France v Ireland — Man of the moment Dimitri Payet ready to fire hosts through in Lyon, with Germany and Belgium expected to follow suit

Sunday’s opening last-16 clash sees France and Ireland battle it out in a bid to join Poland, Wales and Portugal in the quarter final stages of Euro 2016.

For Ireland, there’s no pressure, nobody expects them to have enough to cope with the power of France and everything from here on in is a bonus.

Third in Group E behind Belgium and Italy, finishing with four points, was enough for Ireland to progress, while France topped Group A after a couple of late victories ahead of Switzerland, Albania and Romania.

France may have taken a little while to get going, with two of their wins coming late, but they will surely have a few too many gears for Ireland here and are expected to easily dispatch of the plucky side.

Didier Deschamps’ men are as short as 1.50 with Sportsbet.io to win the game in 90 minutes, having only conceded one goal in the group stages.

That’s a bit short for us, but with Ireland unlikely to find the back of the net it’s worth looking at getting that correct score bet landed.

France have scored at least two goals in 10 of their last 12 internationals, so the hosts to win 2–0 or 3–0 look the way to go, with Sportsbet.io pricing those correct scores up at 5.10 and 9.25 respectively.

Dimitri Payet, who had such an impressive domestic campaign with West Ham least season, has continued that form here in France.

He looks like scoring every time he collects the ball and it would be no surprise to see him add to his tally having already netted two this summer.

Payet is 3.86 to open the scoring or 2.57 to score anytime, both with Sportsbet.io, and that looks the way to go.

Elsewhere in Sunday’s games Germany take on Slovakia and Belgium take on Hungary in a bid to reach the last eight of Euro 2016.

Germany are 1.49 to see off Slovakia in normal time and that looks the best bet of the day, with Belgium also expected to book their progression at 1.76.

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