France vs Germany: Predictions, betting tips, live stream, TV channel – Uefa Nations League 2018-19 preview

France vs Germany
Uefa Nations League
Venue: Stade de France
Date: Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
Kick-off: 7:45pm BST

World champions France host Germany on Tuesday night with Joachim Low under heavy pressure to get a result in Paris.

Didier Deschamps's Les Bleus are riding high after their World Cup triumph in Russia this summer, and lead Netherlands and Germany in their Nations League group.

Germany pushed France all the way in a goalless draw back in September, but the 2014 champions were woeful as Netherlands beat them 3-0 on Saturday night and appear to be going through a painful transition period.

It remains to be seen how a Germany side which conceded three goals against the Dutch will be able to keep out the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, but Low can ill-afford another reminder of how far this German squad have fallen since their triumph in Brazil just four years ago.

Read on for our Nations League preview...

TV, online and live stream coverage

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports' Mix channel and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £7.99. Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and SkyGo app.

You can follow the action with Standard Sport's LIVE match blog.

Tickets

Ticket info can be found on the Stade de France website here.

Prediction

Betting tips via Betfair | UK users only | Subject to change

• France to win 3-0: 12/1

• Germany to win 1-0: 13/1

• Griezmann to score last: 3/1

• Mbappe to score first: 4/1

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​Head to head

The two sides have faced each other 30 times, both winning 13 of those and drawing eight games.

The last time they met was on 6 September this year, sharing a goalless Nations League draw in Munich.

Team news and starting line-ups

France XI: Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Hernandez; Pogba, Kante; Mbappe, Griezmann, Matuidi; Giroud

Subs: Mandanda, Areola, Sakho, Lemar, Dembele, Digne, Nzonzi, Ndombele, Payet, Sidibe, Zouma

Germany XI: Neuer; Ginter, Sule, Hummels, Schulz; Kehrer, Kimmich, Kroos, Sane; Werner, Grabry

Subs: Leno, Ter Stegen, Hector, Draxler, Brandt, Can, Muller, Tah, Rudy, Uth

Squads

France: Benjamin Lecomte, Alphonse Areola, Benoît Costil; Benjamin Pavard, Presnel Kimpembe, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Adil Rami, Djibril Sidibe, Lucas Hernandez, Benjamin Mendy; Paul Pogba, Thomas Lemar, Corentin Tolisso, N'Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi, Steven Nzonzi; Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Nabil Fekir, Florian Thauvin

Germany: Manuel Neuer, Bernd Leno, Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Thilo Kehrer, Jonas Hector, Matthias Ginter, Mats Hummels, Nico Schulz, Niklas Sule, Jonathan Tah, Sebastian Rudy; Toni Kroos, Julian Brandt, Emre Can, Joshua Kimmich, Leroy Sane; Serge Gnabry, Julian Draxler, Timo Werner, Thomas Muller, Mark Uth