{"id":6121,"date":"2026-07-04T11:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6121"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:05:29","slug":"france-vs-paraguay-prediction-odds-picks-for-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6121","title":{"rendered":"France vs. Paraguay Prediction, Odds, Picks For World Cup Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>France will face Paraguay in a 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16 showdown on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at Philadelphia Stadium on FOX.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>France looked every bit the tournament favorite once again in the round of 32, routing Sweden 3-0 for its largest margin of victory in the World Cup knockout stage since beating Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>France has scored three or more goals in each of its four World Cup games, beating Sweden, Norway, Iraq and Senegal by a combined score of 13-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has led the way with six goals, while Michael Olise looks to be on pace to break the World Cup assist record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Les Bleus seek to make four straight World Cup quarterfinals for the first time, and to be the third team to reach three straight World Cup finals with three more wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Meanwhile, Paraguay comes into this match after pulling off the upset of the tournament so far with a penalty shootout win over Germany, advancing in the World Cup knockout stage for the second time in its nation&#8217;s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Paraguay had only 25% possession against Germany, which was the third-lowest in a World Cup knockout match on record (since 1966), and gave up 21 shots. But La Albirroja still prevailed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>So can the giant slayers do it again? Let\u2019s check out the odds for the France vs. Paraguay matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><span>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is -200 to score against Paraguay (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>From FOX Sports Research:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Let&#8217;s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY France will face Paraguay in a 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16 showdown on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at Philadelphia Stadium on FOX.\u00a0 France looked every bit the tournament favorite once again in the round of 32, routing Sweden 3-0 for its largest margin of victory in the World Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}