France vs Croatia: France looks to arrest their poor form when they welcome Croatia on Matchday 4 of the UEFA Nations League on Monday in Paris.
Match Details:
Teams: France vs Croatia
Venue: Stade de France, Paris, France
Date: Tuesday 14th June, 2022
Time: 12:15 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
France head into this after a 1-1 draw against Austria in their previous clash on Saturday.
Weismann and Mbappé scored for either side to ensure a share of the spoils, leaving France winless in the competition.
The defending champions have drawn successive matches and are bottom of their group with 2 points from 3 matches.
On the other hand, Croatia beat Denmark 1-0 away from home on Saturday as Pasalic scored the only goal of the contest.
This was Croatia’s first win in the competition as they remain in 3rd place with 4 points from 3 matches.
Both sides have been inconsistent recently and a turnaround in form is required.
Matchday 2 saw the two sides meet each other in Croatia, where it finished 1-1.
Form Guide
France: DDLWW
Croatia: WDLWD
Last Matches of both teams:
Austria 1-1 France
Denmark 0-1 Croatia
🔚 Les Bleus pick up a point in Austria thanks to a late equaliser from Kylian Mbappé.
Croatia await in the final game of the season on Monday.
🇦🇹1-1🇫🇷 | #AUTFRA | #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/CH42hoiy1p
— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) June 10, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of France vs Croatia in India?
The match is live streamed on Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 2.
Team News
The hosts have no injury concerns whereas Gvardiol is the sole absentee for Croatia due to a hip injury.
Final #Croatia practice session in June: Full throttle 🇫🇷🇭🇷#Family #NationsLeague #Vatreni❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/sYoTP5phDz
— HNS (@HNS_CFF) June 12, 2022
France possible 11:
Maignan, Koundé, Kimpembe, Saliba, Clauss, Guendouzi, Tchouameni, Hernández, Nkunku, Mbappé and Benzema
Croatia possible 11:
Livakovic, Juranovic, Caleta-Car, Vida, Stanisic, Modric, Kovacic, Orsic, Pasalic, Vlasic and Kramaric
Prediction: France 2-1 Croatia
France have it all to do at home as they have been poor in this competition.
Croatia has also been inconsistent but the win over Denmark will boost their morale.
However, it’s France who need to get the ball rolling and we see them do so by winning by the odd goal.