Spain Women v Netherlands Women

Spain Women vs Netherlands Women Preview

The Women's World Cup reaches the quarter-final stage of the competition on Friday and the first of the fixtures featuring the final eight nations left remaining in the competition features this mouthwatering clash between Spain and Netherlands at the Wellington Regional Stadium.

Despite losing 4-0 in their final game in Group C against Japan, Spain bounced back in emphatic fashion in the round of last 16 as they swept aside a shell-shocked Switzerland outfit 5-1 to cruise through to the quarter-final stage of a World Cup for the first time as their previous best was a round of last 16 appearance back in 2019.

Amidst reports of an ongoing rift between a number of players and national coach, Jorge Vila, leading up to this tournament, Spain have nevertheless knuckled down on the world stage by winning three of their four matches played to date, collecting important wins against Costa Rica 3-0 and Zambia 5-0 in the group stage, along with blowing Switzerland out of the water in the previous round of the knockout stages.

Spain have now won 13 out of their last 15 internationals in all competitions while goals have also featured prominently with no fewer than 12 of these 15 matches also resulting in Over 2.5 goals being scored.

Netherlands disposed of South Africa in the previous round of last 16 in a more modest manner than that of their upcoming opponents, Spain, but a solid 2-0 victory nonetheless will have been more than a satisfactory result for the Dutch and their coach, Andries Jonker, who replaced former coach, Mark Parsons.

Netherlands have produced some solid and impressive displays so far in this tournament and they have more or less flown under the radar, quietly going about their business while the likes of their more illustrious counterparts such as USA, Germany and Italy have all fallen by the wayside at various points throughout this competition.

The Dutch still remain unbeaten having recorded victories over Portugal and Vietnam along with a creditable 1-1 draw with USA during the group stage and they continued their progress with the win over South Africa in the last 16 recently as well.

The bigger picture shows Netherlands have lost just three of their last 14 internationals in all competitions which also includes 10 wins in the process, but as we start to reach the ‘pointy end' of the tournament, success is gained by small margins and these losses may be a factor in this upcoming clash with Spain.

Spain Women v Netherlands Women Verdict

Recent exchanges between these two nations certainly favour Spain as they have won each of the previous three meetings on the trot against the Dutch, so they look the more likely to emerge from this battle and take their place in the semi-finals.

Therefore, our main bet will be Spain win @ 1.85

Other side bets worth considering:

Spain win & Over 2.5 goals @ 3.25

Correct score: Spain 2-1 @ 9.00