Australia Women vs Ireland Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th July 2023
Australia go up against Ireland in a game played out at Stadium Australia on Thursday. The upcoming clash will be their first outing in the World Cup.
This is the opening match of the group stage for Australia and Ireland with both aiming to secure a good start to the tournament standings. Everyone knows this could be pivotal for a strong tournament.
Australia are expected to have little trouble getting off to a good start to their World Cup campaign. Surely, they make sure their first opponent are left empty-handed at Stadium Australia. As tournament openers go, Ireland couldn't have been dealt a tougher hand than starting off their World Cup campaign against this opponent. At Stadium Australia, even a small defeat would be regarded as a minor triumph.
Australia Women vs Ireland Women Preview
Australia Form
Australia have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Jamaica by 3-0. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 1-0 against Scotland, before claiming three points in a 0-2 win against England. Australia won seven of the their past 10 international matches, while drawing one of those games. Unfortunately, they experienced defeat in two matches.
They scored 15 goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to a clean sheet two time in their previous ten matches in this tournament.
Ireland Form
Ireland suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by USA in a 2-0 defeat. USA also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-0, before Ireland were able to strike back in a 3-2 win against Zambia. Ireland secured five wins in their last 10 internationals in all tournaments, with two being drawn, and three of them ending in defeat.
Ireland average 3.1 goals per game, scoring 31 times, while conceding four. That makes an average of 0.4 per game, with a clean sheet six as well in their previous ten matches in this tournament.
Getting three points on the board as early as possible is essential for everyone at a World Cup. In this particular encounter we expect Australia to come out shining against Ireland.
Australia Women vs Ireland Women Stats
- Australia have won 8 of the last 9 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Australia have won 5 of the last 7 matches without conceding a goal
- Australia have won 8 of the last 9 matches
- Australia have not lost 8 of the last 9 matches
- Australia have scored in 9 of the last 10 matches
- Ireland have not lost 10 of the last 12 matches
- In 6 of the last 8 Ireland matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Ireland matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Ireland have conceded in the last 3 matches in a row
- Ireland have not won 3 of the last 4 matches
Australia Women vs Ireland Women Lineups
Australia Women vs Ireland Women Betting Tips
As the World Cup campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Australia and Ireland in this tournament. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
Australia scored an average of 2.2 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Ireland's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals in these matches.
Australia scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Ireland scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games.
Australia managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Ireland were first on target in five of their last 10 outings.
