Comments and predictions for Spain vs France: Subdue the Roosters
The match between Spain and France in the Nations League takes place at 2:00 a.m. on June 6. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Spain vs France team information
Spain remain without Ballon d'Or-winning midfielder Rodri as he continues to build fitness at Manchester City ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, while Barcelona's Ferran Torres is also out due to having surgery for appendicitis late last month.
Real Betis midfielder Isco is in line for his first international appearance since 2019, while Gavi returns to the squad for the first time since 2023 after a cruciate ligament injury and the Barcelona star will compete with team-mate Pedri, Martin Zubimendi and PSG's Champions League winner Fabian Ruiz for a place in midfield.
Pau Cubarsi has also returned to the squad after missing the previous international break through injury, and the 18-year-old centre-back will compete with Real Madrid new boy Dean Huijsen for a place, while Yamal, Dani Olmo and Nico Williams can all support Mikel Oyarzabal in attack.
On the French side, there are seven players involved in the Champions League final, including Man of the Match Desire Doue and Ballon d'Or candidate Dembele, and it remains to be seen how that affects Deschamps' selection of his starting lineup.
The three injured players are Upamecano, William Saliba and Jules Kounde, Benjamin Pavard and Malo Gusto will compete for the right-back position, while Deschamps will consider Lucas Hernandez, Clement Lenglet or the uncapped Loic Bade as the left-back alongside Ibrahima Konate.
Kylian Mbappe, who is just two goals away from 50 international goals, is expected to start and captain the side in attack, while Man City link-up striker Rayan Cherki is hoping to make his senior debut after a stellar 2024-25 season with Lyon.
Latest expected lineup for Spain vs France
Spain:
Simon; Porro, Cubarsi, Le Normand, Cucurella; Zubimendi, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, N. Williams; Oyarzabal
France:
Maignan; Pavard, Konate, L. Hernandez, Digne; Tchouameni, Kone, Rabiot; Olise, Kolo Muani, Mbappe
Latest football commentary Spain vs France
After picking up 16 points from a possible 18 in six League A, Group 4 games (five wins, one draw), Spain emerged victorious in a dramatic and exciting quarter-final clash with the Netherlands in March.
Both legs ended 2-2 after 90 minutes, before Xavi Simons equalised in extra time after Lamine Yamal's goal to make it 3-3 and send the game into a penalty shootout. The Euro 2024 champions eventually held their nerve and won 5-4 on penalties.
Ranked second in the world by FIFA, behind only Argentina, Spain are on an impressive 20-match unbeaten run in all competitions (15 wins, 5 draws) since losing 0-2 to Scotland in Euro qualifiers in March 2023.
La Roja have scored two or more goals in 16 of those games in 90 minutes, but Luis de la Fuente's side have yet to keep a clean sheet in their last four Nations League games, conceding at least two goals in their last three — not since the 1980-81 season (a run of six games) have they conceded two or more goals in more than three consecutive games.
Spain are trying to become the first team to successfully defend the Nations League title since the tournament was founded in 2018. They beat Italy 2-1 in the Nations League semi-finals two years ago and also won by the same scoreline against France in the Euro 2024 semi-finals last July.
France failed to get out of the group stage in the previous Nations League, finishing third with just five points from six games, but this time they improved with 13 points to top League A, Group 2, although only ahead of Italy on goal difference.
Les Bleus then overturned a 2-0 first-leg quarter-final deficit against Croatia. Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembele both scored to level the scores in Paris and take the game to penalties, where Mike Maignan saved the decisive spot-kick before Dayot Upamecano sealed a 5-4 win.
Ranked third in the world by FIFA, France have come close to winning major tournaments in recent years, losing the 2022 World Cup final and being eliminated in the semi-finals of Euro 2024. They are now determined to win their first trophy since winning the 2021 Nations League with a win over Spain.
Didier Deschamps has led France for nearly 13 years, winning 106 of 167 games (63.47%) and the 56-year-old wants to end this successful reign with a title before stepping down after the 2026 World Cup.
Victory over Spain on Thursday is by no means a given, however, as France have won three and lost two of their last five meetings with La Roja, and four of those have been by a one-goal margin, including the aforementioned 2-1 win in the 2021 Nations League final.
Latest Spain vs France score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Spain vs Franceas follows:
- Sportsmole:Spain 2-0 France
- WhoScore:Spain 2-1 France
- Our newspaper predicts:Spain 2-1 France
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