France U23 vs United States U23 Prediction: France to win

The football competition is scheduled to take place this summer during the Olympic Games in Paris, albeit overshadowed by Copa America and EURO 2024. Three players may be older, but this has always been a competition for athletes under the U23 age limit. At Marseille's Orange Velodrome, the hosts of the Games greet their rivals from across the Atlantic, while simultaneously, Guinea and New Zealand want to upend the established Olympic order.

The French national squad does not include a single player who participated in the EURO. Due to his issue with PSG, who declined to send players due to the early start of the season, Thierry Henry had minimal difficulty filling out the team. France won the gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984 as a result of their Olympic performance.

The French national team is undoubtedly talented. The majority of the players are on strong European teams. Though most of the players are from USA clubs, the USA team lacks experience in several important competitions, despite their talent. Since Guinea and New Zealand are also in this group, they may pursue points in those games in order to move on to the next round. We anticipate that France will maintain its lead and win by a margin of two goals or more.

Without a doubt, Thierry Henry and his boys will stop at nothing to capture the gold. This outstanding former player brought in some more seasoned players, like as Lacazette, an Arsenal member, and Mateta from Crystal Palace, for the Paris 2024 initiative. They ought to support France on the podium.

France U23

The 1984 French football team, who had spent years in the Games' wilderness before winning their first and only gold medal to date, were regular knockout competitors in the Olympic men's football event decades earlier.

The hosts of 2024 surprisingly missed out on qualifying for the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 editions before making their maiden participation in the twenty-first century at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games, which ended up being a forgettable event for Les Bleus.

Thierry Henry, the head coach and all-time greatest scorer for Arsenal, is a man who understands how to fight fire with fire. Yes, France crashed out of the group stage after losing to Mexico and Japan, allowing four goals each time.

As the 2024 Olympic hosts, France avoided the ordeal of qualifying and has so far had a scorching friendly run of three wins and two draws in 2024, including a 7-0 thumping of the Dominican Republic earlier this month and a 4-1 thrashing of Paraguay.

Though Henry's team needed a spectacular performance from Michael Olise to salvage a 1-1 draw with Japan last Wednesday, France must be considered among the favorites for at least a podium finish, if not the coveted gold medal, given the impressive quality at their disposal.

United States U23

Brazil's failure to qualify means that a new Olympic champion in men's football will be crowned this summer, and the USA, who won the silver medal back in 2014 and have since seen their female counterparts win four golds, may feel that their time is almost up.

The Yanks, headed by former Yugoslavia young international Marko Mitrovic, needed to win back national dignity after the seniors' miserable Copa America campaign. So, in 2022, they easily won the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which sent them to Paris.

Just by making it to the final, where they crushed the Dominican Republic 6-0 to keep their unwavering hold on the trophy and bring an end to a 16-year ban from the men's Olympic football competition, the USA had already qualified for the Games.

The Stars and Stripes were absent from the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Games after losing in the group stage in 2008. Their warm-up session proved to be a mixed bag, with a 1-0 victory against Paraguay coming after a 2-0 loss to Japan.

The men's Olympic football match between France and the United States on Wednesday will be the first in history. In the women's division, the Yanks defeated Les Bleus 4–2 in London 2012 and went on to capture three gold medals in a row.

Expert Betting Tips

The USA U23 gave up four goals in a game against Mexico U23 in November but scored two goals against France U23 in March. France U23 has scored at least four goals in two of their last three games. Three of the last six international games for USA U23 have ended in losses.

In three of the past six games the USA U23 has played, more than 2.5 goals have been scored. Jean-Philippe Mateta scored two goals in his first two games for France U23 and 19 goals in 39 games for Crystal Palace in the previous campaign. France will score higher than the USA

Les Bleus, who have highly-rated young players in all three areas of the field, should live up to the pre-tournament anticipation in Marseille, even though Henry is endowed with clinical and experienced attackers.