Predictions European Under-17 Championship - France U17 vs England U17

European Under-17 Championship - France U17 vs England U17
Match Time: 22-05-2024 01:30 Wednesday (GMT+8)
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France U17: LWDWWW
England U17: WLLWWL

France will travel to Cyprus with aspirations of lifting the trophy for the fourth time after previously winning the tournament in 2004, 2015 and 2022.

They went close to defending their crown in last year's tournament, advancing all the way to the final before losing to Germany on penalties.

France are now set to make their fourth consecutive appearance at the European Under-17 Championship after successfully negotiating their way through the qualifying process.

Jose Alcocer's side took five points from three games to advance to the elite round, before they claimed three consecutive victories to book their ticket to Cyprus.

They will certainly take confidence from the fact that they beat England 2-1 in their final qualifying game thanks to Rayane Messi's brace.

While England would have been disappointed with that defeat, they did have to play 75 minutes with ten men following Chris Rigg's red card.

Prior to that result, the Three Lions thrashed Northern Ireland 5-1 and thumped Hungary 5-0 to secure their place at a ninth consecutive European Under-17 Championship.

England have previously won the competition on two occasions, clinching for the first time in 2010 before lifting it again in 2014.

Their best performance since winning the trophy 10 years ago took place in 2017 when they progressed to the final before losing in the penalty shootout to Spain.

The Three Lions made it out of the group phase in last year's competition, only for France to eliminate them in the quarter-final stage.

Prediction: France 2-1 England