We have reached the knockout stages of the 2023 Women’s World Cup and on the 7th of August we have a meeting between England W and Nigeria W.
The game will be played at the Brisbane Stadium and England W topped Group D while Nigeria W finished second in Group B.
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England W come into the match having crushed China W 6-1 in their final group fixture. It took England W only 4 minutes to open the scoring and they added a second goal in the 26th minute.
England W led 3-0 at halftime and having conceded from the penalty spot early in the second half, England W scored 3 more goals to record a comfortable victory and top Group D.
England W started their 2023 Women’s World Cup campaign with a less than convincing 1-0 win over Haiti.
A 1-0 win over Denmark W followed and England W were more impressive in that match, scoring early and keeping out their fellow Europeans.
Trends show England W are undefeated in 34 of their 35 most recent matches, including friendlies. In fact, the only loss in that run of 35 matches came in a friendly game against Australia W.
England W won the recent Women’s European Championship and have won 9 of their last 11 Women’s World Cup fixtures.
Nigeria W come into the game on the back of a 0-0 with Republic of Ireland W in Group B and that result was enough to see them cause a shock and finish second in the group.
The big result for Nigeria W was the 3-2 win over hosts, Australia W. Having fallen behind in added time at the end of the first half, Nigeria W managed to equalise before the interval.
Nigeria W took the lead in the 65th minute and added their third goal 7 minutes later to upset the hosts.
Nigeria W started their 2023 Women’s World Cup campaign with a good 0-0 draw against Canada W, who won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Trends show Nigeria W are undefeated in their last 6 games, including friendlies. They won their 3 most recent friendly matches, beating Costa Rica W, Haiti W, and New Zealand W.
However, Nigeria W have won only 2 of their last 10 Women’s World Cup fixtures.
Team news: England W are likely to be without midfielder Keira Walsh due to injury. That means the starting XI should be the same as the win over China W.
Nigeria W are likely to name an unchanged team from the draw with Republic of Ireland W.
Asisat Oshoala of Barcelona and Rasheedat Ajibade of Atletico Madrid will be the biggest threats in the final third.
Nigeria W have done well to get to the round of 16 but this is where their tournament could end.
England W looked back to their best against China W and we expect the Lionesses to win this game without too much difficulty, keeping a clean sheet in the process.