Sweden Women vs USA Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions

Sweden and the United States will resume their rivalry on Sunday. They’ll meet for the round of 16 stage in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Despite a lackluster start in the World Cup, the USA secured the second seed in Group E. The title holders managed five points from three games. This was four points less than what Sweden put up to win Group G.

The winner of the Sweden-USA game will meet either Japan or Norway in the quarter-finals.

Team form: Sweden vs USA

Sweden Form

In their last three matches, Sweden won all of them, starting with a 2-1 victory over South Africa, followed by a 5-0 win against Italy and a 0-2 victory over Argentina. Sweden won five of their last 10 international matches, with three of those games resulting in a draw, but unfortunately, they were defeated in two matches.

Sweden are in excellent form when it comes to scoring goals, having netted nine times in their three World Cup matches, resulting in an average of 3.0 goals per game. They managed to keep a clean sheet in two of these matches, conceding only once, leading to an average of 0.33 goals per game.

USA Form

After winning their first match against Vietnam 3-0, the USA drew against the Netherlands 1-1 and followed up with another draw, this time 0-0 against Portugal, leaving them unbeaten in their last three matches and looking solid. The USA emerged victorious in seven out of their last ten international matches, drawing in three others, all without ever facing a single defeat.

In their three World Cup matches, the USA hit the target 1.3 times on average per game. They scored four goals and conceded once, an average of 0.3 a game. They held on to a clean sheet twice.

Sweden vs USA Stats

Current position in the World Cup table: Sweden vs USA

Sweden vs USA H2H

In their most recent World Cup encounter, the USA emerged with a 2-0 victory over Sweden. The match took place on June 20th, 2019.

Out of the past four World Cup matches between Sweden and USA, Sweden won one, the USA won two, and one ended in a draw. BTTS was the right pick in just one of these four games. The best betting odds from bookies for a draw at full-time are 3.25.

Topscorer

Sweden’s Amanda Ilestedt has scored three goals in three World Cup matches and could be a tempting betting option when facing the USA, who will rely on Lindsey Horan to add to her current tally of two goals in three World Cup games.

WIN – DRAW – WIN

OVER – UNDER

Sweden saw over 2.5 goals in two of their three World Cup games. These matches produced a total average of 3.3 goals. Over 2.5 goals came up in just one of the USA’s three outings in the competition. A total of 1.7 goals was produced on average.

In the last four meetings between Sweden and the USA, there has been only one instance where over 2.5 goals were scored. On average, Sweden scored 0.5 goals per game while the USA averaged 1.25 goals. Both teams scored in one of the games.

BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE

Sweden opened the scoreline in two of their three World Cup games, while the USA did so just once. BTTS has been the right pick in one of each team’s past three outings in the tournament.