Check out the chances of Indian men's hockey team in the Rio Olympics..you can find here the head to head statistics against each team the Indian Men's hockey team is going to play in the Rio Olympics group stage predictions, the recent games and more ..
INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM CHANCES AT RIO :PRE-OLYMPICS STATISTICS
INDIA VS IRELAND
Ireland ranked 12th in the world had a decent 2015 -2016 calendar by qualifying to the Rio Olympics for the first ever time. Their entry to Rio was because of their 5th position at the WHL semi-final and also because of the conducive continental outcome for other teams.The statistics here says a favourable outcome for the Indian team.
Recent Match Statistics between India & Ireland :
2016 - 6 Nation Tournament - India 2 - 1 Ireland
2013 - HWL Qualifications - India 4 - 4 Ireland
Key Player for Argentina: Alan Sothern
GERMANY VS INDIA
The German hockey team are the defending and 4 time Olympic champions ,currently world no.3 just two places ahead of the Indian team.The Indian team lost the most recent match against the German's in the 6 Nation tournament in Spain but had drawn the other two matches.In the Champions Trophy 2016, India was in lead 3 goals to 1 and were forced for a draw by the German's.The statistics says here that there is a slight edge for the German's over the Indian team just because of the last match's outcome.
Recent Match Statistics between India & Germany :
2016 six nation Tournament INDIA VS GERMANY 0-4
2016 champion Trophy Qualifications INDIA VS GERMANY 3-3
2015 World league Qualifications INDIA VS GERMANY 1-1
Key Player for Germany:Christopher Ruhr
ARGENTINA VS INDIA
The Argentina men's hockey team always ensure to give a formidable performance whomsoever they are playing against ,be the world no.1 or world no.10 .To check the head to head match statistics , Argentina hold the thicker edge but considering the recent form the outcome is going to 50 - 50 .The team which manages to hold their nerve's in the pressure is going to take away the 3 valuable points.
Key Player for Argentina: Gonzalo Peilat
Recent Match Statistics between India & Argentina :
2016 - six nation Tournament - INDIA VS ARGENTINA 3-3
2015 - World league Qualifications - INDIA VS ARGENTINA 0-3
2014 - champion Trophy 7th and 8th place - INDIA VS ARGENTINA 2-4
NETHERLANDS VS INDIA
The Netherlands aimed for the London Olympics Gold but had to lose on a 2-1 deficit against the German's .Ranked world no.2 the Netherlands men's team is on a rough patch overseeing their 2015-2016 performance.Although the statistics favors the Indian team .This match will be a real tough encounter between the teams , the statistics says a 50-50 chance for both the teams.
Recent Match Statistics between India & Netherlands :
2015 - Bronze medal match World league - INDIA VS NETHERLAND 5-5 AND 3-2
(Penalty shootout)
2014 - champion Trophy Qualifications - INDIA VS NETHERLAND 3-2
2013 - World league - INDIA VS NETHERLAND 0-2
Key Player for Netherlands- Robert Van der Horst
INDIA VS CANADA
Canada ranked world no.15 , is back in the Olympics after they missed the London Olympics .Canadian hockey team got their tickets into the Rio Olympics by defeating the New Zealand team and finishing 4th place in the FIH HWL semi-finals at Argentina.Also other noteworthy point is that the Canada men's team is also the 2015 PAN american games Silver medalist.Viewing the statistics , the Indian's are the favourite's to win.
Recent Match Statistics between India Vs Canada :
2016 - Sultan Azlan Shah Cup INDIA VS CANADA 3-1
2015 - Sultan Azlan Shah Cup INDIA VS CANADA 5-3
Key Player for Canada : Philip Wright
Group Stage Prediction for Team India:
The Indian men's team are more likely to qualify for the Rio Olympics quater-finals..!
Although the statistics can give a psychological edge to the teams, it is the team which is going to keep themselves calm under pressure and play according to the day's game plan is going to win....!
