As hosts of this summer's Euro tournament, France, naturally will want nothing than to win it on home soil. Les Bleus have not won a major international title since the 2000 edition of this competition, and the last time they managed to host and win was in 1984. Meanwhile, their opponents Scotland are now already turning their attention to securing a spot at the 2018 World Cup after narrowly failing to secure a berth at Euro 2016.
France
Didier Deschamps's men will be coming into this match having earned a hard-fought 3-2 win over Cameroon. The match indeed looked like it would finish in a draw until West Ham's Dimitri Payet stepped up and delivered one of his trademark brilliant free-kicks in the last moments of the game. Whilst making it a third straight friendly win will be highly encouraging, of major concern is the fact that Les Bleus have been unable to keep a clean sheet in any of those games.
France last lost a match on November 17th, when they were beaten by England 2-0. The last time this summer's hosts managed to successfully shut out their opponents, was four days prior to that as they powered past Germany by the same scoreline.
With Lassana Diarra now out, Manchester United's Morgan Schneiderlin has now been drafted into the squad. Considering the talent available in France's midfield, he, plus other players like N'Golo Kante, Moussa Sissoko, and Yohan Cabaye, will all be jockeying for a place in Deschamps's starting XI, and as such, will be keen on putting on a good performance in the team's final friendly.
Deschamps will also have some new personnel available in attack, with Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann returning to the fold after being given extra time off after the Champions League final. Manchester United starlet Anthony Martial has also reportedly recovered from a thigh problem and will likely make an appearance in Saturday's match.
Scotland
As for Gordon Strachan's side, Scotland arrive having seen their four-match unbeaten streak come to an end as they were beaten 1-0 by Italy. Certainly, they would have preferred to be featuring at the big event next week as opposed to being a "tester side" for many of Euro 2016's participants.
The visitors. who will be likely missing both Barry Bannan and Christophe Berra for this match, were successful in their last meeting with France. In fact, Scotland beat them both home and away during Euro 2008 qualifying. And out of their 15 matches, it's the visitors with the slight advantage, with eight wins versus France's seven.
Still, France have won their last four non competitive fixtures, and have kept clean sheets in three.
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- In the USA at 15.00 EST on: ESPN2
- In France at 21.00 CET on: TF1
- In the UK at 20.00 BST on: Premier Sports
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