Nigeria vs France Prediction & Betting Tips - Womens World Cup

Prediction published on 13/06/2019, 22:07  by Donal Kearns | Modified on 16/06/2019 at 18:38 in Womens World Cup Predictions

Things didn’t exactly go well for Nigeria first time out, as they were defeated by Norway, though they didn’t let their opening loss get to them. On match-day two, Thomas Dennerby’s women bounced back, beating South Korea by two goals to nil. After their confidence-boosting win, the Nigerians will be looking to upset the tournament hosts, who’re already through to the next round. Even though the score-line suggested that they took a battering, Nigeria offered several moments of promise against Norway on match-day one, so it wasn’t at all surprising that they upset South Korea last time out. Defensively, they continued to look slightly shaky, though they were effective on the break. With someone like the speedy and direct Asisat Oshoala, who notched her first goal of the tournament last time out, in their front-line, the Nigerians are always going to offer a threat going forward. Like Nigeria, France also won last time out, as they beat the Norwegians by two goals to one. As was the case on match-day one, the French outclassed their opponents; they offered a good amount going forward, creating 2.08 expected goals for, while they gave little away, surrendering only 0.42 expected goals. Frankly, had the usually reliable Wendie Renard not diverted a cross into her own goal, then Norway wouldn’t have got on the score-sheet, so all round it was another relatively comfortable win for the tournament hosts.