France vs Ivory Coast: France aims to continue their positive run of form when they face Ivory Coast in an international friendly match on Friday.
Match Details:
Teams: France vs Ivory Coast
Venue: Orange Velodrome, Marseille
Date: Saturday 25th March, 2022
Time: 01:45 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
France come into this after a 2-0 win over Finland in their previous WC Qualifier clash last year in November.
Benzema and Mbappé scored for the reigning World Cup Champions as they finished their group stage on a high.
Les Bleus finished top of the table with 18 points from 8 matches with that win and sealed their place in the World Cup 2022.
On the other hand, Ivory Coast faced Egypt in the AFCON Round of 16 in January which they lost on penalties 4-5.
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Eric Bailly missed the crucial spot kick for the Elephants and were knocked out. Ivory Coast qualified as group winners with 7 points from 3 matches.
The African side will be facing France for the first time since a 2016 friendly clash which ended 0-0 and look to get one over them.
Form Guide
France: WWWWW
Ivory Coast: LWDWL
Boys just wanna have fun 🥳…and work 💪 pic.twitter.com/Cmj7JqJLbl
— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) March 23, 2022
Last Matches of both teams:
Finland 0-2 France
Ivory Coast 0(4)-0(5) Egypt
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of France vs Ivory Coast in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 2.
Team News
Digne and Boga are the sole absentees for either side due to a hamstring and knee injury respectively.
France possible 11:
Lloris, Koundé, Varane, L Hernández, T Hernández, Rabiot, Tchouameni, Pogba, Griezmann, Giroud and Mbappé
Ivory Coast possible 11:
Sangare, Konan, Dell, Bailly, Aurier, Seri, Sangaré, Gradel, Kessié, Pépé and Haller
Prediction: France 2-1 Ivory Coast
France are favourites given their form and home comforts but Ivory Coast aren’t to be taken lightly.
They performed well in the AFCON and are a attacking unit, which could trouble the French defenders.
However, the likes of Mbappé, Griezmann up top could be too much to handle for the African side and we fancy a home win.
