Chance France on tricky trip to Germany

International friendly
BT Sport 1, 7.45pm Tuesday

France are being touted as one of the main contenders for glory at Russia 2018 and they can send out a statement by beating world champions Germany in Cologne.

Qualification was a cakewalk for the Germans, who were the only team to maintain a 100 per cent record.

But they have been less convincing in friendlies – drawing three of the last four – and face a tough task against France, who have plenty of individual quality.

Germany head coach Joachim Low has warned his players to expect a tougher game than they experienced in the 0-0 draw with England on Friday and may be proved right.

Low is expected to recall key midfielders Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira to the starting line-up but it might not be enough.

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France may be outmatched in midfield but they are strong at the back and can do plenty of damage on the counter-attack with the pace of Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe.

They defeated Germany 2-0 with an expert counter-attacking performance in the semi-finals at Euro 2016 and could do some­thing similar against a Germany side missing key players Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller.

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France draw no bet
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