France vs Norway Prediction & Betting Tips - Men's Olympics Handball

Prediction published on 27/07/2024, 13:00  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 27/07/2024 at 17:43 in Men's Olympics Handball Predictions

Defending champions and hosts France find themselves bottom of Group B in the Olympic Men's Handball tournament. Les Bleus now face Norway who are second in the group. Who'll win this match, read our prediction now.

France won the Olympic title three years ago and also this year's Euros. They missed out on becoming world champions last year when losing in the final to Denmark. The Danes got the better of them again on Saturday beating the French side by an eight-goal margin.

There are still four games remaining and after this match, France face Egypt, Argentina and Hungary. They have only lost three of their last 36 internationals and two of those defeats were inflicted by Denmark, the other by Germany.

France last played Norway in a Golden League match played two years ago. They ran out winners by an eight-goal margin and will be hoping they can bounce back from Saturday's defeat.

Norway got their campaign off to a good start with a victory over Argentina. They won that by five goals but led by seven at the break. The Norwegians are playing in only their third Olympics. They qualified in 1972 but not again until the 2020 (21) tournament where they reached the last eight.

Last year saw them finish sixth in the world championships. It didn't go well in the Euros this year with them being eliminated in the Main Round. They are unbeaten in their last ten matches so this won't be easy for the French. We go for them to win on a -2.5 goals handicap.