UEFA Nations League 2022/23 – France vs Denmark, match preview, predicted lineups

France the current world champions take on Denmark in their title defence of the Nations League crown they won last season beating Spain in the final. Both teams will go for a win here.

Kick-off : 8:45 PM (Local)

Venue : Stade de France, Saint-Denis

France football team are in an open group in the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League containing Croatia, Denmark & Austria. They will look to play their brand of football.

Les Bleus last played a match in March, a friendly against South Africa which they won 5-0. Their World Cup 2022 qualification is now over and they have made it to the finals later this year in Qatar.

Boss Didier Deschamps will likely use the 3-4-1-2 system as France are undefeated in their last 7 matches.

On the other hand, Denmark are one of the top teams in Europe and they will look to do well this Nations League season after the disappointment of the last season. They will look to play quality football.

The Red and Whites last played a game in March of this year defeating Serbia 3-0 in a friendly. They have already made it to the World Cup finals this year.

Boss Kasper Hjulmand will likely deploy a 3-4-1-2 system against mighty France in which they will look to concede less and try to hit on the counter.

Team news and possible lineups

Paul Pogba is out injured for France and hence won’t play. While newbie Boubacar Kumara is available and might debut.

As for the Danes, Simon Kjaer is out injured and hence won’t take part.

France XI : Lloris, Varane, Kimpembe, L. Hernandez, Pavard, Kante, Tchouameni, T. Hernandez, Griezmann, Benzema, Mbappe.

Denmark XI : Schmeichel, Wass, Christensen, Vestergaard, Maehle, Hojbjerg, Delaney, Eriksen, Skov, Dolberg, Poulsen.

Prediction

France start this game being favourites and I expect that to be the case throughout the 90 minutes with them 2-1 victors.