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Netherlands vs South Africa, Women World Cup 2023 LAST 16

FIFA Women's World Cup · 2023
Netherlands
2 – 0
Full Time
South Africa
Sun 6 Aug 2023 · 02:00 UTC Sydney Football Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Danielle van de Donk 67' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Netherlands vs South Africa — Women World Cup at Sydney Football Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Yoshimi Yamashita
  • Referee Abdulla Al Marri (Qatar)
3 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 1.7 goals/game

Head-to-Head

1
Netherlands 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals South Africa
Last 5 meetings
2023-08-06 Netherlands 2–0 South Africa

Recent Form

Netherlands
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Aug South Africa H 2–0 W
01 Aug Vietnam A 7–0 W
27 Jul USA A 1–1 D
23 Jul Portugal H 1–0 W
South Africa
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Aug Netherlands A 0–2 L
02 Aug Italy H 3–2 W
28 Jul Argentina A 2–2 D
23 Jul Sweden A 1–2 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
60% Clean Sheets
Netherlands this season
0% Clean Sheets
South Africa this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Netherlands
0-15
4/–
16-30
3/–
31-45
1/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/1
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
South Africa
0-15
–/2
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
2/4
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Netherlands
Jill Roord 4 G
Stefanie van der Gragt 2 G 1 A
Esmee Brugts 2 G
South Africa
Thembi Kgatlana 2 G 3 A
Hildah Magaia 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Sydney Football Stadium that hosts another battle between Netherlands and South Africa.
  • 5' The travelling South Africa supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 9' The deadlock is broken! Jill Roord gets on the scoresheet on 9 minutes.
  • 14' The home supporters are growing impatient. Netherlands must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 19' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 24' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 24 minutes.
  • 29' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Netherlands needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 30' South Africa manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Wendy Shongwe is hanging Jermaine Seoposenwe on the field on 30 minute.
  • 35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 42' Tiisetso Makhubela is replacing Bambanani Mbane for the South Africa side.
  • 47' Netherlands currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 52' South Africa fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 57' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 62' Sherida Spitse has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 8 appearances.
  • 67' Controversy at the stadium! Danielle van de Donk argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 68' Against the run of play, Lineth Beerensteyn has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 73' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Netherlands and South Africa are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 75' A tactical swap from Netherlands — Damaris Egurrola on, Danielle van de Donk off on 75 minutes.
  • 80' Netherlands are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against South Africa's shape.
  • 85' South Africa started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
  • 89' Kerstin Casparij has so much to prove this time. He replaces Esmee Brugts on 89 minute.
  • 90' South Africa ring the changes. Hildah Magaia has done his job and it is now time for Noxolo Cesane to step up.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for South Africa.

Lineups

Netherlands Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

South Africa Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.63 Netherlands xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.67 South Africa xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Netherlands59% Draw26% South Africa15%
Actual: Netherlands win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes40% 0% No60%
Avg goals/match: 2.3
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Netherlands or Draw
84%
Draw or South Africa
41%
Netherlands or South Africa
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Netherlands40% Draw49% South Africa11%
Actual: Netherlands win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
15.5%
2 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
12.1%
1 – 1
11.7%
2 – 1
8.7%
3 – 0
6.9%
0 – 1
5.7%
3 – 1
4.8%
1 – 2
3.5%
2 – 2
3%
4 – 0
2.8%
0 – 2
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Netherlands

Handicap Netherlands covers Push South Africa covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 19% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 26% 41%
-0.5 59% — 41%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 10% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Netherlands keeps clean sheet
51% ✓
South Africa keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.