USA Women v Netherlands Women

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USA chalked up a 10th win on the trot in all competitions when they registered a 3-0 victory over Vietnam in their opening game in Group E to get Vlatko Andonovski's side off to a flying start in their campaign to defend their World title.

The following fixtures against Netherlands and Portugal represent tougher challenges for the States but nevertheless, they look the team to beat so far in this World Cup especially as they bring a dominating sequence of results into this tournament and the initial group stage.

USA have amassed a total of 24 goals in these last 10 triumphant matches in all competitions while the bigger picture shows USA have lost just three out of their last 34 matches overall and they have collected no fewer than 28 victories along the way, thus making them the favourites to collect an important three points against Netherlands on Thursday lunchtime.

The defending champions also bring an enviable set of results on the World Cup stage into this clash as they are unbeaten in their last 15 matches at this level, winning 14 of these fixtures.

Netherlands currently sit in second spot in Group E after they too got themselves off the mark immediately with what could prove to be a pivotal 1-0 win against Portugal whom they're expected to be fighting it out against for the runners-up spot behind favourites, USA.

The Dutch know that a draw against USA would be considered a great result and having lost just four of their last 17 matches overall, Netherlands look to have a reasonable chance of getting something against USA in what has been an interesting World Cup so far.

Netherlands have also registered 12 wins within this 17-match sequence as well, so they may just be quietly confident of upsetting the favourites but they will have to put in a shift that's for sure if they're to achieve this, but they should at least contribute to the scoreline here.

An added incentive for the Dutch is knowing that Portugal play Vietnam on Matchday 2 as well, which should end up being in the favour of the Portuguese.

USA W v Netherlands W Verdict

USA will not fear anyone on the World stage though and they will be confident that they can gain the upper hand over Netherlands once again on Thursday lunchtime in Wellington as the States have won each of the previous five meetings against their opponents and a sixth victory looks set to be on the cards again in this clash as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be USA win @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

USA win & Over 2.5 goals @ 3.25

Correct score: USA 2-1 @ 9.00