Argentina v Morocco Betting Tips [24 July 2024]
Football - Men's Olympic Tournament
24 July 2024 9:00
The match
A week after their senior team won the Copa America title, Argentina’s juniors will be vying for the Olympics football gold. Playing in Group B, Argentina U23 will start their campaign against Morocco U23 on Wednesday. Read on for the match’s stats and a prediction.
Following Brazil’s failure to qualify, Argentina will hope to be the fifth CONMEBOL team to win the Olympic gold in six tournaments. They have what it takes, led by Javier Mascherano, a proven winner as a player. The coach has Julian Alvarez in his team, the Manchester City man fresh from winning the Copa America.
Another key player will be the experienced Nicolas Otamendi, also drawn from the 2024 Copa America winning squad. Argentina will be seeking their third Olympic gold after back-to-back wins in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Morocco, the reigning Africa U23 champions have a tough task to reintroduce them to the Olympic Games. They missed the last edition. This will be the eighth time they take part in the competition and will be hoping to make a podium appearance for the first time.
While in terms of profile they can’t get close to Argentina, Morocco will ride on inspiration from their senior team’s run at the 2022 World Cup. Coach Tarik Sektoui has an array of players who ply their trade in top leagues. Among them are PSG's Achraf Hakimi and Abdessamad Ezzalzouli of Real Betis.
While they are the underdogs here, Morocco will want to prolong Argentina’s recent Olympic Games woes. Argentina failed to make it past the group stages in the last two editions.
Key Statistics
- Morocco U23 have three losses in the last five matches.
- Argentina U23 are unbeaten in their last seven matches.
- 22 goals were scored in Argentina U23’s last five matches.
- Two of Morocco U23’s last four matches had three or more goals.
- In their last 12 Olympic Games matches, Morocco managed just one win.
The bet of our experts
Argentina will be keen to exorcise the ghosts of the last two Olympic Games they participated in, failing to go past the group stages. That calls for a good start here and Morocco shouldn’t be an opponent to trouble them.
Going into this game, Argentina have a good run even though they’ve been conceding a lot. Morocco, as seen in their recent matches, look bound to struggle. Our prediction for Argentina U23 v Morocco U23 is for Argentina to win and over 2.5 goals.
