France vs Switzerland Betting Tips & Predictions

France don’t like to do things comfortably at the moment do they? Their opening Euro 2016 match against Romania saw them dominate the game, but a silly penalty resulted in the Romanians bagging an equaliser and making things extraordinarily difficult for the host nation. However, Dimitri Payet was on hand to score a stunner of a winner in the closing stages of the game.

It was more of the same against Albania. France laboured through the first half against a wall of Albanian defenders, and whilst they improved after the break they still couldn’t find the opening goal. Olivier Giroud hit the post and they came very close to finding the back of the net, but it just didn’t seem to be their day. But it only takes one moment, and that moment came in the 90th minute as Adil Rami floated a lovely ball into the box that was flicked into the corner of the net by Antoine Griezmann, who had been left out of the starting line up. Albania had to commit men at that point, and it resulted in a swift counter attacking move being finished exquisitely from the once again excellent Payet.

2-0 will have been a harsh scoreline for Albania to swallow after their tremendous defensive efforts, but the dominance that France enjoyed warranted that scoreline even if their finishing didn’t. This was their 6th win on the bounce and their 11th in their last 12 matches, and it’s put them in prime position to finish top of their Euro 2016 group. All they need is a point from their final match against Switzerland, but they will want to put in a more convincing attacking performance to get their fans off their seats.

Switzerland have been anything but convincing. They opened the tournament with a hard fought 1-0 win over Albania, with the only goal of the game coming from an early goalkeeping error that allowed Fabian Schar to head in the opener. However, despite playing almost an hour with an additional man thanks to Lorik Cana’s red card, Switzerland just couldn’t find any comfort against Albania. The underdogs could have levelled things up as well, and Switzerland, in the end, were quite fortunate to come away with all three points considering their disappointing performance.

They weren’t so fortunate against Romania. The Swiss missed a catalogue of early chances, mainly thanks to Haris Seferovic, before giving away a penalty which was dispatched by Bogdan Stancu. Switzerland did dominate the game to be fair to them, but it wasn’t until the 57th minute that Admir Mehmedi finally put the ball in the net with an unstoppable strike. Neither team could find a winner though and had to settle for a point.

This draw made it three wins, one draw, and four defeats in their last eight matches, and it puts them within reach of automatic qualification from the group stages. However, a defeat to France and a Romania win against Albania could see them demoted to 3rd place.

France, although the top spot would be secured with a draw, will want to finish with the maximum points and put a true marker on the tournament. Switzerland should be a little more enterprising in their attacking play than Albania and Romania too, which will give France a lot more space in the final third. We saw what this can result in in the final minute against Albania, when a desperate Albania side pushed forward only to see the rapid France counter attack finish the game off.

I’m fully expecting France to get the win on Sunday, and odds of 19/20 for this outcome look exceptionally good value considering the talents they possess and Switzerland’s poor showing so far. I’m going for a 3-1 correct score prediction at huge odds of 16/1 as well.