Australia Women vs Nigeria Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th July 2023

Australia are getting ready to clash with Nigeria this coming Thursday at Brisbane Stadium. The match is played as one of the games in round two of the group stage at the World Cup.

Following the first round of the World Cup group stage, Australia are number one on three points, while Nigeria have one point as number three.

Australia got their World Cup campaign safely going with a tight 1-0 win in their first outing against Ireland. They would perhaps have hoped for more than one goal, but a clean sheet was satisfying. From that solid base, they enter their match this coming Thursday with heads held high.

It was a drab 0-0 opening to the World Cup which Nigeria delivered in their first match against Canada, but a point is a point. They'll be hoping to be equally tough to break down in this second round encounter.

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Australia Form

Australia look back on their last three matches with three wins to show for their efforts. Against England they won 2-0 and followed that up with a 1-0 win against France, before beating Ireland by 1-0 as well in their most recent outing. Australia have had an impressive record in their last 10 internationals, winning nine of them with one ending in defeat.

Australia go into their next World Cup match, averaging a humble 1.5 per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored a mundane 15 goals, while conceding 11. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Nigeria Form

In their last three matches, Nigeria beat Haiti 2-1, won 0-3 against New Zealand, and drew 0-0 with Canada. Nigeria claimed three wins in their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in six of the games in this run.

Nigeria average 0.6 a game in their last ten outings in this tournament, scoring a total of six goals. They conceded an average of 1.4 per game, for a total of 14 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring three times.

We expect Australia to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low scoring home win. We expect the guests from Nigeria to put up a decent fight.

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Australia Women vs Nigeria 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 Nigeria 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 witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 2.2 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Nigeria, who managed to score 0.6 times in those matches.

Australia scored the first goal of the match in eight of their previous nine games. Interestingly, Nigeria scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games.

Australia have won to nil in three consecutive games. Nigeria have not conceded a goal in two consecutive games. Australia were able to win seven of their matches last 10 matches without conceding a goal.