France host the Netherlands at Stade de France for their opening Euro 2024 qualifier on Friday.
The two European giants are playing for the top position in Group B, and are joined by Greece, Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar.
Didier Deschamps continues to lead the French team which has World Cup Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappe, the new team captain, leading their line.
The home are ranked third in the world, but have not won the European Championships since 2000. However they don’t lose to often and have lost 1 qualifying game in 19 outings.
Les Bleus are needing to ensure they don’t start slowly after they suffered two home defeats in three competitive matches last year in the Nations League, losing to both Denmark and Croatia in June.
The Dutch have a new mentor. Ronald Koeman taking the reins for a second time after a two-year stint between 2018 and 2020, in which he won 11 of his 20 games in the dugout.
Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane have both announced their international retirement which does leave the home side short of experience.
Memphis Depay will look to counteract any Mbappe involvement and he has been involved in three of Netherlands’ previous five head to head goals (G1, A2).
France have won this match in five of their last six encounters but the Dutch won the most recent tussle.