Turkey vs France Match Info
Date: Saturday June 8 2019
Kick-off time: 7.45pm BST
Venue: Buyuksehir Stadium
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Turkey vs France Head-To-Head Record
Last 3 matches
June 5 2009: France 1-0 Turkey
June 26 2003: France 3-2 Turkey
November 15 2000: Turkey 0-4 France
Total head-to-head matches played: 9
Turkey wins: 1
France wins: 6
Draws: 2
Turkey vs France Stats
- This is the first match between these countries in a major competition
- France have won all of their last five meetings with Turkey
- Both teams have won all of their combined seven games in 2019 (Turkey four, France three)
Turkey vs France Match Preview
Something has to give between the two favourites for Euro 2020 qualification from Group H, with both France and Turkey holding 100% winning records this year.
France could not translate their World Cup triumph into UEFA Nations League success, bowing out against the Netherlands, but they have made the ideal start on the road towards the European crown by putting four goals past both Moldova and Iceland.
Last Sunday, the world champions cruised to a 2-0 victory over Bolivia in Nantes to make it three wins out of three in 2019.
Turkey have gone one better with a quartet of triumphs, beating Albania and Moldova comfortably to nil in the qualifiers and then winning both of their home warm-up games against Greece and Uzbekistan ahead of the end-of-season competitive fixtures.
It has represented a fine opening to the second spell at the helm for Senol Gunes, who led Turkey to a brilliant third place at the 2002 World Cup and, more recently, Besiktas to back-to-back Super Lig titles in 2016 and 2017.
However, the French are much the most difficult opponents Turkey have faced since Gunes’ return in charge of the national team and Les Bleus are backed to give their hosts something of a reality check by proving too strong.
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Turkey vs France Betting Tips
France HT/FT @ 7/5 with Paddy Power
France to win and under 4.5 goals @ 8/11 with Paddy Power