USA W vs Japan W Prediction & Betting Tips (3 August)

Players from the United States are among the big favorites in the competition. Their future opponent, Japan, has witnessed the domination of the Americans in international women's football for many years. Indeed, with 4 world championship titles and 4 Olympic gold medals, their record is by far the best in the world. However, Team USA has lost some of its luster in recent years. Despite this, they managed to qualify for the quarter-finals with a positive record of three consecutive victories in the group stage, beating Zambia 3-0, Germany 4-1 and Australia 2-1.

Opposite, the Japanese, who had a rather successful preparation with a total of three victories and a draw, started the Olympics with confidence. However, they experienced a first setback on the first day against Spain where they lost with a score of 2-1. However, the future opponent of the United States was able to regain all its confidence during the next two meetings with two victories, against Brazil 1-2 and Nigeria 3-1. This Japanese selection qualified for these Games by beating North Korea in two matches 2-1 on aggregate. 

Deprived of Kristie Mewis (West Ham, 53 caps) and Alex Morgan (224 caps, 123 goals), not selected by their coach for these Olympics, the Americans can however count on many talented players. Among them, we find the Lyonnaise Lindsey Horan (149 caps, 35 goals), the Parisienne Albert, and the Gunner Emily Fox (50 caps). In attack, Team USA relies on the promising Swanson (93 caps, 36 goals), author of a double against Zambia. In addition, Trinity Rodman, daughter of the famous Dennis Rodman, has already scored two goals during this competition. For her part, several Japanese players play in England, in the Women's Premier League.

Among them, we count Seike (Brighton, 19 caps, 7 goals), Hasegawa (Man City, 81 caps, 20 goals), Hayashi (West Ham), Nagano (Liverpool), Miyazawa (Man United, 34 caps, 9 goals) , Ueki (33 caps, 11 goals) and Hamano (Chelsea and scorer in the last match). Among the Japanese players in the English Premier League, Shimizu (Man City, 76 caps) stands out for her defensive role. Kumagai (150 caps) and Minami (49 caps) from AS Roma are also included. However, Endo (44 caps) and Noamoto (40 caps) are unavailable due to injuries, and Sugita (Portland Thorns, 47 caps) was not selected.