner, Edinson Cavani, is doubtful due to injury.
Suarez looks pretty good on the front lines of Uruguay at this time. He has already donated two goals and one assist for Uruguay while competing in Russia.
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Team Performance
Uruguay is one of the best defense teams in Russia. In four matches, they recorded three clean sheets and had just conceded.
Uruguay are also looking good with four consecutive wins in the 2018 World Cup, or 5 matches at the World Cup.
Uruguay's back line also became a thick wall for France in the last five games. They never conceded when faced with a team Rooster.
France also performed no less good. They have won five times in the last six games at the World Cup. France's poor record is just winning by a margin of 1 goal in five of the last six games at the World Cup.
With a pretty good note that, Uruguay is not necessarily championed by the bettors. European betting stock, William Hill gave coefficient 1 for France's win, coefficient 21/10 for a draw, and 10/3 for the victory of Uruguay.
Meanwhile, SportingBet did not predict the match will be up to extra round. The match coefficient of 90 minutes ends at 3/10, while further to the extra round is at the number 11/5.