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France vs Albania, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2016
France
2 – 0
Full Time
Albania
Wed 15 Jun 2016 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 55' Burim Kukeli
Y 81' Amir Abrashi
N'Golo Kante 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

France vs Albania — European Championship .

  • France 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Albania 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Michael Oliver
  • Referee Francis Connor
  • Referee John Beaton
  • Referee William Collum
  • Referee Bobby Madden
  • Referee Damien McGraith
20 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 10.4 goals/game

Head-to-Head

3
2
France 5 games · Avg 2.8 goals Albania
Last 5 meetings
2016-06-15 France 2–0 Albania

Recent Form

France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jun Albania H 2–0 W
10 Jun Romania H 2–1 W
08 May FC Red Bull Salzburg A 2–0 W
30 Apr Germany H 1–0 W
23 Apr PFC CSKA Moskva A 2–0 W
19 Apr FC Schalke 04 H 2–1 W
Albania
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jun France A 0–2 L
11 Jun Switzerland H 0–1 L

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
France this season
0% Clean Sheets
Albania this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

France
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Albania
0-15
2/2
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/1
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Albania
Qazim Laci 1 G
Klaus Gjasula 1 G
Nedim Bajrami 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! France vs Albania — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Laurent Koscielny made 414 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 10' Odise Roshi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' A quiet spell here at . France seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. France must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. France needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 45' France are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 46' Another change for France made on 46 minute. Anthony Martial leaves to be changed by Paul Pogba.
  • 51' Albania international Ansi Agolli has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 55' Burim Kukeli has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 55.
  • 60' Albania started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 60.
  • 65' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 67' A change in the France ranks — Kingsley Coman exits the field as Antoine Griezmann enters on 67.
  • 70' The crowd applauds Andi Lila as he leaves the pitch. Odise Roshi steps in for Albania.
  • 74' Another substitution for Albania to replace Burim Kukeli by Taulant Xhaka on 74 minute.
  • 77' France make a change. Olivier Giroud trudges off to be replaced by Andre-Pierre Gignac on 77 minutes.
  • 81' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Amir Abrashi.
  • 85' Frederic Veseli is ready to make an impact after coming on for Arlind Ajeti at the 85 minute mark.
  • 88' That is a Yellow card for France. N'Golo Kante will be fuming at that decision.
  • 90' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Antoine Griezmann makes it 1-0.
  • 2-0 the final result. Albania will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Albania Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni De Biasi

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.65 France xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.6 Albania xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 63% + France to win 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
France62% Draw25% Albania13%
Actual: France win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes37% 0% No63%
Avg goals/match: 2.25
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 39%
61%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

France or Draw
87%
Draw or Albania
38%
France or Albania
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
France41% Draw49% Albania10%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
16.6%
2 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
12.6%
1 – 1
11.1%
2 – 1
8.4%
3 – 0
7.5%
0 – 1
5.3%
3 – 1
4.7%
4 – 0
3.1%
1 – 2
3%
2 – 2
2.6%
4 – 1
2%

Asian Handicap — France

Handicap France covers Push Albania covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 19% 65%
-1.5 35% — 65%
-1 35% 27% 38%
-0.5 62% — 38%
+0.5 88% — 12%
+1 88% 9% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

France keeps clean sheet
55% ✓
Albania keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.