France vs Belgium Preview

France vs Belgium

Competition – Nations League

Stadium: Stade de France

Date: 5th October 2026

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Stade de France hosts the Group 1 summit on Monday, with leaders France facing a Belgium side just a point behind and still searching for a first result against them in this sample. France’s run has cooled after back-to-back wins, drawing 1-1 at home with Italy in their most recent Nations League outing. Before that, a 1-0 away win over Belgium had followed a 1-0 away win over Turkey the game before. Further back, a 4-6 home defeat to England preceded a 0-2 home defeat to Spain to open the sample. Across these five matches France have taken two wins, a draw and two losses, with the England game their highest-scoring result by some distance.

Belgium’s run has been stop-start, beating Turkey 3-0 at home in their most recent outing. Before that, a 1-0 home defeat to France had followed a 2-0 away win over Italy the game before. Further back, a 2-1 away defeat to Spain preceded a 4-1 away win over USA to open the run. Across these five matches Belgium have taken three wins and two losses, with the USA game their most emphatic scoreline.

France have won every meeting in this sample, five from five, with Belgium yet to take a point off them across the run. The most recent meeting finished 1-0 to France away at Belgium just last month, continuing their dominance in this run. Stade de France hosts Monday’s game, a ground where France have already beaten Belgium twice in this sample — 2-0 in September 2024 and 1-0 in the Euro 2024 meeting that took place in July — with 2-1 and 3-2 wins away in 2024 and 2021 completing the picture.

France sit top of Group 1 on seven points, one clear of second-placed Belgium. A win for Belgium at Stade de France would take them to nine points and above France at the top of the group.

France’s home clash with Belgium will be shown domestically on TF1, TF1+, Molotov and myCANAL, with Belgian coverage also running on DAZN Belgium, VTM, Proximus Pickx, RTL TVI, RTL Play and VTM GO. UK viewers can catch it on Amazon Prime Video, and it’s also available in the US via fuboTV and ViX.

Stake

Possible Lineups

France

4-3-3

HOME

Belgium

4-3-3

AWAY
M
Maignan
L
Lammens
T
Truffert
U
Upamecano
J
Jacquet
K
Kalulu
DC
De Cuyper
M
Mechele
N
Ngoy
C
Castagne
R
Rabiot
DC
Da Cunha
C
Cherki
DB
De Bruyne
T
Tielemans
V
Vanaken
D
Doue
D
Dembele
O
Olise
G
Godts
DK
De Ketelaere
L
Lukebakio

France — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
= France 1-1 Italy Nations League 02.10.26
✓ Belgium 0-1 France Nations League 28.09.26
✓ Turkey 0-1 France Nations League 25.09.26
✕ France 4-6 England World Cup 18.07.26
✕ France 0-2 Spain World Cup 14.07.26

Belgium — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ Belgium 3-0 Turkey Nations League 02.10.26
✕ Belgium 0-1 France Nations League 28.09.26
✓ Italy 0-2 Belgium Nations League 25.09.26
✕ Spain 2-1 Belgium World Cup 10.07.26
✓ USA 1-4 Belgium World Cup 07.07.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Belgium 0-1 France Nations League 28.09.26
Belgium 1-2 France Nations League 14.10.24
France 2-0 Belgium Nations League 09.09.24
France 1-0 Belgium Euro 01.07.24
Belgium 2-3 France Nations League 07.10.21

Where to Watch

🇫🇷 France
TF1TF1+MolotovmyCANAL
🇧🇪 Belgium
DAZN BelgiumTF1VTMProximus PickxRTL TVITF1+RTL PlayVTM GO
🇬🇧 Great Britain
Amazon Prime Video
🇺🇸 USA
fuboTVViX
🇩🇪 Germany
DAZN Germany
🇪🇸 Spain
DAZN Spain
🇮🇹 Italy
SKY Go ItaliaSky Sport UnoNOW TV
🇵🇹 Portugal
Sport TV1Sport TV MultiscreenMatch Player
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Ziggo GoZiggo Sport 2
🇵🇱 Poland
Polsat Sport 1Polsat Box Go
TV Channel
Streaming
Radio

Table

Group 1 Standings

Pos. Team MP W D L GF GA GD P Form
1 France 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 7
DWW
2 Belgium 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 6
WLW
3 Italy 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
DWL
4 Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0
LLL

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