The 2024-25 Nations League saw Turkey earn promotion to League A by hammering Hungary 6-1 on aggregate
France finished third in the previous Nations League, beating Germany 2-0 in the third-place play-off
Recommended bet: France to win, over 3.5 goals & Michael Olise anytime goalscorer @ 4.8/1 with LiveScore Bet
After 12 extremely successful years, the Didier Deschamps era is over for France and his successor, French icon Zinedine Zidane, starts his task of replacing him in the competition Deschamps won alongside a World Cup, the Nations League.
France rather flunked out of the 2026 World Cup, putting in a poor performance against eventual winners Spain in the semi-finals, but they still boast one of the best squads in the world and will expect to open the Zidane era with a win.
They head to Izmit to take on Turkey on Friday and while the hosts are also looking to bounce back from a disappointing World Cup, they seem unlikely to do so.
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Team news
Marcus Thuram, Theo Hernandez and Aurelien Tchaouameni are some of the big omissions from Zidane’s first squad while William Saliba misses out through injury.
Liverpool new boy Jeremy Jacquet is among those in line for a debut.
Key men Hakan Calhanoglu and Kenan Yildiz miss out for Turkey, who will be hoping for moments of magic from the likes of Arda Guler, Kerem Akturkoglu and Can Uzun.
The stats
Turkey lost two of their three group-stage games at the 2026 World Cup.
France have won seven of their last nine matches.
Eight of Les Bleus’ last 13 games have seen both teams score.
Turkey have won their last four home games.
France scored 20 goals in eight World Cup outings.
Over 3.5 goals has been a winning bet in four of Turkey’s last six home matches.
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Prediction
France’s World Cup may have been a disappointment, but at least it was not a disaster like Turkey’s.
After another summer of being popular dark horses, the Crescent-Stars crashed out in the group stage.
Vincenzo Montella remains in charge despite the shock defeats to Australia and Paraguay and he will be hoping to repay the faith from the Turkish FA with a win, but he is unlikely to be so lucky.
Turkey look light for creativity without Calhanoglu and Yildiz while France can count on Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembele to run riot. An eighth win in 10 awaits Les Bleus, who should rack up the goals in the process.
The ball is likely to hit the net four times, just as it has in four of the hosts’ last six games on Turkish soil, and it would be no surprise to see Olise grab one of them.
The France forward is more known for his playmaking but he has eight goals in six Bayern Munich starts this season and is looking more deadly than ever.
Score prediction: Turkey 1-3 France
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