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The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, run through Aug. 11 in Paris, France. We’ll review the best bets for Monday. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines for the best bets and prop plays for Monday’s Olympic action, and make our expert Summer Olympic picks and predictions.
Each day we’ll check out the best bets, as well as the top prop plays when applicable.
For Monday, July 29, it’s another day chock full of Olympic action. We have men’s and women’s water polo on the schedule, with men’s beach volleyball, women’s fencing, men’s handball, men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s team archery, men’s and women’s rowing, men’s badminton, men’s and women’s field hockey, men’s and women’s judo, men’s and women’s table tennis, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s boxing, equestrian, sailing, men’s skateboarding, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s rugby, men’s canoeing, women’s swimming, among others.
Medals will be decided in men’s team archery, men’s and women’s air rifle, equestrian jumping team final, men’s mountain bike, men’s synchronized 10m platform final, men’s and women’s judo, men’s canoe final, men’s gymnastics team final, men’s and women’s fencing and men’s and women’s surfing.
Monday’s 2024 Olympics best bets
Odds provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 4:50 a.m. ET.
Men’s handball: HUNGARY -6.5 (+102) vs. Argentina
In Men’s Group B handball action, Argentina and Hungary square off at 3 p.m. ET as both are looking to avenge losses in their respective first group play openers.
Hungary was on the short end of a 35-32 score against Egypt Saturday — which was great news since we backed the African nation laying the 1.5 points.
Egypt built a 19-15 lead at halftime, while Hungary managed just 2 fast breaks. However, it was pretty solid on 7m shots, converting at an 83% (5-of-6) clip. Hungary was also 71% (32-of-45) on total shots, but it struggled from the wing, making just 29% (2-of-7). Bence Imre was the difference maker, like he was in Olympic qualifying, making 7 shots on 10 attempts, including 5-of-6 from 7m.
Argentina lost 36-31 to Norway. Argentina was able to make just 61% (31-of-51) of its total shots, to 77% (36-of-47) for Norway. Argentina was good on fast breaks (3-of-3) and 7m shots (3-of-3), but it struggled from 9m (7-of-16) and along the wing (3-of-7). Argentina also had 3 suspensions (2 minutes), which was its undoing, as Norway didn’t have any. Argentina had just a 12% total saves (5-of-41) percentage, while Norway was much better at 33% (15-of-46).
Diego Simonet paced the team with 5 goals on 9 shot attempts, including 2-of-2 on 6m shots, and 1-of-1 on fast-break attempts.
Let’s BACK HUNGARY -6.5 (+102) to bounce back and level its group play record at 1-1.
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Women’s field hockey — 2-team parlay:
Netherlands ML (-450) vs. Germany
& Australia ML (-230) vs. Great Britain
We’re backing 2 rather heavy favorites here, although pairing both together makes for a rather nice price for the 2-LEG PARLAY (-133).
The Netherlands women (-210) are the heavy favorites to take home the gold medal in this discipline. Australia (+1100) has the 4th-shortest odds on futures, just behind Germany (+1000) and Argentina (+600).
NETHERLANDS opened with a resounding 6-2 win over host nation France Saturday, while Germany blanked Japan 2-0 Sunday. The Dutch will have the advantage of a full day of rest, while the Germans go back-to-back against the toughest team in the field. They’re slated to start at 1:45 p.m. ET.
AUSTRAILIA picked up a 2-1 win against South Africa in Pool B Sunday, while Great Britain was on the short end of a 2-1 defeat against Spain. Both teams are playing on no rest, so the scores might again be rather low in his battle. They’re scheduled to start at 11 a.m. ET.
Let’s back to the table toppers to get the job done.
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Men’s soccer: USA vs. Guinea — Both teams to score: NO (+110)
– This match is Tuesday at 1. p.m. ET.
Team USA suffered a 3-0 loss against host nation France in the opening match, although it held its own against the gold medal favorites for most of the competition. The Americans had a 55%-to-45% possession advantage over Les Bleus, but it couldn’t find the back of the net.
France broke a scoreless tie at 61′, added a 2nd goal at 69′ and tacked on an insurance goal at 85′, but the young Americans didn’t play poorly.
Team USA responded by routing New Zealand 4-1 Saturday. In fact, the Americans had 3 goals in the opening 30 minutes. F Djordje Mihailovic scored on a penalty kick 8 minutes into the match, D Walker Zimmerman scored 4 minutes later and MF Gianluca Busio’s goal at 30′ made it 3-0. MF Paxton Aaronson scored Team USA’s final goal at 58′. New Zealand got on the board late at the 78-minute mark.
With each team having one game left in pool play. France (2-0-0) is in first with 6 points and a 4+ point differential. US and New Zealand are 1-0-1 (win, draw, loss) with 3 points each, but US has a 0 point differential to New Zealand’s -2. Guinea is 0-0-2, also with a -2 point differential.
Guinea lost 1-0 to France Saturday, and 2-1 to New Zealand Wednesday.
Look for USA to show well again, while keeping a clean sheet, too.
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