I agree with most of your predictions. Norway is in poor form, but at least on paper they are much stronger than Japan (and let's not forget the fact that Norway finished ahead of the hosts New Zealand). And then, the Sweden x USA, and France x Morocco matches would be very interesting to watch. I checked the odds in various online sources, and most of them are favoring Japan, for their match against Norway. At this point, it is still very difficult to predict which will be the two teams who will qualify for the final.
And Japan did beat Norway 3-1.
For the final I still do not risk guessing, I will make my predictions by stages hehehe, and tell me which prediction you have different from mine? Always good to hear different opinions
Your first prediction goes according to choice, Spain managed to beat Switzerland with a big score and it was a very convincing Spanish performance. With the 5 goals they managed to score as well as other statistics in the first match of the knockout stage it shows that this was not a match of two equal teams, because Spain controlled the match from all sides.
Next, Japan vs Norway, there is no doubt that Japan is the favorite with a very convincing performance in the group phase, and they are also one of the favorites to be champions, I think even though there will be tough resistance from Norway but Japan will be able to win the match to advance to the next round.
These two matches I was pretty confident I would get the result right without any major surprises. The next ones will be more difficult in my opinion
Anyone who has no idea of the women's football team ( as most people only watch men's football), they can take the hint from your prediction, see if the odds also favor the team which you predicted and can place a bet on these matches.
Thanks! If anyone wants to follow my predictions, do a bit of research beforehand to be sure, but these are my bets having watched a lot of this cup
I'm not sure either, but I have no doubt they'll be interesting games.
I thought that Norway would beat Japan, but they are losing. I believe it will be difficult for Norway to reverse this score against Japan.
Just like others, I'm also surprised by Spain's performance (especially against the Swiss game).
Let's see if Spain will continue with this excellent performance in the next games!
I trusted Japan to win because of their good run in the first round, winning all 3 matches, including against Spain 4-0. And Norway did not have a good campaign in the cup, the team was below the level of Japan.
If possible watch some matches because it is very cool to see women's soccer evolving
Your predictions are solely based on FIFA rankings and not the current quality of these female teams. This is because from your predictions most lowly rated teams will lose their games. Relying on the ranking of these teams might not lead to good predictions. For me, I am expecting more surprises from this competition.
The match between Nigeria and England will be explosive. The Nigerian team has a good defense and they have players that can cause havoc on the English side. The English teams seem to be relying much on Lauren. If the Nigerian technical team can be able to handle Lauren James, they can come out with a good result. If she can be stopped from making runs and striking those thunderous shots, I think the other player can be easily handled. The South African and the Moroccan female team also have good potential to win their games.
To be honest I did not use the Fifa ranking for my predictions. I spent several mornings watching the world cup games and with that I made this table of predictions
What are your guesses? As I said above it is always good to hear different opinions to learn more and have other point of view