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Victor Dias - July 21, 2023
Zambia vs Japan Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in FIFA Women’s World Cup on Saturday, 22 July 2023.
Japan are looking prepared ahead of their first group stage game. They are clubbed in Group C against Costa Rica, Spain and Zambia and have all the qualities to finish at the top of the table. They will aim for a victory as they take on Zambia in their first match.
On the other hand, the last time Zambia played in a major competition was nearly a year ago. It is worth knowing that they are the champions of the COSAFA Cup Women 2022 as they defeated South Africa by 1-0 last year.
It is important to note that both teams will be playing against each other for the first time. The main concern for Zambia is that they have played in only friendly games since the beginning of this year. This will likely affect their preparation against Japan who are ranked 11th in the FIFA Women’s Ranking.
We are backing Japan to win this game. They played well against Canada in the SheBelieves Cup earlier this year. Not to mention that they have had a good campaign in the EAFF E-1 Football Championship which was held a year ago.
We can back both teams to score in this game. The main reason is that Zambia scored three goals against Germany in a friendly game last time. On the other hand, Japan demolished Panama by scoring five goals last time as well.
You can back the following, as our first tip is that Japan -1.5 Asian Handicap– the odd for this tip will be priced at 1.900 odd. They recently scored two goals against Portugal in a friendly game. Moreover, in the SheBelieves Cup, they scored three goals against Canada. Therefore, we can back Japan to score at least two goals against Zambia.
Moving on, our second tip for this game is that both teams will score– the odd for this tip will be priced at 1.61. The main reason for this tip is that Zambia have scored in all their friendly games against top European teams starting in June. Not to mention that Japan are in good goal-scoring form as well.
