FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)---Azerbaijan VS France Prediction

Azerbaijan VS France    Livescore / H2H stats and Live Streaming
Time:17-11-2025 01:00 Monday
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Stuck in a complete rut on the international stage, Azerbaijan extended their winless run in all fixtures to a staggering 14 matches on Thursday night, when their faint World Cup dreams officially ended with a gutless performance and 2-0 defeat to Iceland in Baku.

Still with a fighting chance of earning a top-two spot and making March's playoffs, the visitors produced an inspired first-half display to collect maximum points on the road, with Fiorentina playmaker Albert Gudmundsson finding the net once again for his nation.

Failing to score in a match for the third time in this qualifying group, Azerbaijan sit rock bottom of the section standings with just a single match left to play, six points behind Iceland and Ukraine in second and third respectively, meaning that Sunday's hosts know their fate.

Milli have failed to win any of their last 14 matches across friendly and competitive fixtures, with their most recent success arriving all the way back in June 2024, when fellow UEFA minnows Kazakhstan were defeated 3-2 at Haladas Stadion in Hungary.

Rather unsurprisingly, France booked their spot at next year's World Cup in North America with a routine 4-0 success over Ukraine in the French capital on Thursday night, when Kylian Mbappe bagged a brilliant brace to move one step closer to breaking a national record.

The Real Madrid superstar reached 400 career goals thanks to his work against Ukraine and jumped up to 55 strikes for the senior team of Les Bleus, with the 26-year-old just two goals away from equalling the 57 goals netted by all-time leading goalscorer Olivier Giroud.

Extending their unbeaten run across all competitions to six matches (W5 D1) earlier in the week, Didier Deschamps's men moved up to 13 points in Group D of UEFA qualifying, six points ahead of both Iceland and Ukraine with just the single match remaining.

Match Prediction:
The whipping boys for the whole of this qualification campaign, Azerbaijan are in line for another difficult evening on Sunday against France. Les Bleus are likely to make a raft of changes to their XI with a World Cup spot already secured, but they should still possess enough quality to put a few goals past the hosts.