France vs Lithuania Prediction, Tips & Odds – Aug. 09, 2023

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August 8, 2023

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France vs Lithuania Prediction 09.08.2023. FIBA World Basketball Championship is approaching, and the national teams are making their final preparations and practicing additionally. Ahead of us is a friendly match between France and Lithuania.

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France vs Lithuania Odds

France vs Lithuania 1×2: 1.25/18.00 / 3.88

Total points over/under (156.5): 1.89 / 1.88

Handicap (-9.5/+9.5): 1.9/ 1.83

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France Team News

France has sent arguably the strongest team they currently have to the upcoming World Cup. They are in a very difficult group H, where, next to France, there is Canada with NBA players, as well as the always unpleasant team of Latvia and, one might say, the regrettable team of Lebanon. They are led by NBA players Evan Fournier and Rudy Gobert. Athletically and defensively, one of the best teams in the entire tournament. They have been playing together for a long time and are very coordinated.

They played two friendly matches, and first, they defeated Tunisia with a difference of over 50 points, and Montenegro was also defeated with a difference of 11 points. In the last preparatory game, they defeated Venezuela by 19 points. Lessort, who was injured, will not be in the lineup, while Pons took his place.

Fournier is the main attacking option for the French, and he will get a lot of help from the back positions in the form of De Colo and Okobo. However, the greatest strength of the French national team is the central positions and the defensive potential they have under the basket.

In recent years, they played a large number of matches against Lithuania and in most of the matches, they came out as winners. They currently have a much better and more talented team than Lithuania.

🇫🇷 France are going to be très problématique 🔴⚪🔵#FIBAWC x #WinForFrance pic.twitter.com/F0pBij3qmL
— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) June 28, 2023

Lithuania Team News

Lithuania traditionally plays hard and team basketball, and in big competitions, they always go far, regardless of the composition and quality they possess. They did not send all the best players to this championship this year, first of all, a couple of experienced Euroleague names, who have been the backbone of the Lithuanian national team for years, are missing. Grigonis, Lekavicius, and Ulanovas are missing, while the indestructible Mantas Kalnietis retired, and he was one of the main players of the Lithuanian national team for a long time. The team is led by the experienced center duo Valanciunas and Monteijunas, who dominate under the basket. The problem for Lithuania will certainly be the organization of the game, where they expect a lot from Rokas Jokubaitis who, along with Brazdeikis, will be the main attacking option from the back positions.

They are the absolute favorites for the first position in group D, where, in addition to Lithuania, there are also Egypt, Mexico, and Montenegro. They have played five preliminary matches so far, and they beat Jordan twice, then Ukraine, while they beat Georgia very hard, while they were defeated by Finland by points in the last seconds of the match.

Lithuania announced their extended roster for the #FIBAWC with possible further additions to start the training camp 👀#WinForLietuva 🇱🇹 pic.twitter.com/SaBQ1MNrsK
— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) July 12, 2023

France vs Lithuania H2H

26.02.23 – France : Lithuania – 70:63

11.11.22 – Lithuania : France – 65:90

03.09.22 – Lithuania : France – 73:77

Injuries and suspensions

France: –

Lithuania: –