Wales vs France Prediction: Les Bleus to run riot in Cardiff

France will look to make it two wins from two games in this year's Six Nations when they travel to Cardiff to take on Wales at the Principality Stadium on Sunday (15:10 KO, BBC1, Premier Sports 1, S4C).

Fabien Galthie's team outclassed Ireland in the opening game of the tournament on Thursday, February 5, winning 36-14 in Paris. Two days later, Wales were hammered 48-7 by England, and things are unlikely to improve on Sunday, even with home advantage.

Wales vs France odds

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France -32 (3-way handicap) @ 10/11

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Wales have added Scarlets centre Joe Hawkins and Leicester number eight Olly Cracknell for Sunday's encounter. Rhys Carre and Tomas Francis will also start.

Ben Thomas, Josh Macleod, Nicky Smith and Archie Griffin all drop out of the starting XV, while Aaron Wainwright switches from number eight to blind-side flanker, and Alex Mann moves to open-side.

Head coach Steve Tandy has named five forwards and three backs on the bench, with Ryan Elias and Jarrod Evans coming into the squad.

France centre Fabien Brau-Boirie will make his debut in a new-look midfield. Galthie has had to make two enforced changes, with Nicolas Depoortere and Yoram Moefana both suffering injuries against Ireland. Replacement Kalvin Gourgues came off the bench in the game against Andy Farrell's side and has also picked up a problem.

Brau-Boirie has scored nine tries in 15 games for Pau, so he gets the nod and he is joined in midfield by Emilien Gailleton while lock Thibaud Flament returns to the bench.

A clash with France is the last thing Wales need at this stage of their rebuild and it is nearly three years since they won a Six Nations match. Defensively, they are still all over the place and have conceded 248 points and 34 tries in Tandy's first five games in charge.

Wales conceded 16 penalties against England, their highest in a Test since 2009, and that lack of discipline will haunt them once again against France.

There is so much for Tandy to fix and even if they make improvements, they are still levels below France, even when the visitors are at their worst.

Les Bleus cruised past Ireland and they should be able to rack up the points once again. They have scored at least 41 against Wales in three consecutive matches and have the firepower to make this another bad day at the office for the hosts by half-time.

Louis Bielle-Biarrey to score the first try @ 7/2

Wales's defensive woes mean any one of France's players could score a try this weekend and Louis Bielle-Biarrey is as short as 2/7 to score anytime. There's a lot more value in the first tryscorer market and the 22-year-old will be tough to stop if he finds space.

He scored twice against Ireland last week and if Wales make any errors in possession, expect Bielle-Biarrey to be ready to pounce.

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