Spain vs. France: 2019 U21 EURO Live Stream, Schedule and Prediction

Spain and France will face off in the semi-finals of the 2019 UEFA European Championship on Thursday.

Group A winners Spain progressed to the last four despite losing their opening match to Italy, while France finished the group stage unbeaten and went through as the best runner-up.

Luis de la Fuente La Rojitas will be hopeful of ending that unbeaten streak as they travel to the Mapei Stadium - Citta del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

These two teams drew 1-1 when they met under friendly conditions in November last year, but the prize of a final spot promises to produce more fireworks this time around.

Date: Thursday, June 27

Time: 8 p.m. BST/3 p.m. ET

Venue: Mapei Stadium - Citta del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Live Stream: Sky Go (UK), Watch ESPN (U.S.), Univision Deportes en Vivo (U.S.)

Preview

France and Spain made it to this stage of the tournament via very different routes. Les Bleuets have looked apprehensive at times and only scored three times in three group games, though they also only conceded twice.

Spain have been a lot more open in their play by comparison and appear to have grown in confidence as the tournament has progressed, smashing Poland 5-0 in the last Group A fixture.

It was during that victory that Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos, 22, reminded everyone of his threat from a set piece:

Ceballos scored Spain's only goal during their 3-1 opening defeat to Italy and is one of two players in De la Fuente's squad who has managed to net in more than one match thus far in Italy.

The other is Pablo Fornals, who recently joined West Ham United from Villarreal and has given his new fans plenty of reason to be excited, via Sky Sports (UK only):

Sylvain Ripoll's France side, however, needed a 95th-minute Aaron Wan-Bissaka own goal to edge England 2-1, and they scored just once in their next 180 minutes of play against Croatia and Romania.

The 0-0 stalemate against an impressive-looking Romania team proved particularly dull and lacking in desire on their part. Though that was understandable given the context of the game, as the Telegraph's Sam Wallace described:

Ripoll may consider two clean sheets against Croatia and Romania to be the main positive from those fixtures, and frustrating Spain could be their best solution if the players are competent enough.

Away from the defence, former Arsenal youngster Jeff Reine-Adelaide—now at Angers—has been one of their more impressive stars with the ball, per Get French Football News:

Spain have featured in three of the past four Under-21 Euros finals. Their historical connection in the competition combined with a capable squad gaining in confidence looks like a winning formula.

Prediction: Spain 2-1 France