{"id":26552,"date":"2022-12-03T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1749550"},"modified":"2022-12-03T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:50:44","slug":"france-v-poland-prediction-and-team-news-who-will-win-round-of-16-game","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/france-v-poland-prediction-and-team-news-who-will-win-round-of-16-game\/","title":{"rendered":"France v Poland prediction and team news: Who will win Round of 16 game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 03 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>France continue their World Cup title defence with a Round of 16 showdown against Poland this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning champions won Group D despite a shock defeat to Tunisia in their final match, though they did field a weakened, rotated team.<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has looked razor sharp so far and will be keen to add to his goal tally as the tournament progresses.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-today\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup matches on today<\/a> guide | <a href=\"\/\/qatar22wc.ecal.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Add World Cup 2022 fixtures directly to your calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Poland have been lukewarm in the tournament so far, but did just enough in Group C to claw their way into the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you our predictions and team news for France v Poland in the World Cup 2022 Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more World Cup features check out: <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-kits-ranked-comment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup 2022 kits ranked<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/qatar-world-cup-stadiums-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup 2022 stadiums<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-fixtures\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup 2022 fixtures<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/best-football-players-world\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Best players in the world 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6316308482112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>When is France v Poland?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">France v Poland will kick off at <strong>3pm<\/strong> on <strong>Sunday 4th December 2022<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Check out all the games coming up with our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-tv-schedule\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup TV schedule<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>France v Poland team news<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>France predicted line-up:\u00a0<\/b>Lloris; Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Giroud<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Poland predicted line-up:\u00a0<\/b>Szczesny; Cash, Glik, Kiwior, Bereszynski; Zieli\u0144ski, Bielik, Krychowiak, Frankowski; Swiderski, Lewandowski<b><br\/><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>France v Poland prediction<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>France took a risk with their team selection against Tunisia, the effects of which we\u2019re yet to fully comprehend. Momentum can be crucial in World Cup tournaments and the mood following two comprehensive victories will have been flattened by their second team\u2019s defeat to Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>Saying that, we still fully expect Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2013 a rested version of the PSG superstar at that \u2013 to be firing on all cylinders and could put Poland to the sword.<\/p>\n<p>Poland still haven\u2019t really worked out how to get Robert Lewandowski firing in the biggest tournament finals matches. He could throw a spanner in the works, but France remain favourites.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our prediction: France 2-1 Poland (<\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>10\/1<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0at <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>bet365<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>)<\/b><\/p> <h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>France v Poland odds<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p8&quot;\">In working partnership with the <strong>Radio Times<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">bet365<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has provided the following betting odds for this event:<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p8&quot;\">bet365 odds: France (<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">2\/7<\/span><\/a>) Draw (<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">4\/1<\/span><\/a>) Poland (<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">12\/1<\/span><\/a>)*<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p8&quot;\">For all the latest World Cup odds and more, visit bet365 today. 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