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Game time:
Today will be England vs Norway. Round 2 in Group A of Women’s EURO 2022. Game starts at 21:00 central European time.
The prediction on France vs Italy (Over 2.75) and Belgium vs Iceland (Iceland +0.25) were both right. Let’s continue for another prediction today! The hosts are going to show up again, but the opponents are tough and hard to conquer. It will be a crucial game and decide who will be the first in group A.
With both sides on long winning runs, something has to give at the Brighton & Hove Community Stadium as the front-runners meet in Group A. Norway ended a bleak run at EURO finals with a storming 4-1 win against Northern Ireland on Matchday 1 but will not have forgotten that England knocked them out of the last two World Cups. The Lionesses defeat of Austria was less emphatic, but a partisan crowd might help them become the first side to book a knockout round place.
First team: England
I think that Sarina Wiegman, the coach of England, will return to a back four, knowing the attacking threat Norway possess, so we could see the return of Alex Greenwood alongside Millie Bright at centre-back. This in turn would push captain Leah Williamson up into a midfield role. With her Player of the Match performance against Austria, Georgia Stanway might have done enough to retain her place, whilst there could be some caution not to use Fran Kirby in back-to-back games after her return from a fatigue problem.
So England could prepare the game well. Despite the number of their goals in Women’s EURO 2022 so far is only 1, they have rested well in the last few days. They need a win with a margin of at least 2.
Second team: Northern Ireland
After cruising to a 4-1 win over Northern Ireland in their opening game, Norway will face an entirely different challenge when they take on the hosts in Brighton. Led by Ada Hegerberg, the Norwegians played some blinding attacking football in their opening game, but here the focus will be on captain Maren Mjelde and how she marshals her defence to stop the English attack.
But on the whole, with the home advantage, England is the better team in this game.
Possible Lineups:
Norway: Pettersen; Sønstevold, Mjelde, Thorisdottir, Blakstad; Eikeland, Maanum, Engen, Reiten; Graham Hansen, Hegerberg
Northern Ireland: Burns; Magee, Nelson, McFadden, Burrows, Vance; Magill, Furness, Caldwell, K McGuinness; Wade
Statistics:
England Last six games: WWWWWW (most recent first)
Last match: England 1-0 Austria, 06/07
Women’s EURO 2017: semi-finals (L 0-3 vs Netherlands)
Norway Last six games: WWWWWW (most recent first)
Last match: Norway 4-1 Northern Ireland, 07/07
Women’s EURO 2017: fourth in Group A (W0 D0 L3)
Norway won the last time these sides met, but hosts England will be confident as they go into their first ever UEFA Women’s EURO finals meeting on a long unbeaten run.
The two nations are facing each other for the first time since September 2019, when Norway won 2-1 in a friendly in Bergen. Georgia Stanway gave the visitors a tenth-minute lead, only for Frida Maanum and Caroline Graham Hansen to hit back in the second half.
England have eliminated Norway from the last two FIFA Women’s World Cups. The Lionesses reached the last four of the 2019 edition with a 3-0 quarter-final victory, courtesy of goals from Jill Scott, Ellen White and Lucy Bronze.
Norway were victorious in 11 of the first 12 meetings between the nations, scoring 34 goals and conceding just three. The only game in that sequence they failed to win was a goalless EURO qualifying draw in Manchester in September 1990.
Predict Palmeiras wins at least one, recommendation: Asian Handicap: England -0.75
ClevPicks Prediction: England -0.75
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