Jason Collins
Dailysports's expert
Spain W
Belgium W
On August 7, Spain W - Belgium W will play their quarterfinal meeting at the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament. Dailysports experts offer their exclusive prediction for this clash.
Spain W
For the Spaniards the Olympics are going well so far, the team started the tournament with a hard-fought victory over the Chinese, it went to overtime, where they managed to win 90:89. Then, unexpectedly difficult was the match against Puerto Rico, which can be attributed to the underestimation of the opponent, here, too, the victory with a difference of one point - 63:62.
In the last round there was a battle for first place in the group against strong Serbia, which was won with a score of 70:62. Although the Spaniards have only won so far, they don't look flawless, they need more concentration.
Belgium W
The Belgians had an openly weak group stage, in the first match the team lost to Germany - 69:83, although they were considered a big favorite. Then they logically lost to the powerful Americans - 74:87.
The last match was actually a battle for third place in the group, where they managed to defeat the Japanese with a score of 85:58. Only thanks to additional indicators in the ranking of third places managed to get through to the quarterfinals. Even despite the poor results, Belgium is able to improve and compete for medals at this tournament.
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head meetings
- The teams played less than a month ago a friendly match, then Belgium confidently won 76:58.
- In all matches involving Belgium in this tournament scored more than 140 points, the Spaniards have only one such meeting.
- Quotes for the match are as follows: W1 - 2.93, W2 - 1.41.
Spain W vs Belgium W Prediction
A difficult and unpredictable battle is expected, initially there was no favorite in this pairing, but now the odds on Belgium have dropped significantly, even despite the weak game at the group stage. I bet on a total of more than 134.5 points, the game should not be hopelessly boring.
