New Zealand 7s vs Argentina 7s Prediction: Take New Zealand to win

New Zealand 7s vs Argentina 7s will play Stade de France in the 5th-8th place of the Olympic Games 7s. Both teams will eye a win following a defeat in their last encounter. How will this game end?

New Zealand 7s have had a decent performance into this stage of the Olympics, but they struggled last time out against South Africa 7s. However, the prior encounters to that defeat saw New Zealand 7s secure wins over Japan 7s, South Africa 7s and Ireland 7s. Heading into this game, New Zealand 7s are favorites and will hope they can avoid another defeat here. 

Argentina 7s started the Olympics well, securing wins in the first two games. In their opening game, this team secured a 31-12 victory over Kenya 7s and then defeated Samoa 7s 28-12. However, their encounter against Australia 7s in the third game, but they lost 14-22. However, in their quarterfinal encounter, this team took on France 7s but could not live up to expectations, losing 14-26. Yet, Argentina 7s won their recent games of this encounter, and this should give them the confidence needed to win here despite being underdogs. 

New Zealand 7s are decent in this Olympics, and despite Argentina 7s winning the last two meetings of this fixture, I do not trust them. However, this is going to be a very close encounter, with a tight scoreline expected. Yet, New Zealand 7s are the better at the moment and should win.