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Olympic Games Men's Football | Group Stage
Jul 27, 2024 at 6pm UK
Stade Velodrome

N Zealand U23s
1 - 4
USA U23s

Randall (78')
Sutton (65')
FT(HT: 0-3)
Mihailovic (8' pen.), Zimmerman (12'), Busio (30'), Aaronson (58')
Tessmann (45+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Olympic Games Men's Football clash between New Zealand and USA, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

All competitions
Last Game: Guinea U23s 1-2 N.Zealand U23s
Wednesday, July 24 at 4pm in Olympic Games Men's Football
All competitions
Last Game: France U23s 3-0 USA U23s
Wednesday, July 24 at 8pm in Olympic Games Men's Football

We said: New Zealand 1-1 USA

Despite getting beat by France, the USA should avoid defeat against a side motivated to notch consecutive triumphs. With New Zealand not possessing individual quality at Les Blues' level, Mitrovic's side should notch their first goal of the competition and concede fewer than their tournament-opening loss. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a New Zealand Under-23s win with a probability of 47.47%. A win for USA Under-23s had a probability of 29.28% and a draw had a probability of 23.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a New Zealand Under-23s win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.35%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.87%) and 2-0 (6.96%). The likeliest USA Under-23s win was 1-2 (7.11%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.58%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood.

Result
New Zealand Under-23sDrawUSA Under-23s
47.47% (8.126 8.13) 23.25% (-0.282 -0.28) 29.28% (-7.851 -7.85)
Both teams to score 61.29% (-1.967 -1.97)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
60.12% (-1.338 -1.34)39.88% (1.331 1.33)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
37.76% (-1.401 -1.4)62.24% (1.394 1.39)
New Zealand Under-23s Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
82.91% (2.852 2.85)17.08% (-2.858 -2.86)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
52.73% (4.818 4.82)47.27% (-4.823 -4.82)
USA Under-23s Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
73.91% (-5.095 -5.1)26.08% (5.089 5.09)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
38.86% (-7.378 -7.38)61.13% (7.372 7.37)
Score Analysis
    New Zealand Under-23s 47.47%
    USA Under-23s 29.28%
    Draw 23.25%
New Zealand Under-23sDrawUSA Under-23s
2-1 @ 9.35% (0.855 0.86)
1-0 @ 7.87% (1.124 1.12)
2-0 @ 6.96% (1.515 1.52)
3-1 @ 5.51% (0.941 0.94)
3-0 @ 4.1% (1.172 1.17)
3-2 @ 3.7% (0.136 0.14)
4-1 @ 2.43% (0.593 0.59)
4-0 @ 1.81% (0.631 0.63)
4-2 @ 1.64% (0.198 0.2)
Other @ 4.11%
Total : 47.47%
1-1 @ 10.58% (0.050000000000001 0.05)
2-2 @ 6.28% (-0.348 -0.35)
0-0 @ 4.46% (0.269 0.27)
3-3 @ 1.66% (-0.196 -0.2)
Other @ 0.27%
Total : 23.25%
1-2 @ 7.11% (-1.113 -1.11)
0-1 @ 5.99% (-0.546 -0.55)
0-2 @ 4.02% (-1.076 -1.08)
1-3 @ 3.19% (-1.094 -1.09)
2-3 @ 2.81% (-0.636 -0.64)
0-3 @ 1.8% (-0.851 -0.85)
1-4 @ 1.07% (-0.6 -0.6)
2-4 @ 0.95% (-0.4 -0.4)
Other @ 2.34%
Total : 29.28%

How you voted: N.Zealand vs USA

New Zealand
24.5%
Draw
20.8%
USA
54.7%
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