Austria will try to improve its performance against France when the two teams face each other in Group D Euro 2024 at Dusseldorf Arena at 2:00 a.m. on June 18. The Austrian team has 9 wins in 25 matches against France but only won 1 in the last 10 matches and lost the most recent match against Les Bleus in 2022. Meanwhile, France won 13 matches against Austria, the remaining 3 matches between the two teams. dickens. There is an unbelievable truth that in 25 confrontations, France scored 42 goals, while Austria scored only 1 goal less than France.
Another unbelievable fact is that France captain Kylian Mbappe has never scored in the Euro. In his only Euro appearance so far in 2021, Mbappe played 4 matches but did not score any goals. Mbappe is expected to “break the ice” scoring many goals for France in his second Euro appearance, after he won the title of top scorer at the 2022 World Cup.
France and Austria met again after 13 years in the UEFA Nations League 2022 – 2023. France needed Kylian Mbappe’s equalizer in the 83rd minute to have a 1-1 draw at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna on June 10, 2022.
It was also Mbappe who opened the scoring when coach Didier Deschamps’s France won 2-0 at Stade de France in the return match in Saint-Denis on September 22, 2022. The striker scored in the 56th minute, before Olivier Giroud scored 2-0 for the home team.
The two teams’ previous meetings took place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with each team winning one match with the same score of 3-1 at their home stadium. The 3-1 victory over France in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in September 2008 was Austria’s only win in 10 previous confrontations with France, the remaining 9 matches Austria drew 2, lost 7. Notably, France lost 2-3 to Austria after 2 extra periods at the 1934 World Cup. This was only the third match the two teams met at the Euro.
The unbelievable truth is that Kylian Mbappe has not scored any goals at a Euro final
About the Austrian team
Austria is participating in the Euro for the fourth time and the third time in a row, after the first time co-hosting with Switzerland in 2008. Euro 2020 is the most successful campaign in Austria’s history. Austria finished second in Group C behind the Netherlands , ahead of Ukraine and North Macedonia, to reach the knock-out round for the first time. Austria’s campaign ended with a 1-2 extra-time defeat to eventual champions Italy at Wembley in the round of 16.
Austria had never won a match at Euro before winning two consecutive matches at Euro 2020, winning against North Macedonia (3-1) and winning against Ukraine (1-0) in the group stage. Austria’s performance in the Euros is 10 matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 6.
With coach Ralf Rangnick appointed as Austria coach to replace coach Foda in April 2022, Austria won six out of eight matches in the Euro 2024 qualifiers, losing only one match with a score of 3-2 at home against Belgium. , ranked second in Group F with 19 points, one point behind Belgium. Austria qualified for Euro 2024 after a 1-0 victory over Azerbaijan in the penultimate match on October 16, 2023.
That loss to Belgium was Austria’s only loss in 2023 with their record being 7 wins, 2 draws. This is Austria’s first match at Dusseldorf Stadium.
About the French team
European champion in 1984 as host and in 2000, France had its 11th Euro in history. France has not missed a Euro since 1988. In 2016, as the host, France lost painfully to Portugal 0-1 in the final. Coach Didier Deschamps has led France from 2012 to present.
France topped Group F at Euro 2020, ahead of Germany, defending champions Portugal and Hungary, but were eliminated in the first knockout round, losing 5-4 on penalties to Switzerland after a 3-3 draw which they led 3-1 with only 9 minutes left in the match.
Deschamps’s side have reached the final in three of the last four FIFA World Cups and European Championships, losing 1-0 after extra time to Portugal in the Euro final in 2016 and Argentina on penalties. saved 2022 in the World Cup final, but beat Croatia 4-2 to win its second world championship in 2018.
France won seven out of eight qualifying matches on the way to Euro 2024. They ended the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with 22 points, 4 points ahead of second-placed Netherlands. The 14-0 victory over Gibraltar is the biggest win in the history of the French team. Like Austria, this was the first match France played in Dusseldorf.