Netherlands W vs Portugal W Prediction & Betting Tips - Women's World Cup

Prediction published on 21/07/2023, 11:00  by Devesh Jaganath | Modified on 21/07/2023 at 16:54 in Football Predictions

Group E in the Women's World Cup will get underway this weekend, and the Netherlands will be hoping to get off to a winning start when they take on Portugal on Sunday. This group also features the United States and Vietnam, who will clash on Saturday. The Netherlands come into this competition ranked ninth according to FIFA standings. They were excellent during their qualifying campaign, topping Group C with six wins in their eight matches and beating Iceland in second by two points to secure automatic qualification. Since then, the Netherlands have played eight international friends, recording five wins and three losses in that time. The Dutch Women have gotten the best of this opponent in recent times, winning the last four encounters, with the most recent coming in last year's UEFA Women's Championship, which ended 3-2. 

Meanwhile, Portugal's path to the World Cup was a long one. Currently ranked 21st, they were beaten by the number two side in the world, Germany, in Group H of the qualifiers and had to compete in the qualifier playoffs. Portugal went into the playoffs ranked seventh of the nine teams but managed to overcome higher-ranked opponents, Belgium and Iceland, to keep their hopes alive. Unfortunately, Switzerland and the Republic of Ireland also won their playoff games and gained qualification due to their better ranking, while Portugal had a final chance at the subsequent inter-confederation playoffs. They eventually booked their spot by beating Cameroon 2-0 in the final back in February. Since then, Portugal have fitted in four international friends and won one, drew two, and lost one. While they will go into the match as the major underdogs,