Women’s Olympic soccer tournament, group stage, Thursday, 25.07.2024 at 19:00
It’s on! And we don’t have to wait long for the “ball to roll” at the Olympics. Because the men’s and women’s soccer tournaments start even before the actual opening ceremony!
In the women’s soccer tournament, of course, we have to keep our fingers crossed for the DFB ladies. For my part, however, I’m trying to get a penny or two rolling into my wallet on the second day of the competition with a promising Nigeria Brazil bet
There are small but subtle differences between the men’s and women’s tournaments that are worth working out. Only then will you understand why the women’s tournament is more important!
The men’s tournament has an age limit of under 23, with three exceptions per team, while the women’s tournament has no age restrictions.
The men also qualify via U-23 tournaments, the women via their continental championships.
As a result, men’s soccer at the Olympics is perceived as significantly less prestigious compared to the World Cup, whereas it is “almost” the other way around for women’s soccer
This Olympics features the best that women’s soccer has to offer. The competition is so fierce that a country like Brazil can only be counted as one of the extended favorites for Olympic gold.
The squad is certainly filled with some strong players who are under contract in the American NWSL and the Spanish Liga F. The absolute superstar is and remains Marta, of course, but the 38-year-old is no longer in her prime.
The same applies to 36-year-old defender Tamires, who is now earning her money back home.
In my opinion, the fact that half of the squad plays in the comparatively weaker Brazilian league rightly removes them from the circle of absolute top favorites
Nigeria, on the other hand, will find it much harder than Brazil to qualify for the knockout phase.
There is no doubt that the Africans have world-class midfielders in Toni Payne (Everton), Christy Ucheibe (Benfica), Jennifer Echegini (PSG) and Rasheedat Ajibade (Atlético Madrid).
However, they lack a reliable finisher with a Niclas Füllkrug-style scoring instinct, especially up front.
The Super Falcons’ lack of penetration coupled with their defensive-minded style of play has meant that they have failed to score more than one goal per game in any of their last five international matches
Nigeria are undoubtedly one of the strongest teams on the African continent, but against strong nations from the rest of the world, it is obvious how difficult their offense has found it to get going.
The 1-0 defeat in the dress rehearsal against Canada around a week ago is just another indication that the “Super Falcons” defend well, but simply don’t score often enough.
What’s more, although the Nigerians reached the knockout phase of last summer’s World Cup, they failed to score in three of their four competitive matches
Brazil, meanwhile, travel to France with the confidence of a side who have won 9 of their last 11 internationals, including against Japan in April at the She-Believes Cup 2024.
The Nigeria Brazil odds for this first group game, which are available on virtually every sports betting app, accurately reflect the actual balance of power.
I rate the Brazil odds of 1.50 for an opening three-pointer as “fair”, although this also applies to the Nigeria odds of around 5.25.
The Nigerians will not be without a chance
I have exactly two Nigeria Brazil tips for you, which you can submit to the bookmaker of the same name using the Neobet new customer bonus.
In my opinion, the “safest” option is to place a simple under-2.5-goal bet, which promises above-average odds of around 2.00 on the betting markets
Furthermore, I would recommend sports betting fans with an increased risk appetite not to leave it at a simple win bet on the South Americans.
In my opinion, BRA winning to zero at odds of around 2.45 seems to be exactly the right answer to the offensive weakness of the “Super Falcons”.
Incidentally, the last time the two nations met at the Olympics was in 2008 in Beijing, where the Brazilians deserved to win 3:1.
Conclusion: The bookmakers’ under-2.5-goal odds are already high enough to be able to take the bet immediately and without hesitation.
Brazil will have to toil for a long time before they manage to score any promising goals.
But if you’re desperately looking for even higher winnings, I would advise you to bet on the South Americans to win by a narrow margin of one goal instead.
Especially as I think the most likely outcomes are 0:1 and 0:2
My tip: Under 2.5 goals
