USA Women vs Thailand Women Predictions

Having seen many of the other fancied nations do the business first time out, USA, who’re the holders after their triumph in Canada four years ago, will be chomping at the bit to get their World Cup underway. Will Jill Ellis’ world number-ones follow in the footsteps of France, Germany and Brazil, who’ve all taken full advantage of facing weak opponents first time out?

USA have long been top of the pile in Women’s football; they won the World Cup back in 2015, while they were also crowned as champions in both 1999 and 1991.

In terms of preparing for their time in France, things have gone well for USA, who come into this opener having won each of their last six matches. During that time, they’ve scored a staggering 23 goals and have conceded just three in the process. It’s not as if they’ve played only weak teams either, as two of those six wins came against Brazil and Australia.

Scoring goals is simply what this USA side does, so we shouldn’t be surprised to see them run riot in Reims on Tuesday evening. Ellis’ women have scored at least three goals in each of their last five matches, while they have a habit of going big against lowly sides such as Thailand. Since late 2018, USA have beaten Mexico 6-0, Panama 5-0, Trinidad 7-0, Jamaica 6-0, Belgium 6-0 and New Zealand 5-0. They also beat Thailand by no less than nine goals to nil when the pair met back in 2016.

While USA have thrived of late, Thailand haven’t exactly enjoyed themselves in recent times. Their final warm-up game brought about a 6-1 defeat against Belgium, while they’ve now lost five on the spin. Not only have they struggled recently, but they’ve also started to make a habit of conceding lots of goals against sides that are below the level of USA. Since late 2018, they’ve lost 5-0 against China, 3-1 against Finland, 4-1 against Portugal, 4-1 against Italy, 3-0 against Nigeria and 6-1 against Belgium. Such results make it very easy to see USA filling their boots on Tuesday evening.

Make no mistake about it, Thailand are one of several improving nations; they did well at the recent Asian Cup, while they’ve now qualified for consecutive world cups, though they’re up against the very best of the best first time out, which in truth is slightly unfortunate.

In the betting, ‘USA -5 Handicap’ catches the eye, while punters looking for something at a bigger price shouldn’t be put off ‘USA to Score Over 6.5 Goals’. There will be a huge disparity in quality on show right from the word go and if any team can make life extremely tough for lowly opposition then it’s USA, as Thailand found out when losing 9-0 three years ago. Having recently beaten Belgium, who in turn beat Thailand 6-1 recently, by six goals to nil, the highest ranked team in the world are backed to rack up the goals on match-day one.