The Republic of Ireland will host the 1998 World Cup champions France on Saturday, November 14th, at 3:00 pm ET as the first legs of the European World Cup play-offs take place over the continent.
The balance between the Republic of Ireland’s performance home and away is equal. During the World Cup qualifiers, the Irish drew thrice at home and thrice away. They also won twice at home and twice away.
The Republic of Ireland scored six goals and conceded four at home – just like they did away.
Meanwhile, France’s statistics are more of a mixed issue. The 1998 World Cup champions mastered as much as six wins out of ten games overall, but they also drew thrice, and lost once.
Throughout the European World Cup qualifying campaign, France scored twice as much as they conceded.
Much of France’s weaknesses were exposed away from home. Les Bleus won four and drew once out of five home games, but they failed to get these kind of positive results away.
Aside from winning two away matches, France drew twice and also experienced their only defeat of the campaign away from home.
They also conceded as much goals as they scored while playing away.
Mathematically, the Republic of Ireland have the edge over the French, especially because of their consistency at home compared to France’s struggles away.
However, there could be some improvement in the camp of Les Bleus who aim to hit the standard which they set eleven years ago when they won the World Cup on their own soil.
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