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Tunisia and France will face each other at the Education City Stadium in their third and final round match of Group D fixtures on Wednesday at 10am ET.
Already through to the knockout stage, defending World Cup champion France play their final Group D match when Les Bleus square off against Tunisia.
France become the first team to qualify for the knockout stage by winning their opening two games of the tournament. Meanwhile, Tunisia sit bottom of the standings and must overcome the defending champions to stand any chance of making it through to the knockout stages.
Preview :
Tunisia opened the World Cup with a scoreless draw against Denmark, before losing 1-0 to Australia on Saturday. Tunisia will play to have their chance to qualify for the next round with a win against France, Tunisia face a herculean task to advance to the knockout stage.
The Tunisians need a victory over France and an Australia loss or draw and win a tiebreaker for second.
Meanwhile, France fell behind 1-0 against the Aussies but it destroyed Aussies by scoring 4 successive goals to win 4-0. It also defeated Denmark by 2-1.
Didier Deschamps may opt to rest some of his key players for Wednesday’s clash against Tunisia with France already through to the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Coach Jalel Kadri is also considering changes in a bid to improve their creativity.
He said:
“We lost a crucial match, but we will give everything we have in the last game.
“We don’t change the team for the sake of changing, but we make adjustments to adapt to the way the rival teams play. We will analyze our performance and fix our mistakes.”
Jalel Kadri has announced that he will resign if his team do not advance to the knockout round.
Head to Head :
The two teams have crossed paths four times so far, with all meetings being friendly encounters.
with the first in 2010 finishing 1-1. Les Bleus remain unbeaten over the four clashes, As they win two matches and drawn two matches.
Key Players to watch :
Tunisia : Youssef Msakni, Wahbi Khazr
France : Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe
Tunisia possible lineup :
Dahmen; Bronn, Talbi, Meriah; Kechrida, Skhiri, Laidouni, Abdi; Msakni, Sliti; Khazri
France possible lineup :
Mandanda; Pavard, Konate, Varane, Camavinga; Guendouzi, Fofana; Coman, Griezmann, Mbappe; Thuram
Prediction :
The Eagles of Carthage have fallen short of scoring in their first two games of the competition.
France have enough power even without their main players to secure a comfortable win over their North African rivals.
We say France will win 2-0 against Tunisia.
Bet : France are thought to be somewhat heavy favorites in this match. As per Bookmakers ;
Odds via BetMGM (USA), Sports Interaction (Canada),
Tunisia win : +550 (BetMGM), 6.39 (Sports Interaction)
Draw : +280 (BetMGM), 3.98 (Sports Interaction)
France win : -175 (BetMGM), 1.49 (Sports Interaction)
Goals : Under 2.5
Date, Time & Venue :
Date: Wednesday, November 30
Kickoff Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00 pm GMT
Location: at the Education City Stadium
Live Streaming :
10am ET on Fox for English, Telemundo for Spanish, FUBO Tv, fox sports app, FS1 and Telemundo
Live stream: FUBO TV (Try for free)