Best Bet: End-to-end action expected when France face Peru

While both of these sides will have a keen eye on the earlier kick-off in Group C between Denmark and Australia, Peru will be preparing to go on the offensive against their esteemed opponents today.

The South Americans play to their strengths, and that is on the attack, even if they were wasteful in defeat to Denmark at the weekend. Ricardo Gareca’s side created the greater number and quality of chances in that game and were very unfortunate to come out without all three points, let alone just one.

With that in mind France know that they need to raise their game and reports suggest that Didier Deschamps will look to his tried and tested squad members as a result. It was a similar story at the Euros two years ago, when it took a scare in their opener against Romania to force a rethink.

Australia this time came close to earning a point against Les Bleus and Deschamps is set to act accordingly, restoring Blaise Matuidi and Olivier Giroud to the starting lineup. With pace offered by the likes of Mbappe and Girezmann and the physicality of Giroud, France will be able to vary their attacking play, though the same could be said of Peru.

Captain and top scorer Paolo Guerrero is set to make his return to the starting XI and should provide a better end product, as well as an experienced and uncompromising presence for France’s young defence to deal with.

As such, with both teams better going forwards than they are at protecting their own goal, this should be an entertaining affair, with a price of 2.12 from Marathon Bet on both teams to score being our tip for this one.