Australia Women v England Women

Austrlia Women vs England Women Preview

The World Cup script could not have been written better for this upcoming semi-final clash between old foes Australia and England in what is the football re-run of the recent Ashes cricket series between the two respective nations, but this time it's in the FIFA Women's World Cup where the two sides will battle it out for a place in the final.

Co-hosts, Australia will hold obvious home advantage for this upcoming clash at Stadium Australia and The Matildas bring a decent sequence of results into this vital encounter as Tony Gustavsson's side have collected no fewer than 13 victories from their last 15 internationals in all competitions, which included a tense and nail-biting penalty shoot-out to see off France in the quarter-finals.

There were also two defeats within this period, against Scotland and Nigeria, the latter being in the group stage of this tournament but the Aussies perhaps feel they hold a slight edge over England as they recorded a 2-0 win in an international friendly back in April of this year.

On home soil, Australia have won eight of their last 10 home games and the hosts will be a tough side to shift here on Wednesday night.

Onto England, and they progressed through to the semi-final stage thanks to a 2-1 win against Colombia as The Lionesses once again found a way to win and showed their characteristic resilience in the process, as Sarina Wiegman's charges were 1-0 down.

A late equaliser just before half-time saw England head into the break on level terms and Alessia Russo applied what would prove to be the match winner halfway through the second half to seal a place in the last four for The Lionesses.

England had also had to endure a nail-biting penalty shoot-out in the previous round against Nigeria, so both The Matildas and The Lionesses are well versed in overcoming these tense situations, and England also possess an amazing set of results heading into this semi-final clash.

England have suffered just the one defeat in their previous 37 internationals in all competitions, but their one defeat during this overall period was to Australia in that aforementioned friendly, so England will feel they owe the Aussies one here.

Australia Women v England Women Verdict

Australia with home advantage and the passionate and vociferous home support behind them are always a tough proposition but unlike England, The Matildas have suffered a defeat in this tournament while The Lionesses have come through each game unscathed and find a way to grind out a win.

This promises to be an intriguing contest, one which could go all the way and settled in another penalty shoot-out.

Therefore, our main bet will be Draw @ 3.10

Other side bets worth considering:

Draw & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.40

Correct score 1-1 @ 6.00