Ukraine v France Match Result
France have a greater than 70% chance of landing a victory against Ukraine. That’s according to the world-leading betting sites that have already priced up this Friday night World Cup qualifier. There’s certainly no risks being taken by the layers considering the threat that is offered by a Les Bleus team who have so many good attacking players.
Deschamps has been able to include Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue in the French squad. The former is a Real Madrid superstar having previously been legendary at Paris Saint-Germain. The latter two played a key role in helping PSG become European champions last term. There’s also Hugo Ekitike, Michael Olise and Bradley Barcola as options.
France’s most recent form has been hit and miss, although they’ve been playing against top class teams. In the Nations League quarter finals, Les Bleus lost 2-0 away to Croatia before earning a 2-0 victory in Saint-Denis which saw them go through on penalty kicks. They then had a crazy 5-4 defeat to Spain in the semi-finals before a 2-0 success against Germany.
France are likely to be popular accumulator picks, with Ukraine having recently beaten New Zealand 2-1 in the Canadian Shield Tournament. However, that was preceded by a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Canada and perhaps they might suffer against a French team who are sure to create plenty of chances.
This should be a victory for Deschamps’ men and the winning margin might be considerable. We haven’t seen the Ukrainians keep a clean sheet for many games and they’re likely to be outscored along the way. We can see France being ahead at half-time and at full-time.
Goals Under/Over
The World Cup betting sites think it’s marginally more likely that we’ll see Over 2.5 Goals compared to Under 2.5 Goals. There’s a 55% chance of the former happening and we’re certainly in the camp that is anticipating that there will be at least three goals. However, three of the previous four French games have seen two goals being scored during the ninety minutes.
Despite the fact that Didier Deschamps is blessed with attacking players, we know from experience that the manager is a pragmatic operator. That means that a solid 2-0 success can’t be ruled out, although we may well see the team flex their attacking muscles. There are going to be lots of players coming off the bench who are hungry to find the net.
That crazy 5-4 defeat to Spain involved the French scoring four goals in the space of half an hour. Goals from Mbappe, Cherki, Vivian and Kolo Muani illustrates their attacking muscle.
BTTS
There’s odds of 2.05 about BTTS Yes and 1.70 when it comes to BTTS No for this World Cup qualifier. Much comes down to whether Ukraine can find the net over the ninety minutes. The man who could potentially find the net for the home side is Artem Dovbyk who has scored eleven goals for Ukraine and the Roma man’s physicality can cause problems for the defence.
Roman Yaremchuk has seventeen goals in the space of sixty-three games and the Ukrainians were able to score twice against both New Zealand and Canada in their most recent games. Therefore, customers might consider a bet on France combined with both teams to score. They were able to come from behind against Belgium in Spain to register a 3-1 victory.
Indeed, the return game away to Belgium was the only time in 2024 and 2025 where the Ukrainians have failed to find the net. They may not have home advantage although it’s noticeable how much they share the goals around the team and that could be enough for them to find the net at least once here.
First Goalscorer
Any conversation relating to First Goalscorer has to start with Kylian Mbappe. He’s the team’s captain with a very healthy return of fifty goals in the space of ninety games. The Real Madrid star will be on spot kicks against Ukraine and he could be worth putting in a Bet Builder as an anytime scorer.
Although Ousmane Dembele was the top scorer in Ligue 1 last term when tearing it up domestically and in the Champions League last term. The forward only has seven goals in fifty-six international appearances and there’s only been a modest return of two in the space of thirty games for Marcus Thuram.
Michael Olise will hope for a chance to shine and the Bayern Munich man has a couple on the board for Les Bleus already, with Bradley Barcola also having two for his country. Perhaps new Liverpool signing Hugo Ekitike is the one that will find the scoring touch and it’s worth looking out for team news.
Yaremchuk and Dovbyk are the two players who can make an impact in attack and there’s also a deeper-lying threat from Oleksandr Zinchenko who might be able to find the net at a big price.