Hi there welcome to next in series of little previews ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Today we are dissecting the 4 teams in group C; France, Peru, Denmark and Australia. Please do check out the other previews and further previews are upcoming at 6 pm everyday ahead of the first game.

On the face of it, these look to be some of the youngest squads in the tournament. Australia seems to have players from both ends of the spectrum and a good grouping around peak age players. France has probably the lowest median age across all squads in the competition. Peru doesn’t have too many players between 20-25, however, have a good grouping between 25-28.

Looking at the distribution of caps in each squad it looks like all four teams have relatively inexperienced players. Denmark has the most amount of players which have around 25 caps. They also have the familiar trend of having a spike higher up showing a good amount of experienced pros vital in any squad make up. Peru seems to have the most amount of players with experience in their squad which could stand them in good stead to get out the group. The big question for France is will their lack of experience affect them later in the competition.

Finally looking at squad composition France and Australia seem to have the most amount of attackers. France has done this by bringing fewer midfielders Australia by bringing fewer Defenders. Peru seems to have gone a totally different direction to the rest of the team with a squad overloaded with midfielders. Most are attacking midfielders so they should still have goalscoring options.

Now we look at each teams probability of getting out the group and winning the tournament. Finally, we have a group that on the face of it could be quite competitive for second place at least. Denmark is a clear favourite but both Peru and Australia seem to have good outside chances at least according to the bookies. France has a decent chance of winning the whole tournament and is currently 4th favourites, so it will be interesting to see how they do with their young squad.

That’s it for today’s overview let me know your thoughts how far do you think France will go and who you think will get out the group?