Austria vs France

Austria takes on France at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf in Monday night’s final Euro 2024 fixture. The Austrians find themselves in one of the tournament’s toughest groups, and opening games don’t get much tougher than this. They had a good workout during qualifying and only finished a point off of Group F winners Belgium. They have since beaten Germany, Slovakia and Turkey in friendlies ahead of this opener. It will be tough for them, but they’ll head into this quietly, confident that they can cause a significant upset and take a giant step towards the knockout stages.

It’s France’s job to ensure that everything doesn’t happen. Les Bleus were agonisingly beaten on penalties in the 2022 World Cup final against Argentina and, in many people’s eyes, that puts them as favourites to win the European Championship. The French look to have the perfect mix of youth and experience in their squad that could provide the perfect tonic to see them go all the way. Superstar Kylian Mbappe’s move to Real Madrid was secured ahead of the tournament and he’ll want to show his new employers that he’s worth the investment.

Austria has shown that they’ve got plenty about them, and they’ll put up a fight, but a France win is the most likely outcome. However, there’s no value in backing the French in the outright odds market, so to start your Euro 2024 betting journey by wagering on them to win and both teams to score in the game is where the values at. If you’re looking at the first goalscorer market, Mbappe is the obvious one to go for but we’re eyeing up the odds on France to win 3-1 in the correct score market.

Check the table with our top picks below:

Also, you should check our predictions for the rest of Monday’s matches: Romania vs Ukraine and Belgium vs Slovakia.