Paris 2024 Men’s Soccer QF: France vs Argentina Prediction

Tensions High Between the Sides

In a budding soccer rivalry, hosts France take on Argentina in the men’s Olympic soccer Quarter-Final on Friday. The senior sides met in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final and Argentina defeated France in penalties after a 3-3 draw.

In the meantime, Argentina have stirred controversy by singing a racially-charged song that refers to the French team. We expect those tensions to boil over into this U23 match, especially with the fans in the stands. After three straight wins, our men’s Olympic soccer: France vs Argentina prediction is that Les Bleus will win again.

We’re taking a 2-1 France win at +800 odds.

Men's Soccer Olympics . Friday, August 2nd, 2024, 3:00 PM ET | Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

France 3-0-0 9pts

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Argentina 2-0-1 6pts

Pick France Win 2-1 (+800)

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France vs Argentina Recent Scores

Making a Men’s Olympic soccer: France vs Argentina prediction is difficult because this is the first meeting between the two sides in their U23 Olympic history.

France vs Argentina Betting Preview

France Preview

With their place in the Quarter-Finals booked with a game to spare, France coach Thierry Henry rotated his squad for the final group stage match. Stars Alexandre Lacazette, Michael Olise, Guillaume Restes, and Loic Bade all started on the bench.

Regardless, France grabbed a 3-0 win over New Zealand to finish the group stage with a third straight clean sheet. Seven different Les Bleus players also got on the scoresheet during the group stage and this is a team with tons of individual talent.

Before the 3-0 win over New Zealand, France took down Guinea 1-0 and beat the USA 3-0. In 2024, France U23 are unbeaten and they’ve scored in every match they’ve played. France are the Olympic soccer team with the shortest outright odds to win the gold medal, at +150.

Argentina Preview

Argentina thought they had rescued a point in their opening match against Morocco. However, a two-hour delay due to a pitch invasion prompted a VAR review which found an offside.

Javier Mascherano’s side fell 2-1 to Morocco but managed to bounce back to finish in second place in Group B. Thiago Almada, Luciano Gondou and Ezequiel Fernandez were all on target in the subsequent 3-1 victory over Iraq. However, striker Lucas Beltran went off injured in the match.

Beltran played a few minutes as a substitute on Tuesday in Argentina’s 2-0 win over Ukraine. Almada was on target again and he’s the danger man for this Argentina side. Defenses also have to pay a lot of attention to Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez.

Argentina U23 are 8-4-3 in 2024 and have lost two of their last four matches, in all competitions.

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France vs Argentina Odds Breakdown

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-0.5 -123-123+374O2.5 Ev

+0.5 +103+238–U2.5 -130

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-0.5 -118-118+232O2.25 -119

+0.5 -102+339–U2.25 -101

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-0.5 -114+117+244O2.5 -130

+0.5 -112+204–U2.5 -106

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-0.5 -110-110+250O2.25 -119

+0.5 -110+310–U2.25 -101

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The latest men’s Olympic soccer odds list France as +105 favorites to win Friday’s match in normal time. Meanwhile, bettors can back Argentina at +270 or a draw at +240.

France to advance to the Semifinal, whether in 90 minutes, extra time, or penalties, is priced at -188. Meanwhile, Argentina show +138 odds to advance to their first Olympic Semifinal since winning gold in 2008.

Argentina +0.5 also comes in at -125 odds while the over/under goal total is at 2.5. Also, both teams to score sits at -110 odds.

France vs Argentina Final Score Prediction

No team has managed to shut out France in 2024 and we expect that will continue on Friday. Olise and Lacazette both created something out of nothing in the match against the USA and it’s a luxury for Les Bleus to have players that can bail them out.

France are also yet to concede a goal but we think Argentina have enough quality to end their clean-sheet streak. It’s just that France has more game-changers on their team and they’ll have the backing of a lively home crowd. Our men’s Olympic soccer pick is a 2-1 France victory at +800 odds.