As part of the 4th round of the group stage of the OI-2020, South Africa will compete with Germany. Will the Africans be able to resist?
South Africa
South Africa still has a theoretical chance of reaching the playoffs, but this requires not only positive results, but also luck. If the Africans beat Germany, and then win against Canada, and Germany loses to the Netherlands, then South Africa will be in the playoffs. In principle, the situation is real, but the last thing I believe is that the Africans will defeat the Germans, because they lost in the previous three rounds, conceding a total of 17 goals with eight scored.
Germany
But Germany depends only on itself, or rather, on its results - to reach the playoffs, it is enough for it to score at least one point in the two remaining rounds. On the eve of the fourth match, the Germans have six points, which were scored thanks to victories over Canada (7-1) and Great Britain (5-1). And there was also a defeat that fit between two victories-1:3 from the Belgian national team.
Statistics and figures:
- South Africa lost in all three games;
- Germany has two wins with one defeat;
- Germany won against South Africa in all four face-to-face battles.
Forecast
If Germany can lose and it will not be a disaster, then a defeat for South Africa will be equal to relegation from the tournament. Given the increased motivation, I propose to put more than 1.5 on the individual total of Africans.
