France vs Italy
France kickoff their Six Nations 2022 campaign with a match against Italy at the Stade de France. The home team comes into this year’s tournament as many peoples favourite for the title. They will be livid with the way last year’s competition ended for them. Going into their final match they needed a 20 point victory margin over Scotland to clinch the title. They not only failed to achieve that but also lost the match in comical circumstances. France had a great November International series winning their three matches while also beating the All Blacks
TIP: France are seeking their first title since 2010 and this year represents their best chance in more than a decade. France will be led by World Player of the Year Anton Dupont after he declared himself fit after testing positive for Covid. They will regard anything other than a bonus point win as a failure against Italy. They will look to set a marker for the other teams in their first match. The bookies have France as certainties for the win and I have to agree with this. The best odds on this bet are as follows: Worldsportsbetting 1.01, Playabets 1.01 and Sunbet 1.01
HEAD TO HEAD STATS
France vs Italy
- France have won the last 12 matches against Italy.
- The last Italian win in this fixture was in 2013.
- The last time these teams met, France won 50-10.
Latest results for both teams
France beat the All Blacks 40-25 in their last match while Italy beat Uruguay 17-10 in their last match.
PREDICTION
Each year the calls grow louder for the Italians to be removed from the Six Nations as year after year they fail to win a match. They have since gone 29 matches in the tournament without a win. Italy were on a nine game losing streak across all competitions until they beat Uruguay in November to break their win drought. Their record away from home is no wins in their last 17 matches with the last win coming in 2018 against Japan in a friendly international. Italy will be hoping young stars like Paulo Garbisi can shine to avoid more embarrassing defeats. Italy will try to at least be competitive and I predict France will win by less than 30 points.
- Probable Starting XVs
France
15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Gabin Vilière, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Dylan Cretin, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Cameron Woki, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Italy
15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Tommaso Menoncello, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Tiziano Pasquali, 2 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Odds for this bet
The best odds on the France victory are as follows:
Worldsportsbetting 1.01
Playabets 1.01
Sunbet 1.01
Odds comparison on the Italy handicap :
The complete odds on the Lions handicap:
Worldsportsbetting (+34.5) 1.95
Sunbet (+34.5) 1.91
Playabets (+34.5) 1.88
Predictions and Odds in details
Italy will struggle with the French power and flair as the home team have threats all around the field. The Italians must try and slow the game down as this is their best chance of not suffering a heavy defeat. Italy will hope that France are rusty as many of their players are returning from injury enforced breaks. The bookies are offering no returns on the France win therefore I suggest the away team on the generous handicap. The best odds on this bet are as follows: Worldsportsbetting (+34.5) 1.95, Sunbet (+34.5) 1.91 and Playabets (+34.5) 1.88
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