Spain v France Predictions: Thommo's best bets for SF tie

Spain v France predictions

Spain to Win 2-1
BET BUILDER: Spain to Win, Alvaro Morata to score, Kylian Mbappe to score, Lamine Yamal to have 1 or more Shots on Target.

Paddy ambassador Phil Thompson is back for Tuesday’s Euro 2024 semi-final that will see the free-flowing and scintillating football of Spain coming up against the dour brand that France have been playing. Will it be a win for the purists or the pragmatists?

We had a chinwag with Thommo to get his ponderings…

Tuesday, July 9. 20:00: Spain v France
Euro 2024 Semi-Final match in Munich
TV: BBC1 and RTE2

You’d have to agree with Paddy making Spain the favourite here. Just look at the way they’ve played, Spain have been the best team by far.

They look as though they have options regarding how to open packed defenses when a lot of other teams haven’t and have struggled against the back fives at the back which a lot of teams have been playing with.

France are yet to turn up at the tournament. Great team on paper, you look at them and you go ‘wow, this is exciting’ but you look at the Spanish teams and there’s something about them which is really exciting. What a great game against Germany is was in the quarter-final. It was a proper game of football.

With Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, you’ve two two proper match-winners with those two young lads.

France were my pick before the tournament started but I’d be wrong to go with France to Win here because Spain are the better team. I’m going for Spain to win this in a tight game, 2-1.

For my Bet Builder, I’ll stick with Spain to Win, Alvaro Morata to score, Kylian Mbappe to score, Lamine Yamal to have 1 or more Shots on Target.

Thommo’s picks combine at around 47/1 in a Paddy Power Bet Builder. CLICK HERE TO ADD IT TO YOUR BETSLIP.