Goal fest at the Parc des Princes?
The 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico is fast approaching. One team that is almost certain to be in the final round is France. Normally, the World Cup runners-up will have just as little trouble in the qualifying group as our France vs. Azerbaijan tip on a home win.
The French’s upcoming opponent, on the other hand, is likely to once again be mere spectators at next year’s World Cup. In the two opening games of the qualifiers, Aykhan Abbasov’s team only managed to secure one point. And according to our France vs. Azerbaijan prediction, the underdogs will once again be out of their depth at the Parc des Princes this Friday.
France – Azerbaijan Head-to-head record / H2H record
The two nations have only faced each other twice so far. Both matches are already a long time ago. In the Euro 1996 qualifiers, France won both matches against the underdog. The French won 2-0 in Azerbaijan and achieved one of the highest victories in the history of the Equipe Tricolore with a 10-0 win in the return leg.
We expect another landslide victory in the upcoming match. Looking at the France vs. Azerbaijan betting odds, the bookies agree with us.
France – Azerbaijan Tip
France will be among the big favorites at next summer’s World Cup finals. The French squad is of high quality. Coach Didier Deschamps can rely on world-class players in every position, often even several, so that the Equipe Tricolore’s bench is also well staffed thanks to the abundance of alternatives.
After the two opening victories, there are no longer any major doubts about World Cup qualification. And against what is probably the weakest opponent in the group, our France vs. Azerbaijan tip with our Admiralbet free bet is naturally leaning towards a home win. The only question is how much Didier Deschamps’ team will invest in the upcoming match and whether the French coach will use the game for personnel or tactical experiments.
Either way, this does little to change our assessment that France will win the upcoming match by at least three goals. The first two games were narrow victories, 2-1 against Iceland and 2-0 against Ukraine, but the French’s upcoming opponent is once again a class below the two aforementioned teams.
Aykhan Abbasov’s team recently secured a draw in their home game against Ukraine, but their first away game, a 5-0 defeat in Iceland, still gives cause for concern ahead of their match against the World Cup runners-up in Paris. If Azerbaijan perform as poorly at the Parc des Princes as they did against Iceland, another debacle is on the cards.
The Azerbaijan squad is made up of players from champions Qarabag Agdam, who are currently causing a stir in the Champions League and have made a surprising start to the new season with two wins. However, the Azerbaijan champions’ national team players do not have the support of strong foreign legionnaires as they do at club level.
The rest of the Azerbaijani squad is made up of players who are not quite at the same level as the Qarabag players. Second division striker Mahir Emreli from 1. FC Kaiserslautern is also in the squad. This shows roughly how the quality of the squad can be classified. Against France, the ultimate goal will be to avoid losing by too large a margin and to put in a good performance.
Nevertheless, we expect the favorites to prevail in the end. Probably even without conceding a goal, as the French are unlikely to face any major threats on goal. In their last two away games in Iceland and Latvia, the team from the Middle East failed to score. Our France vs. Azerbaijan prediction also assumes a clean sheet victory for the French.
