Match Preview: France vs Sweden
France arrive at MetLife as the tournament's most fearsome attacking force, having swept Group I with a perfect record and 10 goals. Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele have four apiece, Desire Doue and Bradley Barcola have also found the net, and the depth means France can hurt Sweden from any angle. The model makes them -375 favourites and projects roughly 4-1; the only genuine question is the margin, not the winner.
Sweden scraped in as one of the best third-placed teams on four points, recovering from a 5-1 demolition by the Netherlands to edge Tunisia and hold Japan. Alexander Isak's three assists and Viktor Gyokeres' movement give them a puncher's chance to grab one, and knockout tension can flatten favourites for spells. But over 90 minutes France's quality and finishing should tell — expect Sweden to score, expect France to score more, and expect Les Bleus into the last 16.

