France have won the last five meetings with Belgium
Both teams have scored in five of Belgium’s last seven internationals
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France won the Nations League in 2020-21 and were third-place finishers last time around to show that they are one of the leading lights in the competition.
A hard-fought 1-0 win in Turkey has Les Bleus up and running in Group A1 but that came at a cost with an injury to star man Kylian Mbappe.
Belgium would have been delighted to make a winning start under new manager Mark van Bommel, recording an impressive 2-0 success in Italy.
Those perfect records are on the line at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels in what should be an entertaining encounter between two world-class attacks.
Team news
Belgium remain without Thibaut Courtois, Amadou Onana and Leandro Trossard while Jeremy Doku missed the win in Italy and is still working his way back to full fitness.
French talisman Kylian Mbappe has not travelled to Belgium after sustaining an injury in the 1-0 win over Turkey while centre-backs William Saliba and Ibrahima Konate are sidelined.
Aurelien Tchouameni's fitness issues early in the campaign saw him left out of the squad.
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The stats
France have won the last five meetings with Belgium, with four of those successes being by a single goal.
The two most recent meetings took place in the Nations League in 2024, with France winning 2-0 at home before triumphing 2-1 away in Belgium.
Five of Belgium's last seven competitive matches have seen both sides score.
France have won eight of their last nine away games.
Both teams have scored in eight of France’s last 14 internationals.
Belgium have lost only one of their last 20 matches.
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Prediction
France are favourites to win the Nations League and, while there was room for improvement in the 1-0 win in Turkey, they may be seen to better effect against a team that also loves to attack.
Belgium had 19 shots, eight of which hit the target, in a 2-0 win in Italy but the hosts also had 21 shots and allowing France a similar number of efforts could be fatal.
France will be without Mbappe but Ousmane Dembele, Michael Olise and Desire Doue still help form a formidable frontline and they have won their last four meetings with Belgium.
The goals should flow, though, and Olise looks a leading scoring candidate. The tricky winger has been in super form for Bayern this season, scoring eight goals in seven games, and he has 18 goal contributions in just 26 caps for France.
Score prediction: Belgium 1-2 France
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