1. National teams
  2. UEFA Nations League
Monday 5 October 2026, 20:45 CEST

France v Belgium

59%France
25%Draw
16%Belgium

France ahead.

Tested

France win about 59 times in 100. The other 41: a draw (25) or a Belgium win (16).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 12:56 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals46%
Both teams score45%
Expected goals1.7 v 0.8
Most likely score1-013% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals91%
2 or more goals72%
3 or more goals46%
4 or more goals25%
5 or more goals11%

Exactly

0 goals9%
1 goal19%
2 goals26%
3 goals21%
4 goals14%
5 goals7%
6 or more goals4%

Goals by team

Tested
France: 1 or more82%
France: 2 or more51%
France: 3 or more25%
Belgium: 1 or more54%
Belgium: 2 or more18%
Belgium: 3 or more4%
Both teams score45%
At least one team does not score55%

Winning margin

Tested
France by 3 or more15%
France by 218%
France by 125%
Draw25%
Belgium by 111%
Belgium by 24%
Belgium by 3 or more1%

Result combinations

Tested
France win or draw84%
Either team wins (no draw)75%
Belgium win or draw41%

Clean sheets

Tested
France keep a clean sheet46%
Belgium keep a clean sheet18%
France win without conceding37%
Belgium win without conceding9%
No goals at all9%

The first goal

Model estimate
France score first63%
Belgium score first28%
No goals9%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1530%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: France goals down, Belgium goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
08.75.92.40.60.1·
113.511.74.21.10.2·
212.09.43.91.00.2·
37.05.42.10.60.1·
43.02.40.90.2··
51.10.80.30.1··

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half68%
A goal in the second half74%
France ahead at half-time43%
Level at half-time42%
Belgium ahead at half-time15%
France win the second half47%
Second half level37%
Belgium win the second half16%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half42%
Same goals in both halves28%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
France ahead at half-time, France win38%
Level at half-time, France win19%
Belgium ahead at half-time, France win2%
France ahead at half-time, draw4%
Level at half-time, draw16%
Belgium ahead at half-time, draw4%
France ahead at half-time, Belgium win1%
Level at half-time, Belgium win6%
Belgium ahead at half-time, Belgium win8%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
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Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works