A 4-0 defeat to world champions Spain has left England Women still looking to book their spot at next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Brazil, but they should be confident they can still punch their ticket via the play-offs.
Greece Women provide the first hurdle and the pair have never met, but the Lionesses are a very short price to claim a victory in Friday’s first leg as they look to fight their way through to another test against the winners of the Slovakia and Ukraine tie.
Greece Women v England Women Tips Summary
Best Bet - Lauren James to score two or more goals @ 9/4
Alternative Bet - England Women to win 5-0 @ 10/1
Bet Builder - Georgia Stanway to score any time, under 11 corners and England to be the first team to score @ 17/5
Greece Women v England Women Prediction
Best Bet: Lauren James to score two or more goals @ 9/4
Chelsea’s Lauren James has already gone on record to say that England cannot take anything for granted when they play Greece for the first time on Friday and she can be expected to play a key role.
James has been the playmaking focal point for the Lionesses in recent seasons despite some injury issues and she can lead from the front.
Her club side are anxious to make a strong start to the Women’s Super League campaign after seeing Manchester City take their crown last term and James expressed that herself by having a remarkable 19 shots on goal in their opening two matches.
She clearly has her eye in and should have the opportunity to score a couple of goals in this play-off clash.
Alternative Bet: England to win 5-0 @ 10/1
England would have been the team everyone would have wanted to avoid in the Women’s World Cup play-offs and there looks to be a big class difference between Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses and their Greek opponents.
The hosts have not been strong on their own patch, winning on just three of the last eight occasions they have hosted anyone, and England would have been expected to cruise through any group that did not include Spain.
England have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last nine internationals and have a host of goal threats that can see them to a comfortable win and make a 5-0 correct score a bet that is worth chancing.
Greece Women v England Women Bet Builder Tip
Georgia Stanway to score any time
Under 11 corners
England to be first team to score
Pays 17/5
The Lionesses possess a host of attacking threats but the impact of one player is often underestimated and defensive midfielder Georgia Stanway could come up with another timely goal for her country.
Stanway is back in the Women’s Super League at Arsenal following a successful spell in the Frauen Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and she has 23 international goals to her name from 54 starts for England.
She is on penalty duty too and can contribute again after four goals in the qualifying group.
England are expected to dominate but Greece may not be able to contribute greatly to the corner count so it might prove difficult for the two teams to muster 11 between them.
The visitors’ class should tell and they are expected to score the first goal of the clash, so that could be added to the Bet Builder as well.
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Key Match Stats
England have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last nine internationals.
The Lionesses have won seven of their last eight games.
Greece are unbeaten in their last seven outings.
There have been at least three goals in 11 of England’s last 16 matches.
The home side have won four of their last 10 games on their own patch.
Greece have kept a clean sheet in two of their last 17 games.
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