Italy Women vs Argentina Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th July 2023

The spotlight is on Italy and Argentina when they meet in the opening round of the World Cup. Their upcoming group stage match kicks off at Eden Park on Monday.

We are entering the first round of the World Cup group stage with Italy and Argentina hoping this is only the first of many matches coming up.

Italy will be hoping for a raucous crowd at Eden Park, as they attempt to storm out of the blocks to secure three points at the first time of asking.

Should Argentina actually escape with points to their account from the opening match at the World Cup it'll be a massive surprise. Bookmakers expect them to be run over at Eden Park on Monday at Eden Park.

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Italy Form

Italy look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them win two and remain undefeated. They ran out 2-1 winners against Colombia before Morocco, held them to a 0-0 draw. They then beat New Zealand by a 1-0 score. In their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, Italy registered five wins victories, two draws, and three defeats defeats.

Italy enter their next World Cup match, averaging a sensational four goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored a delicious total of 40 goals, while also conceding two. That amounts to an average of 0.2 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring nine times.

Argentina Form

Argentina look in good shape before their upcoming match as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first drewing 1-1 with Venezuela, before they took out the same opponent by a 3-0 scoreline. Most recently they hammered Peru 4-0. Argentina secured five wins in their last 10 internationals in all tournaments, with four being drawn, and one of them ending in defeat.

Argentina are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable nine goals in the past eight outings in this tournament for an average of 1.1 a game. Their opponents scored a total of 23 goals, and while Argentina claimed a clean sheet two, they conceded an average of 2.9 per match times.

Getting three points as quickly as possible is essential in a big tournament like the World Cup, and we expect Italy to do just that. Argentina might put up some resistance but we expect them to falter in the end.

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Italy Women vs Argentina 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 Italy and Argentina 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.

Argentina didn't lose any of their six most recent games.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Italy, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Argentina, who managed to score 1.9 times in those matches.

Surprisingly, Italy only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games.

Argentina have kept their opponents from scoring six times in their previous 10 matches. Meanwhile, Italy have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games.