Italy Women v Argentina Women

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We head back to Group G for this upcoming tussle between Italy and Argentina at Eden Park in Auckland in an interesting fixture which could go towards determining which of these two nations could possibly join Sweden into the knockout rounds of this tournament, although both Italy and Argentina themselves are likely to have their say as well.

Italy arguably possess the better pedigree at World Cup level over Argentina as La Azzure have reached the quarter-final stage twice in previous campaigns (1991 and 2019) and the Italians cruised through their European World Cup qualifying campaign as they finished top of Group G by virtue of winning nine of their 10 group matches.

However, Italy will be wanting to continue to forget a wretched period of results which saw Milena Bertolini's side slip to a five-match losing streak from October 2022 through to mid-February this year which included losses to Brazil, Belgium and England although results since then have picked up again.

Italy bring a four-match unbeaten run into this year's World Cup and having won three of these four matches with victories over South Korea, Colombia and New Zealand, La Azzure will be in confident mood here.

Argentina secured their passage through to this World Cup thanks to a third place finish in the 2022 Copa America Femenina although they also had to navigate their way through choppy waters last October and November as La Albiceleste endured a three-match winless run which included defeats to Canada 2-0 and a 7-0 humiliation at the hands of Spain.

Argentina have since rallied and have put together a promising run of six matches with just one defeat in subsequent times along with picking up five wins which have come in the form of victories over Chile, New Zealand (twice), Venezuela and Peru, the latter two wins being achieved in some style as they ran out 3-0 and 4-0 winners respectively.

However, German Portanova's side will be bidding to make it out of the group stage at the fourth time of asking as their previous best records in the World Cup was reaching the group stage in 2003, 2007 and 2019 respectively.

Argentina possess limited exposure at World Cup level and they have tended to struggle as previous results indicate; La Albiceleste have failed to win any of their previous nine games at this level and have suffered seven defeats in the process.

Italy W v Argentina W Verdict

Although Italy have had their problems in recent times, they do look the more likely to find a way to grab the three points in this upcoming encounter, to set them on their way to possible qualification for the knockout rounds.

Therefore, our main bet will be Italy win @ 1.55

Other side bets worth considering:

Italy win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.60

Correct score: Italy 2-1 @ 8.50