France vs Turkiye Preview & Prediction | 2026-27 UEFA Nations League | League A
by Alex Lawes ·
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Three-time world champions France are in a bit of danger of missing out on the quarter-finals of the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League as they take on Turkiye on Sunday.
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Key stats
- Coming into Matchday 6, France are level on ten points with Italy in Group A1, one point ahead of Belgium (nine), while Türkiye are already certain to finish bottom.
- France will finish top if they beat Türkiye and Italy fail to win in Belgium; if France and Italy both win, Italy finish first on head-to-head (1-1 in Saint-Denis, 3-1 to Italy in Milan).
- France will finish at least second unless they lose and Belgium beat Italy, in which case they would drop to third.
- The only previous Nations League meeting was France's 1-0 win in Kocaeli on Matchday 1 of this edition.
- Türkiye have lost all five matches in this edition – their longest losing run in 29 Nations League matches – and have conceded 13 goals (2.60 per game), the most in Group A1.
- Türkiye's last Nations League away win was 3-0 in Budapest vs Hungary in the 2024/25 play-offs on 23 March 2025.
- France are unbeaten in five Nations League home matches (W3 D2) since losing 3-1 to Italy in Paris in September 2024.
- France have scored in eight successive Nations League matches, equalling their longest scoring run in 33 Nations League matches.
- France won the 2020/21 Nations League after topping Group A3 with 16 points – their best league-phase tally across five editions – and then beating Belgium 3-2 and Spain 2-1 in the finals.
- Türkiye topped Group C1 in 2022/23 with 13 points, scoring 18 goals in six matches.
- Türkiye have lost all three of their Matchday 6 league-phase matches in the Nations League, while France are W2 L1 on Matchday 6.
- Kylian Mbappé has scored ten goals in 22 Nations League appearances, the most for France in the competition.
France vs Turkiye prediction
With a game to go in their League A group stage campaign, Italy and France sit on ten points with Belgium in behind on nine points. The way in which France could fail to qualify is if they lose to Turkiye and the Belgians defeat Italy.
Zinedine Zidane’s France have hardly been dominant or convincing in their campaign thus far and that continued with a 3-1 defeat to Italy on Thursday. The Turks, drawn into a tough game, have lost five from five in the group stages after a poor showing at FIFA World Cup 2026.
Vincenzo Montella was sacked last month and replaced by Sergen Yalcin. Yalcin’s first game saw Turkiye beaten 2-1 by Belgium after they had taken the lead and it was an improved performance but a comfortable French victory is to be expected.
France vs Turkiye tip: France to win -1 handicap
