The women's national teams of Russia and France will come face to face in the final match. Who will get the gold medals?
Russia (w)
The Russians approach the final match with a 5-match winning streak, although even after the second match, many wrote them off and did not even believe in reaching the playoffs. However, the girls gathered, forgot about the starting failures and began to beat one opponent after another and deservedly made their way to the final. The winning streak began with a victory over Hungary (38-31), and then it went on and on: 28-27 with France, 34-31 with Spain, 32-26 with Montenegro and 27-26 with Norway.
France (w)
Even worse started the French women, who after four rounds had only one victory, and besides it a draw and two defeats. They managed to make it to the playoffs only after the fifth round, in which Victoria defeated Brazil with a score of 29-22. In the playoffs, France started with a confident victory over the Netherlands (32-22), and then prevailed in a very difficult confrontation with Sweden (29-27).
Statistics and figures:
- Russia (w) has won in the last five matches;
- France (w) won in three extreme matches;
- In the group stage, the Russians won with a score of 28-27.
Forecast
Russia and France have already met, at the group stage, and then the match turned out to be equal, but the Russians performed a little better, thanks to which they won a minimal victory. I think that the same game will be in the final, so I bet on the victory of France with a handicap of + 2.5.
