Hungary vs Denmark Prediction & Betting Tips - Men's Olympics Handball

Prediction published on 01/08/2024, 03:53  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 01/08/2024 at 04:53 in Men's Olympics Handball Predictions

Denmark are the world champions and are going well in their quest to become Olympic champions too. They are already in the last eight and take on Hungary in their penultimate group match. Read our prediction for this match.

Hungary are in fourth place in this group, the final qualifying spot for the quarter-finals. They are playing in the Olympics for the first time since London 2012. Five times they have finished in fourth place in the Games but will do well to match that in Paris.

After three group fixtures they have just two points and they began the group with a loss to Egypt. Their one win came against Argentina and on Wednesday they led Norway by two goals but ended up losing by a single goal. Three of their last four games have been lost.

Denmark are the world champions and won that tournament three times in a row. In the last Olympics and this year's European Championships, they only won the silver medal. France beat them in both the finals they lost but the Danes got revenge last week.

They beat France by an eight-goal margin after being only one ahead at the break. That excellent win was followed by a victory over Egypt. They'd love another dominant first half performance here as they scored 19 in that period against the Egyptians.

A third win came on Wednesday when they beat Argentina by 11 goals, again scoring 19 in the first half. That has guaranteed their place in the knockout stages but have Norway to play on Sunday and that is likely to decide who wins the group.

Denmark beat Hungary in the last Worlds and we tip them to win again and defy a -5.5 goals handicap.