Germany vs. France Prediction on August 7, 2024

Match info

The fact that the host nation, France, booked a seat in a train to the quarterfinals at the last minute guarantees an even more exciting elimination phase at the men’s handball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The manner in which it reached the quarterfinals didn’t affect the odds of the latest new bookmakers, who declared France the heavy favorite in a duel at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve d’Ascq, which will start at 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday, August 7, against Germany, even though the latter has collected more points and, generally, shown better performance at the event in the French capital thus far.

Meeting statistics

There was only one thing on the line in Sunday afternoon’s do-or-die match between Hungary and France: fourth place in Group B. Yes, the victor of the match would advance to the quarterfinals and face the other group winner, Germany, but even a draw would’ve sufficed for France. As so, the game had the feel of a round of 16. Hungary was on level terms with France for most of an exhausting, competitive duel. The match was still in the balance in the midst of the second half. However, the Olympic hosts later proved their mettle and won the game 24-20.

On the other hand, Germany didn’t wait for the last round of the group stage to stamp a quarterfinal ticket. They did so by beating Spain 33-31 on Thursday. Germany had three victories and one loss before its match against Slovenia, but after winning on Sunday (36-29) in its final preliminary round appearance, it has also officially guaranteed No. 1 in Group A. Winning the preliminary group appears to warrant an easy quarterfinal draw; however, there’s a very high density in both groups at these Summer Games. France, the reigning Olympic and European champion, is to wait for Germany in the opening knockout match.

Match analytics

As we said, online bookies gave France the role of the favorite by a very large margin compared to Germany. Yet, France played far poorer than Germany in the preliminaries, collecting five points (Germany had eight) and suffering two defeats (along with two wins and one draw; Germany was 4-0-1), which hasn’t happened to them in a while. That’s why we think this is a great opportunity to wager on the outsider’s win and improve your bankroll.

Tip: Germany to win, with odds of 3.50 on Bet365.