16/06/18. France - Australia. World Cup 2018. Corners

Well, here comes a holiday for all football fans - World Cup.

Opinions and forecasts are very different, but for now the teams play the first matches. The team of the site corner-stats.com as always drew attention to bets on corners. We chose the match between France and Australia for the bet.

The last time the teams met each other was a friendly match in 2013, and therefore the main attention in our forecast will be paid to similar matches (that is, matches teams with opponents similar in strength to the current opponent).

So, what is the stats total corners under 9.5 for these teams:

• 6 of the 10 matches of French national team qualifying for the World Cup in the 2017-18 season. Also, the French team played 8 friendly games in 2017-18, of which 4 ended with total corners of 9 or less;
• 8 of the 18 Australian national team matches in international tournaments in the 2017-18 season. Also, during this time Australia played 4 friendly games, of which 3 ended with total corners of 9 or less;

If we consider similar matches, then here the stats of total corners ubder 9.5 looks more convincing:

• 4 of the 5 matches of French national team with teams similar to Australian national team in the official games of 2014-2018;
• 5 of the last 6 matches of Australian national team with teams similar to French national team the official games.

Corners statistics of similar matches for both teams can be seen in the screenshots below.

At the same time, in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, the French team finished with a average total of 9.6 corners after 10 matches. As for Australia, after qualifying, the team played in the intercontinental playoffs, where the average total of corners was 6.50 corners per match in two matches.

The team of the site Corner-stats.com considers the bet on the total corners under 9.5 at the odds 1.94 at Pinnacle to be attractive.