Sweden Women v USA Women

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Sweden may be feeling this could be their year to emulate their previous best of runners-up in the World Cup this time around having picked up wins in each of their three games in Group G where they breezed into the knockout rounds by virtue of producing a 100% winning record.

However, standing in their way in this upcoming round of last 16 is none other than USA who have lifted the World Cup trophy on four separate occasions and hold a current FIFA ranking of 1st in the world, so the Swedes look set to have their work cut out here on Sunday evening.

Sweden have finished in third place on three previous occasions but having registered wins against South Africa 2-1, Italy 5-0 and a 2-0 victory over Argentina, Peter Gerhardsson's side could well fancy their chances against a USA outfit who have not yet fully convinced so far in this tournament.

The bigger picture shows Sweden have suffered just three defeats out of their last 28 matches in all competitions whilst also picking up a total of 20 wins in the process, so they're expected to take some stopping in Melbourne.

Onto USA and as mentioned, the States have yet to really produce the sort of displays that have lifted them on top of the FIFA world rankings as they finished runners-up behind Group E winners, Netherlands, by a two-point margin and could only muster a single win from their three group matches.

That victory came in their opening game courtesy of a 3-0 win against Vietnam but USA were then held to a 1-1 draw by Netherlands and then shared the points in a 0-0 stalemate with Portugal which eliminated the Portuguese from the competition.

Nevertheless, USA still remain a serious threat and having won the World Cup on four occasions previously in 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019, Vlatko Andonovski's side possess a wealth of experience and pedigree at the highest level and they may have to rely on this to see them through against a dangerous Sweden outfit.

The bigger picture shows USA are unbeaten in their last 12 matches in all competitions, picking up 10 wins along the way and scoring two goals or more in eight of these 12 internationals which underlines their threat in front of goal.

Sweden Women v USA Women Verdict

Sweden recorded a 3-0 win over USA in their previous meeting in the 2021 Olympics but this has been Sweden's only success against the States in recent exchanges as USA have also collected three wins against their upcoming opponents, along with one draw.

This is expected to be a closer encounter but USA still look to hold the edge here.

Therefore, our main bet will be USA win @ 2.20

Other side bets worth considering:

USA win & Both Teams To Score YES @ 5.00

Correct score: USA 2-1 @ 9.50