Netherlands Women vs Portugal Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd July 2023

Netherlands head into an encouter against Portugal this coming Sunday. Played out at Dunedin Stadium, this is the first of the three outings of the World Cup group stage.

This is the opening match of the group stage for Netherlands and Portugal with both aiming to secure a good start to the tournament standings. Everyone knows this could be pivotal for a strong tournament.

Heading into their opening World Cup group match Netherlands should be capable of dismissing any resistance from their opening opponent. Netherlands will attempt to get through the group stages effortlessly, thus dropping points here is not on the agenda.

Opening the World Cup as such big outsiders for a win, Portugal have little to lose at Dunedin Stadium. This being their first match of the tournament, they'll have plenty of fighting spirit, though.

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Netherlands Form

Netherlands look back on their last three matches with two wins to show for their efforts. Against Germany, they were left empty-handed in a 0-1 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Poland in a 4-1 win. They followed that up with a 5-0 win against Belgium in their most recent outing. Netherlands were able to win seven of their previous 10 internationals across all tournaments, while drawing none. They suffered defeat in three of these outings.

Netherlands scored 26 goals in ten matches, an average of 2.6 goals per game in this tournament. They conceded eight goals, an average of 0.8 per game and held on for a clean sheet four times.

Portugal Form

In their previous three matches, Portugal drew 1-1 with Wales, then played out a goalless draw against England before beating Ukraine 2-0. Portugal achieved a win in seven of their last 10 internationals in all tournaments, while drawing two and being defeated in one defeat of the matches.

Portugal average of 2.7 goals per game, scoring 27 goals in their past ten matches in this tournament. They conceded ten in total, or an average of one per game, achieving a clean sheet four times as well.

Netherlands are scoring freely these days, Portugal are doing just fine in that department as well, and we expect a match with plenty of goalson Sunday.

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Netherlands Women vs Portugal Women Betting Tips

It is the beginning of the World Cup campaign, and both Netherlands and Portugal will be looking for their main strikers in this tournament. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Netherlands, who scored an average of 2.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Portugal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.3 goals in these matches.

Over 2.5 goals came up three times in the previous three encounters between Netherlands and Portugal, as Netherlands scored 4.33 goals on average per game and Portugal averaging 1.34 goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches.

Netherlands scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Curiously, Portugal only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games.

Netherlands managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Portugal were first on target in four of their last 10 outings.