Australia Women and Nigeria Women will continue their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign at the Suncorp Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Tournament co-hosts Australia began their tournament with a narrow 1-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland last week. Stephanie Carley's 52nd-minute penalty helped the Matildas claim all three points. Meanwhile, the Super Falcons will be hoping to claim their first win of the tournament after holding Canada to a draw in their opening game. The Super Falcons' goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was the star of the show as she made a spectacular save to deny Canada captain Christine Sinclair from the spot. The draw left Nigeria in third spot in Group B on one point, while Australia lead the way at the top with three points to their name. This will be the second meeting between the two sides, and I am expecting a win from Australia for the following reasons:

Firstly. Australia will be hoping to have a better second outing of the FIFA Women’s World Cup than their co-hosts New Zealand, who followed up a 1-0 win in their opening game with a 1-0 loss to tournament debutants, the Philippines. They claimed a third consecutive victory without conceding when they beat Ireland in their last outing. They have now won ten of their last eleven international matches. Riding on the record of having made it out of the group stages of the last four World Cup tournaments, they are bound to get a win over Nigeria and secure their place in the knockout rounds.

Secondly. Nigeria have failed to score in six of their last seven games. They have also failed to score in 17 of their 27 Women’s World Cup games, which is more times than any other team. They have only found the net in one of their previous seven WWC matches. Nigeria defied expectations to claim a point against Canada, with their defensive resolve and the goalkeeping heroics of Nnadozie shutting out the world's seventh-ranked team, but it is going to take a miracle to achieve same feat against Australia who who have managed to score in almost every of their last 20 games.

Nigeria showed in their tournament opener that they have the capability to compete with some of the best teams in the world, but Australia could represent a bigger challenge, with the Matildas having a raucous home support behind them. I think based on these that the Australian team should be getting a win here.

周四下午，澳大利亚女足和尼日利亚女足将在Suncorp体育场继续他们的2023年女足世界杯之旅。上周，联合主办国澳大利亚以1比0的微弱优势战胜了爱尔兰共和国。斯蒂芬妮·卡利在第52分钟的点球帮助马蒂尔达斯获得了全部三分。与此同时，超级猎鹰队希望在首场比赛中与加拿大队战平后，赢得他们在本届锦标赛中的第一场胜利。超级猎鹰队的守门员奇亚玛卡·恩纳多齐是全场的明星，她精彩扑救，挡出了加拿大队队长克里斯汀·辛克莱的射门。尼日利亚以1分位列B组第三，澳大利亚以3分领跑。这是双方第二次会面，我期待澳大利亚取得胜利，原因如下:

首先。澳大利亚队希望在女足世界杯的第二场比赛中表现比共同东道主新西兰队更好。新西兰队在首场比赛中以1比0获胜，但在首场比赛中以0比1输给了首次参加世界杯的菲律宾队。他们在上一场比赛中击败了爱尔兰队，取得了三连胜，没有失球。在最近的11场国际比赛中，他们赢了10场。凭借过去四届世界杯小组赛出线的记录，他们一定会战胜尼日利亚，确保进入淘汰赛。

其次。尼日利亚在最近7场比赛中有6场没有进球。在女足世界杯的27场比赛中，她们有17场没有进球，比其他任何一支球队都要多。他们在之前的七场世界杯赛中只打进一球。尼日利亚队出人意料地在对阵加拿大的比赛中拿到一分，凭借他们坚定的防守和恩纳多齐的守门员英雄般的表现，这支世界排名第七的球队被拒之门外，但要在对阵澳大利亚队的比赛中取得同样的成绩，那将是一个奇迹。澳大利亚队在过去的20场比赛中几乎每场都有进球。

尼日利亚队在首场比赛中表明，他们有能力与世界上一些最好的球队竞争，但澳大利亚队可能面临更大的挑战，因为马蒂尔达斯队身后有喧闹的主场支持。我认为基于这些，澳大利亚队应该会在这里获胜。