Japan Women vs Norway Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions

In the second game of the last-16 stage, Japan will play Norway in Wellington, New Zealand.

Japan enter the contest on the back of an incredible 4-0 victory over Spain. The Group C winners will now on Norway, who finished second in Group A. The prize up for grabs is a quarter-final tie against either Sweden or the USA.

Form: Japan vs Norway

Japan Form

In their last three matches, Japan won 5-0 against Zambia, 2-0 against Costa Rica, and 4-0 against Spain, securing three consecutive victories. Japan won six of the their past 10 international matches. Unfortunately, they experienced defeat in four matches.

Japan step into their next match this coming Saturday having scored a nice average of 3.6 goals in three matches in this tournament. They managed a total of 11 goals, and didn’t concede even once.

Norway Form

Norway collected four points in their past three outings, in which they were defeated 1-0 against New Zealand. They followed up, drawing 0-0 with Switzerland, before winning 6-0 against Philippines. Norway recorded a reasonable four wins from their last 10 internationals in all tournaments. They tied three of the games, and came up short three times.

Norway show off whopping stats from their previous three matches in this tournament. They’re averaging two goals per game, scoring six times, while conceding just once. They pulled off one clean sheet in this run.

Japan look well suited to build on their current momentum against visitors Norway. We expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Wellington Regional Stadium.

Japan vs Norway Stats

Current position in the World Cup standings: Japan vs Norway

Japan vs Norway H2H

Topscorer

Both teams have some seriously talented players who are on fire right now. Hinata Miyazawa is definitely one to watch on the Japanese side, with an impressive four goals in just three World Cup games. She’s sure to bring her A-game. But don’t count Norway out just yet – they’ve got some star players of their own, including Sophie Haug who crushed it with a hat-trick in her last game.

WIN – DRAW – WIN

OVER – UNDER

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous three World Cup matches for Japan, who scored an average of 3.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in one of Norway’s three World Cup matches. They managed to score an average of 2.0 goals in these matches.

BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE

Japan have won to nil in four straight games and scored the first goal in each of them. Norway managed the first goal of the game in only one of their three World Cup games.