The most entertaining World Cup TOP8 game will be on Saturday evening between England and France. One of the best European teams will compete for a spot in the next round. Both teams in the TOP16 round won pretty easily as England beat Senegal 3:0 while France beat Poland 3:1. In this game, I'm predicting that England won't lose in the regular time.

Before the tournament, both teams were mentioned as potential title favorites and that is the case right now as well. Maybe one of the reasons why France is a favorite here is because of Kylian Mbappe who has been phenomenal on the international stage. He has scored 5 times this World Cup and is the best goalscorer. At the same time, there are some concerns about his status availability because he missed Tuesday's practice. However, France has already dealt with the absence of Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba and N’golo Kanté among others but playing without Mbappe would be devastating.

While only 3 French players have scored in this tournament, England has 8 players who have been successful. Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford are the leaders with 3 goals. Raheem Sterling has scored once but he's in doubt for this game because he flew back to home after the robbers went to his house. The English fans are very happy that Harry Kane has scored his 1st goal and he's going to be a very important piece for the title run. We can't forget that Kane was the best goalscorer 4 years ago in Russia.

During the group stage, both teams had games where they didn't show the best performance. England drew with the USA while France lost the last game to Tunisia. Yes, this loss didn't affect the French team but it showed that they are vulnerable. England had 9 goals and only 2 allowed in the first three games, while France had 6 scored and 3 allowed. It's important to say that England crushed Wales in the last group game which allowed them to finish in first place.

Overall, England has scored 12 times during this tournament and that is the best result among all teams and they have kept the sheet clean for 3 straight games. Last year in the Euro 2020, England had 5 games in a row when the opponent couldn't score. Interesting that England is the only team in the tournament which hasn't received a yellow card. Defensively France has some concerns. The defending champion has failed to keep a clean sheet in any game and with England’s variety of scorers, it could be a challenging game for them. In the last 3 meetings, all three outcomes have been. If we are looking from my bet side, the historical advantage goes to England.

England is a very good all-around team. They have many different options on offense, and France can't just focus on one player. The English team will pay a lot of attention to Mbappe if he will play. At the same time, both teams are at the same level and I see that this game won't end after 90 minutes. From the entertainment perspective, that is the best-case scenario for us!

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世界杯最具观赏性的TOP8比赛将是周六晚上英格兰和法国之间的比赛。欧洲最好的一支球队将在下一轮争夺一个席位。两支球队都在16强中轻松获胜，英格兰3:0击败塞内加尔，法国3:1击败波兰。在这场比赛中，我预测英格兰在常规时间内不会输。

在比赛之前，两支球队都被认为是夺冠热门，现在也是如此。也许法国队在这里最受欢迎的原因之一是因为基利安·姆巴佩，他在国际舞台上表现非凡。本届世界杯，他已经打进5球，是最佳射手。与此同时，由于他错过了周二的训练，人们对他的状态也有一些担忧。然而，法国队已经应对了本泽马、博格巴和恩戈洛Kanté等人的缺席，但没有姆巴佩的比赛将是毁灭性的。

法国只有3名球员在本届比赛中进球，而英格兰有8名球员取得了成功。萨卡和拉什福德以3球领跑。拉希姆·斯特林已经进了一球，但他能否在这场比赛中进球还是个疑问，因为在劫匪去他家后，他已经飞回了家。英格兰球迷非常高兴哈里·凯恩打进了他的第一个进球，他将成为争冠的重要一环。我们不能忘记凯恩是4年前俄罗斯世界杯上最好的射手。

在小组赛阶段，两支球队都有表现不佳的比赛。英格兰队与美国队战平，法国队在最后一场比赛中输给了突尼斯队。是的，这场失利并没有影响到法国队，但这表明他们很脆弱。英格兰队在前三场比赛中进了9球，只被丢了2球，而法国队进了6球，被丢了3球。值得一提的是，英格兰队在上一场小组赛中击败了威尔士队，从而获得了第一名。

总的来说，英格兰队在本届杯赛中进球12次，这是所有球队中最好的成绩，他们已经连续3场比赛不失球。在去年的2020年欧洲杯上，英格兰队连续5场比赛都无法进球。有趣的是，英格兰队是本届杯赛中唯一一支没有吃到黄牌的球队。在防守方面，法国有一些担忧。卫冕冠军在任何一场比赛中都未能保持零失球，而英格兰队的进球者五花八门，这对他们来说可能是一场具有挑战性的比赛。在过去的三次会议中，所有三个结果都是。如果我们从我打赌的角度来看，历史优势属于英格兰。

英格兰是一支全能的球队。他们在进攻端有很多不同的选择，法国队不能只专注于一名球员。如果姆巴佩能上场，英格兰队将会非常关注他。与此同时，两支球队处于同样的水平，我认为这场比赛不会在90分钟后结束。从娱乐的角度来看，这对我们来说是最好的情况!