Nigeria Super Falcons VS Australia - Match Preview and Predictions- 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Nigeria Super Falcons Vs Australia – Match Preview & Predictions – 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

The match is scheduled for Thursday, the 27th of July to be played by 11am Nigerian time at the Suncorp Stadium in Milton, Australia.

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After the first round of games, Nigeria Super Falcons are the only African team to avoid defeat at this year’s women’s world cup, with Zambia, South Africa and Morocco all losing their first group match.
And its about time for Nigeria’s Super Falcons second group game against the Matildas of Australia the co-host of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
As it stands right now Australia top the group with 3 points, defeating Republic of Ireland in their opening group game by a goal to nil, Nigeria Super Falcons on the other hand are currently third in the group with 1 point after playing a goalless draw against Canada in our opening game.

Only the top 2 teams in this group will advance to the knockout stage, so a win in this game for either team would be so significant. Based on our head to head record, Nigeria have only played Australia once at this competition back at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in our second group losing 2 goals to nil against the Maltildas. But can the Super Falcons step up and shock the co-host this time around?

Funny enough, Nigeria Super Falcons have played the host 4 times in pervious FIFA Women World Cup, and we have lost every time, in 1999 and 2003 against USA, in 2011 against Germany, and in 2019 against France. This time around, for the 5th time they will be hoping to turn this around against Co-Host Australia.
This is Nigeria’s 9th Appearance at the FIFA Women’s world cup and our best performance was as quarterfinalist in 1999, Australia on the other hand are making their 8th appearance and their best performance was also as quarterfinalists in 2007, 2011 and 2015. At the last edition in 2019, both Nigeria and Australia exited the competition at the round of 16.

A win for Australia will take them to 6 points and this guarantees them qualification to the round of 16. The Super Falcons would also be aiming for a win which will take them to 4 points, above Australia and also increase our chances of reaching the knockout stage.

Since 2007, Australia have always qualified out of their group. But they always come second, they have never won their group. Nigeria on the other hand have only qualified out of the group twice, in 1999 coming 2nd and 2019 finishing as one of the best 3rd placed team.

Their star player Sam Kerr who scored 5 goals at the last world cup will be missing this game due to injury, but regardless, Watchout for Tottenham player Kyah Simon a player of Aboriginal Australian descent who scored 2 goals the last time they played Nigeria, also watchout for Steph Catley the Arsenal player, Hayley Raso the Madrid Player, just to mention a few.

I know Australia, the 10th ranked team in the world are favorite against Nigeria, the 40th ranked team. However, regarding my predictions, I see Nigeria Super Falcons defeating Australia 2 goals to nil. This is the game to play your best, I know Australia will enjoy support from the fans playing at home, but I know if the Super Falcons are solid in defense, and we take our chances, we can get the victory in this game. The goal would be to avoid defeat.

You can watch the game live on Super Sports on your DSTV or GOTV if you’re in Nigeria. The match will also be shown live online for free on AfroSports.
Who do you see winning this game? I will like to know your thoughts in the comment below.

NIGERIA SUPER FALCONS 2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SQUAD
GK: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC)
GK: Yewande Balogun (Saint-Étienne)
GK: Tochukwu Oluehi (Hakkarigücü Sport)
DF: Osinachi Ohale (Deportivo Alavés)
DF: Ashleigh Plumptre (Leicester City)
DF: Glory Ogbonna (ALG Spor)
DF: Oluwatosin Demehin (Reims)
DF: Rofiat Imuran (Reims)
DF: Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash)
DF: Onome Ebi (Abia Angels)
MF: Halimatu Ayinde (Rosengård)
MF: Christy Ucheibe (Benfica)
MF: Toni Payne (Sevilla)
MF: Deborah Abiodun (Bittsburgh)
MF: Rasheedat Ajibade (Atlético Madrid)
MF: Jennifer Echegini (Florida State Seminoles)
FW: Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
FW: Uchenna Kanu (Racing Louisville FC)
FW: Ifeoma Onumonu (NJ/NY Gotham)
FW: Desire Oparanozie (Wuhan Chegu Jianghan)
FW: Esther Okoronkwo (Saint-Étienne)
FW: Gift Monday (UD Granadilla Tenerife)
FW: Francisca Ordega (CSKA Moscow)