1. In the historical confrontation between the two teams, England had the upper hand in terms of winning rate. The Three Lions won 17 times in 31 matches, including two previous matches in the World Cup.
2. Both sides scored five of the seven confrontations this century.
3. This will be the first time England and France meet in the men's World Cup knockout stage.
4. In this World Cup, England averaged 3 goals per game, the highest in this tournament (Portugal tied for first place).
5. In the last time against Poland, Killian Mbappe became the first French player in history to score more than 4 goals in consecutive World Cup games.
Team status:
For the England team, the situation of Raheem Sterling is the most worthy of attention. The No. 10 striker went home to take care of his family after being burglized at home, but it is confirmed that he will come back to participate in this battle, hoping not to affect the original hot competitive state. In addition, Ben WhiteHand has also left the team and is said to be dealing with an undisclosed personal matter (there are also reports that it was because of an internal strife with the assistant coach). Forward Wilson is dealing with a muscle injury, but it is expected to be a minor issue. The names of France's team being eliminated due to injury before the World Cup are not mentioned. Currently, the only thing to pay attention to is Lucas Hernandez . He tore the ACL in the first game, but his brother Theo El
defending champion France undoubtedly has more psychological advantages. Most of the people in the team have won the World Cup four years ago. Killian Mbappe is in excellent form, but the French team also has super offensive players like Giroud and Griezmann, but it has not yet exploded. In fact, Giroud has surpassed the Blues' historical goal record holder: Thierry Henry , and Griezmann has very strong organizational ability and has created 15 goalscoring opportunities so far, the most in this cup. The most dazzling thing about England's team is supernova Bellingham, who has shown his dominance in the World Cup and has also caused competition from many giants. Harry Kane Both goals and assists are a great threat. He and B have both given 3 main attacks, leading the assists list.
Battle situation analysis:
Both teams are popular in this cup championship, but the French team's ratio is slightly more versus the English team, which is calculated based on historical data. But this England team has already shown its edge in various important games under the leadership of head coach Gareth Southgate . On the French side, everyone's attention may be Mbappe . He currently leads the Golden Boot Award with 5 goals and 2 assists, but his "roughness" in passing and ring cooperation should not be changed. All England needs to do is interfere with his catch and surround him. It may be really difficult for one person to defend him, but two people are enough. He does not have the ability of Mero to fight multiple players alone.
So far, England has had less than 9.5 corner kicks in three of the four games of this World Cup, including the round of 16 against Senegal . Similarly, in the knockout match between France and Poland, although the Deschamps team occupied most of the game, the French team's corner kicks were less than 9.5 times. It can be seen that the style of play of both teams does not rely much on set pieces tactics, but due to the similar style of play between the two teams, similar data on both offense and defense, and cautious practice when facing strong teams, it is speculated that the winner will be decided in overtime.
(normal circumstances) prediction:
According to big data: England lost 1:2 to France (overtime)
France-0.5
Total goals exceed 2.5 goals
The number of corner kicks of both teams is less than 9.5
will enter the overtime
Summary:
England has maintained a clean opponent in three games, and the teams with good defense have a high lower limit, but England lost in the overtime game in the last World Cup, and they were defeated by Croatia in the semi-finals. The Three Lions have enough firepower to go hand in hand with the French team during regular time, but Deschamps' team has much experience, including the precedent of overtime winnings, so look at the predictions in the positive direction and rely on intuition in the reverse direction.
