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Liam Foster - July 31, 2023
South Africa vs Italy Predictions and Free Betting Tips from expert tipsters when they go head-to-head in the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Wednesday, 02 August 2023.
South Africa will face Italy in the third match of both nations’ World Cup campaigns in Group G at Sky Stadium. South Africa enters the contest after a thrilling 2-2 draw with Argentina on Matchday 2. They will now aspire for a flawless performance against Italy in order to put themselves in the best possible position to advance to the next round.
Their opponent, Italy, were thrashed 5-0 by Sweden. However, they would now try to bounce back and put up a fight in order to advance to the following round.
This will be marked as the first ever meeting between these two teams.
We are counting on Italy to pull off a win here. They are undoubtedly the better team here, and despite their recent setback to Sweden, they have been in good shape in recent months. Four of their last six matches have resulted in wins.
South Africa, on the other hand, has had a few glimpses in the tournament but has struggled mostly. They are winless in both of their matches thus far in this competition.
We expect goals in this match. In both of South Africa’s two matches in the tournament, there have been more than 2.5 goals scored. Also, five of Italy’s past eight matches, including the last, have ended with over 2.5 goals.
By the looks of things, a high-scoring affair is expected this time out.
Neither of these two teams has had a solid defensive line in this tournament. The hosts have failed to keep clean sheets in both of their matches in this tournament. While the visitors also conceded five goals last time out.
Thus, the chances are quite high for goals to come from either end of the pitch.
Italy are ranked 38 places higher than their opponent and are in respectable shape going into the match. They have won four of their past six matches. Furthermore, South Africa has mostly struggled in this tournament.
A victory for Italy at 1.61 odds will be our main betting pick here considering all the observations.
Furthermore, the both teams to score odds of 1.83 look very attractive. Given both clubs’ poor defensive performances and recent goal participation at both ends of the pitch.
