France v USA Tips - Olympic Football Betting Predictions Paris 2024 Olympics

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The Olympic football tournament gets underway today, two days before the opening ceremony, as is the usual case.

We’ve got games all day, but right at the end of the day, we have the best, with hosts France taking on the USA.

This promises to be a really good game, we’ve taken a look at UK betting sites and put together a great offer for the game, plus a bet builder for those who are looking to find France v USA tips to follow.

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We have put together a bet builder for the game, picking out three selections from this and combining them in a multiple bet, a great way to enhance the odds of your bet, without going too outrageous with your selections.

Over 2.5 Goals

France have named a strong side for this home tournament. While this has not always worked out for host nations – think of Team GB back in 2012 – I think France will fancy their chances of getting off to a winning start and doing it in some style.

Michael Olise, Alexandre Lacazette, Desire Doue and Jean-Philippe Mateta are some of the bigger names in the squad that either head into the tournament looking to make a name for themselves and are in form, or have something of a point to prove. That’s a lot of attacking talent, and I think it will be too much for an under-strength USA side.

Both Teams to Score – No

This is the first time the USA has entered a team into the Olympics since 2008, so we don’t totally know what to expect from Marko Mitrovic’s side. Fifteen of the 18 players named in the squad have senior international experience so it’s not a totally green set of players but they are short on attacking threat and France will be looking for a comfortable win.

Jean-Philippe Mateta to Score

Mateta is one of the selected overage players in the France squad, selected by head coach Thierry Henry on the back of a superb season for Crystal Palace in which he scored 19 goals – 16 of which came in the Premier League.

As he is one of the overage players, I am sure he will start and hope to form a potent partnership with captain Lacazette. I think that could be a good partnership but Mateta could be one player who really enjoys himself over the next couple of weeks.