Today's game between Sweden and Canada will surely be a compelling performance, and might also be deemed to produce lots of dramatic display between both teams. Both sides have reached the eighth round of this competition by being the second place team in their respective groups. So this will be a game both teams will surely not take lightly so as not to lose a tickets to the quarterfinals of the world women's football championship this year. With Sweden, coach Gerhardsson ended the group stage with a relatively impressive performance, except for the defeat against the the US team, (who eventually top the group) in the last round of the group stage fixture. The Swedish team performed with a very eye-catching gameplay and achieved high efficiency results against Chile and Thailand. Their next challenge is Canada, one of the teams that are considered favorite in this year's competition. Although the Canadian team has not really shown its class, but they are not a team to write off early because the more they progress in the tournament, the more they will be strong and dangerous than ever.
SWEDEN
Swedish women's football in recent years has clearly shown great progress, as evidenced by their presence in the top 10 FIFA rankings in the world and on a growing trend. At the group stage, Coach Gerhardsson's team played an extremely impressive performance to get 2 consecutive victories before being defeated by the group leaders and defending champions USA in the final group stage of the match. So, if the Swedish team keeps the spirit of comfort and a high level motivation like they did in their previous game against Chile and Thailand. Although, their next opponent is a Canadian team that are completely strong defensively, and not easy side to beat, but if they keep their focus 100%, they will surely go past them with ease. Need to know, in the last 2 meetings between this two, Sweden is unbeaten with 1 win,1 draw in their previous encounter. Therefore, if they can play with their best ability, the Swedish team will likely advance to the next round with a positive result.
CANADA
It is no coincidence that Canadian girls are currently ranked fifth in the world rankings right now. Although at the group stage, Heiner-Moller and his players did not perform well as expected in this competition but still they manage to brush aside the likes of Cameroon and New Zealand before succumbing to a defeat against "orange whirlwind", Netherlands. However, the Canadian team are not to be underestimated because once the team returns to the right form, it will be difficult for Sweden or any team to stop them. Although, the team had once gone through this path 4 years ago, with them passing the eighth round to advance to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by the English Ladies. Sweden is now not an easy team to dominate to but the "Les Rouges" has not lost five of their last 6 encounters since 2012 to date against the Swedish team. So, with this fact, if coach Heiner-Mollerand girls play with the right strength, it would not be surprising if Canada filled its name in the next round of the competition.
PRE-MATCH FACT
- Sweden won two and lost one of their three group stage games.
- Canada equally managed six points from two wins and one defeat.
- These sides haven't met at a World Cup since the group stages in 2003.
PREDICTION
Although, its likely that this game will probably end in a draw game between this two teams but I think I will go for the ''Under Goals'' option because the both teams will surely be playing a mindful game. Sweden did 2 wins in the 3 matches played and lost only against a good team like USA. Canada also did 2 wins in the 3 matches played but are coming from a defeat against Netherlands. Therefore, I really don't see both teams creating much of a scoring chances due to how bad they had recently performed against a team of high qualities. So for me I will be banking on the Under 2.5 market and I think this will surely be a good call.
PICK
- Under 2.5 Total Goals @ Odd 1.55
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