2020 Autumn Nations Cup – England vs France Preview & Prediction

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THE FACTS

When is England vs France taking place? Saturday 5^th December, 2020 – 14:00

Where is England vs France taking place? Twickenham, London

Where can I get tickets for England vs France? Check official club websites for information about purchasing tickets

What channel is England vs France on? This match will not be televised live in the UK

Where can I stream England vs France? Amazon Prime subscribers can stream this match live online

THE TEAM NEWS

ENGLAND

Starting line-up: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Owen Farrell (c), 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Tom Curry, 5 Joe Launchbury, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola

Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Jonny Hill, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Dan Robson, 22 Max Malins, 23 Joe Marchant

FRANCE

Starting line-up: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Alivereti Raka, 13 Yoram Moefana, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Gabin Villière, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Baptiste Couilloud (c), 8 Selevasio Tolofua, 7 Anthony Jelonch, 6 Cameron Woki, 5 Baptiste Pesenti, 4 Kilian Geraci, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Pierre Bourgarit, 1 Hassane Kolingar

Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Guillaume Ducat, 20 Sekou Macalou, 21 Sébastien Bézy, 22 Louis Carbonel, 23 Pierre-Louis Barassi

THE PREDICTION

England avoided what could have become a potential banana skin with a 13-24 win away to Wales and became the Group A winners they seemed destined to be in doing so. Their finals opponent will be this exciting France team who thrashed a downtrodden Italy side 36-5 on Saturday to win Group B with 14 points – one more than England. Eddie Jones’ side, however, won the far harder group and barring a famous away victory for Les Bleus this prediction is about “by how many” for England in a test they will be expecting to win. Both sides have conceded just 20 points but France’s default win over Fiji muddies those numbers whereas England truly did shut-out Georgia in their first Autumn Nations Cup match. The England squad will be buzzing from the return of 2000 fans to Twickenham and should perform accordingly here. They covered -11 in both their wins against Ireland and Wales and, whilst France should contribute to the scoreline, they do leave themselves open for damage. Eddie Jones’ side can cover -15 to lift the first trophy of this new tournament and finally celebrate their Six Nations victory with the fans whilst they do so.