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Victor Dias - August 18, 2023
Sweden vs Australia Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in FIFA Women’s World Cup on Saturday, 19 August 2023.
Sweden impressed everyone with their consistent performances in this World Cup campaign. They began their group stage journey with a 2-1 win against South Africa. Later on, they finished at the top of the table in Group G. They lost to Spain by 2-1 in the semi-final as Olga Carmona Garcia scored the winning goal with just one minute remaining for full time.
At the same time, Australia defeated France on penalties in the quarter-finals. However, the team’s poor performance during the last twenty minutes of the game in the semi-final raised many questions as they lost to England by conceding three goals. Now, they will compete against Sweden for the third place.
The past records show that Sweden have won the last three meetings against this team in two major competitions. These two teams last met back in August 2021 in the Olympic Games and Sweden won by 1-0. In the Algarve Cup as well they won against Australia. It is worth knowing that Sweden have consistently performed well against Australia in the last two decades in various competitions.
Australia won two games in their group stage fixtures. Moreover, they won on penalties against France in the quarter-final. At the same time, Sweden have played well in all their matches and defeated USA and Japan who are ranked 1st and 11th in the FIFA Women’s ranking. On top of that, they won against Australia twice during the Olympic Games held back in 2021. Considering all this, we can back Sweden to win this game.
Sweden have scored at least two goals in four of their last six World Cup fixtures. In the semi-final, Spain scored the winning goal against Sweden in the 89th minute. Therefore, they will likely adopt a defensive game plan. Also, Australia will play cautiously as they conceded two goals against England in the last twenty minutes of the game. At the same time, the Matildas will try every trick to secure the bronze medal as there are one of the host countries of this competition. Therefore, it will be wise to back under 2.5 goals criteria for this game.
In the last two decades, Sweden have won consistently against Australia in various major competitions. It is worth knowing that Sweden are ranked 3rd in the FIFA ranking. Australia struggled to perform against England who are ranked 4th on the table. This shows, that the Matildas have a poor record against teams that are ranked higher than them. A similar pattern was observed in their game against Nigeria as well. Considering all of this, it will be a wise decision to back Sweden will win this game – the odd for this tip will be at 2.55 odd.
Moving on, a good second tip to follow up would be to back under 2.5 goals– the odd for this tip will be priced at 1.95 odd. The main reason for this tip is that both teams will play defensively. This is what they lacked in the semi-finals, especially during the second half of the game. Do note that three of the last five meetings also ended with less than three goals. Including the last game in the Olympics.
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