Canada Women will face Ireland Women at the HBF Park on Wednesday afternoon in another round of the group stages of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Canada were held to a goalless draw by Nigeria in their Group B opener despite being favorites to come out on top. After a goalless opening half, Canada had an opportunity to break the deadlock but their captain Christine Sinclair saw her penalty denied by Super Falcons skipper Chiamaka Nnadozie. If the 12-yard shot was converted then Christine Sinclair would have become the competition’s oldest scorer. Meanwhile, Ireland kicked off their group stage round with a clash against tournament co-hosts Australia at the ANZ Stadium last Thursday, losing 1-0 via a second-half penalty kick. The Girls in Green could have little complaints after managing just one shot on target throughout the game. I am expecting a win for the Canadian Women for the following reasons:

Firstly. Canada, after failing to score against Nigeria and in their last-16 defeat to Sweden in 2019, they are now at risk of going three World Cup games without a goal for the first time in their history. However, the Canadian Women know that a win on Wednesday will leave them well set to advance to the knockout rounds for the third consecutive World Cup. With Canada ranked seventh highest in the world and 15 places above Ireland, they will go into this match as the favourites.

Secondly. Republic of Ireland suffered a 1-0 loss to co-hosts Australia which proved to be their fourth defeat in six internationals. They sit rock-bottom in Group B with zero points. They will be looking to shake off their latest result and return to winning ways this week. They are however without a clean sheet in their last five games across all competitions, and are on a run of back-to-back defeats and have won just one of their last six matches.

After competing with Australia in their group opener, I expect Ireland to run the Canadians close in this one, but the sheer gulf in class and quality between the two teams should see the Canada Women win this one. Canada's extra quality will help them claim all three points in Perth.

周三下午，2023年女足世界杯小组赛的另一轮比赛，加拿大女足将在HBF公园迎战爱尔兰女足。加拿大队在B组首场比赛中被尼日利亚队以0比0逼平，尽管他们是夺冠热门。上半场双方没有进球，加拿大队曾有机会打破僵局，但他们的队长克里斯汀·辛克莱的点球被超级猎鹰队队长基亚玛卡·恩纳多齐扑出。如果这记12码的射门成功，那么克里斯汀·辛克莱将成为本届世界杯年龄最大的得分手。与此同时，上周四，爱尔兰队在澳新球场与协办国澳大利亚队展开小组赛，在下半场点球中以0比1落败。绿衣女孩队在整场比赛中只射正了一球，她们没什么可抱怨的。我期待加拿大女队获胜，原因如下:

首先。加拿大队在对阵尼日利亚和2019年16强输给瑞典的比赛中未能进球，现在他们有可能在世界杯上首次三场比赛都没有进球。然而，加拿大女足知道，周三的胜利将使她们连续第三次进入世界杯淘汰赛。加拿大排名世界第七，比爱尔兰高15个名次，他们将以夺冠热门的身份进入这场比赛。

其次。爱尔兰共和国0 - 1负于东道主澳大利亚，这是他们六场国际比赛中的第四场失利。他们以0分在B组垫底。他们希望在本周摆脱最近的结果，回到胜利的道路上。然而，他们在最近的五场比赛中没有一场零封对手，并且在最近的六场比赛中只赢了一场。

在与澳大利亚的小组赛首战之后，我预计爱尔兰队将在这场比赛中追上加拿大队，但两支球队在水平和水平上的巨大差距应该会让加拿大女队赢得这场比赛。加拿大队的实力将帮助他们在珀斯拿下全部三分。