Monday's Euro 2022 predictions and free football tips

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Iceland v France and Italy v Belgium in Group D of the Women's Euros 2022

Where to watch

Iceland v France
BBC Two, 8pm Monday

Italy v Belgium
BBC Four, 8pm Monday

Best bets

France -1.5 on Asian handicap
2pts Evs bet365

Over 1.5 first-half goals in Italy v Belgium
1pt 7-4 general

Match preview

Victories in their opening two games have ensured France will win Group D at Euro 2022, but the other three teams in the section have the chance to join them in the last eight in the final round of pool matches.

Iceland enjoy a one-point advantage over Belgium and Italy but they face the tougher task as they tackle Les Bleues in Rotherham, so the clash between the other two at the Manchester City Academy Stadium could prove to be a winner-takes-all affair.

While France's progress has been serene, they suffered a massive blow in their 2-1 win over Belgium when striker Marie-Antoinette Katato's tournament was ended by a cruciate-ligament injury.

Grace Geyero led the way with a hat-trick in their 5-0 win against the Italians in their opener, but Katato was also on target and when you consider she scored twice against both the Netherlands and Brazil at the beginning of the year, her presence is definitely going to be missed.

Ouleymata Sarr is set to start up front but she is hardly prolific, albeit France should have enough power to win comfortably against a team who have drawn both their matches 1-1.

The Netherlands and USA, the 2019 World Cup finalists, are the only teams to have got the better of Iceland in their last 16 matches, but there are concerns that they have scored more than once in just two of their last eight matches.

With Sarr anxious to deputise for Katato, France look a good bet to win by at least two goals.

Italy will probably regard themselves fortunate to be in the running for a last-eight berth, especially after a 5-1 thumping by the French in their opener.

All five of the goals they conceded came in the first half and they conceded in the third minute before fighting back to draw with Iceland.

Belgium have little to lose and could fancy their chances.

Enthusiasm is tempered by the fact last month's 4-1 win over Northern Ireland was the only success in their last 11 to be against a team who qualified for these finals, but they should be positive from the off so backing more than one first-half goals could provide some value.

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