Sweden Women vs Thailand Women Predictions

Sweden’s opening game didn’t quite to go to plan, as there was interruption that halted their progress, though they stuck to their task, eventually winning by two goals to nil. The overall performance will certainly have pleased manager Peter Gerhardsson. After beating Chile in convincing fashion, the Swedes will be looking for another win. In contrast, Thailand were embarrassed by the USA, who simply ran riot against what appeared to be a very weak rear-guard.

As it took them until the 83^rd minute to break the deadlock against the Chileans, Sweden’s win on match-day one could be construed as slightly fortunate, though as anyone who saw that game will know, the Swedes were full value for the three points.

From start to finish, the Swedes were on the front foot first time out; they dominated the ball, dictated the tempo, gave little away, created a pleasing amount of chances and ultimately, scored goals. Having beaten Chile in good style and having seen Thailand take the fiercest of beatings from USA, the Swedes will likely be licking their lips ahead of this tie.

There’s not much that can be said about Thailand’s opening effort in France. USA were always going to be too much to handle; the Thai women knew they were always going to be on the wrong end of a heavy defeat against some of the best players in the world, so they shouldn’t be too badly damaged, despite conceding no less than 13 goals.

After their heavy loss on match-day one, players have run for cover ahead of this match, so much so that backers of overs haven’t been given a sniff. However, despite what happened on Tuesday, there may just be some value to be had by opposing the view that Thailand will concede a ridiculous amount of goals for the second game in a row.

At the prices, ‘Under 5.5 Goals’ looks like a viable option. For all Thailand were all too easy to score against on match-day one, it’s worth remembering that USA are a good bit better than the Swedes, who despite facing a couple of sides ranked considerably lower than Thailand in the last year, have come nowhere near scoring six goals.

What’s more, for all they’re not great going forward, Thailand aren’t strangers to avoiding the sort of defeat they received against USA on match-day one. Just before the World Cup, they only shipped three against France, while Italy only managed to score four against Nuengrutai Srathongvian’s women.

At the end of the day, Sweden can’t match USA for firepower, so we can conclude that the chances of a less outrageous score-line are greater than the current odds suggest. Therefore, a bet on less than six goals being scored offers punters a smidgen of value.