Japan Women vs Spain Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st July 2023
Japan take on Spain at Wellington Regional Stadium in their third match at the World Cup. The last game of the group stage takes place this coming Monday.
Japan have six points as number two after the first two rounds of group games, with Spain ranked as number one with six points.
Japan came through their first two matches with six points to show from their efforts. Having already secured passage to the next stage, they might take it easy in this third outing.
It has been an impressive World Cup so far for Spain as two wins have left them top of the group. They are through to the next stage, but seek to keep the momentum going.
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Japan Form
Japan look back on their last three matches with three wins to show for their efforts. Against Panama, they were ruthless in a 5-0 win, before hammering Zambia by a similar scoreline. They followed that up with a 2-0 win against Costa Rica in their most recent outing. Japan were able to win five of their previous 10 internationals across all tournaments, while they suffered defeat in five of these outings.
Japan scored 17 while allowing 12 against in the past ten matches in this tournament. They claimed a clean sheet four times on the way.
Spain Form
Spain look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Vietnam, whom they thrashed by 9-0, before Costa Rica got outclassed in a 3-0 win. Most recently, Zambia were on the wrong end of a 5-0 hammering. Spain won nine of their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, while also losing once. Curiously, they didn't draw a single match.
Spain scored 61 goals, conceded zero and managed a clean sheet ten in their previous ten matches in this tournament.
With the results that Spain have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Japan at Wellington Regional Stadium.
Japan Women vs Spain Women Stats
- Japan have won 3 of the last 4 matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Japan have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Japan have won 3 of the last 4 matches
- In 3 of the last 4 Japan matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Japan have not lost 3 of the last 4 matches
- Spain have won 10 of the last 12 matches without conceding a goal
- Spain have scored in 39 of the last 41 matches
- Spain have won 13 of the last 15 matches
- Spain have won 6 of the last 7 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Spain have won the last 7 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
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Japan Women vs Spain Women Betting Tips
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Hinata Miyazawa, who is performing well for Japan. She has found the back of the net two times in her most recent World Cup outings. She'll be out to add more goals against Spain.
The visitors will be looking to Jennifer Hermoso to find the net once again, after managing two World Cup goals for Spain in recent matches.
Spain have no less than eight wins on the bounce.
Japan performed an average of 1.9 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals came out in nine of the last 10 matches Spain played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 4.1 goals themselves during this run. Spain managed ten wins on the trot in the World Cup without conceding a goal.
Surprisingly, Japan only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Spain scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games.
Spain have won to nil in their last six games. Japan managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous six matches across all tournaments.
