Captain Hugo Lloris has had to pull out through injury along with Adrien Rabiot, Theo Hernandez and Boubacar Kamara. Lucas Digne was brought in but has subsequently withdrew as he picked up an ankle injury. Regular French squad members such as N'Golo Kante and Kingsley Coman are also injured, giving the opportunity for other inexperienced players to come in and stake a claim to the French team ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Ralf Rangnick will be without Konrad Laimer for their game against the French, as well as Valentino Lazaro and Sasa Kalajdzic, who suffered a ACL on his debut for Wolves earlier in the month.
France could be relegated from League A if they lose against Austria, and would mean they would have lost all their Nations League games at home. Olivier Giroud should start after an impressive start to the season and could partner Kylian Mbappe in Karim Benzema's absence. Austria will remain in League A if they can beat France. The last time they played it ended 1-1, and the Austrians would certainly take that result if they could. 2:1