Basketball Olympics, group stage, Sunday, 04.08.2024, 17:15
This Germany USA betting tip does not refer to the men’s basketball tournament, but to the women’s tournament! Because you may also have heard about the DBB women’s successes so far.
The Germans have already booked their place in the quarter-finals! Even if I personally don’t quite believe in a sensation, both the Germany USA odds and the impressions so far at least encourage me to place a “compromise bet” in the last group game
Just like the men’s team, the women’s team will spoil German basketball fans at the Olympics with many successful shots and a place in the quarter-finals.
With the men’s team, you could be forgiven for thinking that this success was already on the cards given the recently won World Championship in the fall of 2023. But for the women?
After all, the DBB women have never been represented at an Olympic Games before and have only ever been granted the right to compete at world championships when they have hosted them
The two opening victories over Japan and Belgium are therefore all the more surprising.
However, selling the success over the Asians as a sensation would be too much of a good thing, as the DBB women were given odds of around 1.70 to win at 75:64 by the bookmakers.
However, the subsequent triumph over Belgium was indeed a sensation! The Bet365 app paid out impressive odds of around 5.75 for the German basketball players’ commanding 83:69 victory.
To put this in perspective: The recently published Germany USA odds for a victory for the Europeans are around the astronomical value of 21.0.
As with the men, the US women are the absolute top favorites to win gold. After all, the best basketball in the world is still played in North America, regardless of gender.
Several German players such as Satou Sabally (Dallas Wings), Nyara Sabally (New York Liberty) and Leonie Fiebich (New York Liberty) are also under contract in the WNBA.
Emily Bessoir and Lina Sontag, on the other hand, play for the UCLA Bruins in the equally high-quality NCAA.
So the fact is that a large proportion of the DBB women play in the USA.
It may come as a surprise that they are suddenly performing so well as a collective, but based on their individual skills, this success was long overdue.
For my Germany USA betting tip, I watched a few of the US women’s games and came to the conclusion that they are chronically overrated by sports betting providers due to their status.
However, I can’t blame the bookmakers for that, as the entire squad plays in the WNBA and should be able to show up their opponents at will.
While the win against the physically smaller Japanese was impressive with a clear 102:76, the victory over Belgium was closer than that of the DBB women against the same opponent, with a 13-point difference.
And this despite the fact that the USA were given odds of 1.01 by the bookmakers in the run-up to the game
I’m deliberately taking a bigger risk in my Germany USA betting tip.
A win bet on the underdog would be too risky for me, but with a generous handicap advantage, the DBB ladies should end up ahead on your betting slip.
Betano Sportwetten is offering excellent odds of around 1.72 on this if the DBB women can maintain a lead of +21.5 points from the tip-off to the finish line
In addition, there is the famous momentum that the Eagles clearly seem to have in their favor.
While their performances are showered with praise in the media, the criticism of the USA is getting louder and louder, especially after their narrow victory over Belgium.
Consequently, I would not attach too much importance to the test match against the United States, which the DBB team lost 57:84 around two weeks ago.
The USA will probably be too strong again, but the difference in points on the scoreboard should only be half as big this time.
Conclusion: This is a classic match in which it is only worth hoping for a surprise given the current Germany-USA odds.
In my opinion, the Americans are not in a position to repeat their success of just under two weeks ago against this confident German team.
On the other hand, the recent victory over Belgium has boosted the DBB team so much that I would trust them to do almost anything on Sunday.
My Germany USA tip: GER wins with handicap +21.5.
