On this thrilling Saturday of the round of 16, the Women’s World Cup 2023 will bring us three matches, one of which will be between the Netherlands and South Africa. The Sydney Football Stadium will host the most anticipated game of the day. In the round of 16, the undefeated Netherlands will face South Africa, a surprising qualifier for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The Netherlands participated in this competition for the first time four years ago and are expected to advance further this time around. For the first time in their history, South Africa is in the knockout rounds, although they may struggle against opponents that are ranked 45 places higher than them.
As an award for beating the United States to the top spot of Group E, the Netherlands were gifted a Round of 16 matchup with 2023 Women’s World Cup darlings South Africa to start knockout-stage play.
The Netherlands got the top spot in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Group E courtesy of an emphatic 7-0 triumph over Vietnam in their final fixture as the USA were held to a 0-0 draw by Portugal. The 2019 runners-up will be favourites to advance to the quarter-finals, and they beat South Africa 5-1 in a friendly last year.
South Africa arrived at the knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup for the first time after Thembi Kgatlana scored an emotional late winner against Italy to send Banyana Banyana into the last 16. Just a 90th-minute goal denied South Africa a draw against Sweden in their opening game of the competition and they will have no fear heading into this fixture against another a lot higher-ranked rival.
The Dutch attack did barely enough against Portugal and the United States before releasing an incensed goalscoring display upon Vietnam to grab the sought-after group lead.
South Africa, one of the three arms of the notable African magistrate at this competition that all qualified for the knockout stage, staggered Group G by beating Italy on a 92nd-minute winner to get the country’s first-ever Round of 16 spot.
Banyana Banyana are no pushovers, figuring out how to push Sweden to the edge and protecting a draw with Argentina that expected a two-goal rebound from the South American side.
Thembi Kgatlana stowed a late stoppage-time goal to get the first-ever World Cup win for her country as South Africa dispatched Italy 3-2 on Wednesday.
It was an enormous moment for the African champions who are just making their second appearance on the greatest stage, following a three-loss group stage leave four years ago in France.
The success over Italy assisted South Africa with securing second place in Group G as Desiree Ellis’ soldiers will have the pleasure of highlighting in the knockout stage for the first time in their history.
Bafana Bafana will, be that as it may, face a truly challenging test in the last 16 round as they take on the Netherlands on Sunday at Sydney Football Stadium.
The Dutch team lost the past edition’s final in France to the United States and came to the UEFA Euro quarterfinal last year.
Not set in stone to go as far as possible this time around, following an extraordinary group stage campaign that saw them vanquish the segment over the consecutive champions USA.
The team led by Andries Jonker have been exceptionally hard to separate such a long way in the competition, permitting only one goal in three matches.
They have shown strength on the opposite end of the pitch too on Tuesday, stowing seven goals past Vietnam to seal the top spot in the group.
The Netherlands realized they could never have concocted any reasons assuming that they failed to meet expectations against Vietnam in their pursuit to be the group winners. In this way, they continued whipping the newbies 7-0. Lieke Martens became the first Dutch player to score in three different Women’s World Cups with a dink over the keeper to give an eighth-minute lead. The floodgates opened with Katja Snoeijs and Danielle Van de Donk adding to their tally.
Esmee Brugts and Jill Roord scored in every half to give the Netherlands their biggest-ever win at the Women’s World Cup stage. Their tasteful triumph combined with the USA playing a shock draw against Portugal in the other match brought about them completing at the top of the group. As a case, they tried not to confront Sweden who beat G, and will play other participants in South Africa in the last-16 stage.
Overall, the Dutch had a fair trip up to this point beginning with a 1-0 triumph over Portugal before attracting the holders to the group stages. The enormous success in the last group match implies they qualified for knockouts in every one of the three finals took part in. The Netherlands will trust their great work isn’t ravaged by one more upset in the competition as they search for one more rushed to the last like four years ago.
As they were much of the time viewed as a real fault for sneaking off after starting to lead the pack like in the late loss to Sweden in the opener or the 2-2 draw with Argentina when they were two goals to the good, South Africa was fearing when Italy evened out the score-line from 2-1 in the 74th minute. Nonetheless, the Banyana girls didn’t lose trust this time with capability chances from the group stages dangling by a thread. In the stoppage time, they tracked down their dramatic winner through Thembi Kgatlana after a neat combination between Jermaine Seoposenwe and Hildah Magaia.
Desiree Ellis’ team went behind inside 10 minutes offering a spot-kick that was changed over by Italy’s Arianna Caruso. Be that as it may, Benedetta Orisi went to her own net before the break and afterward Magaia grabbing the lead appeared to have placed South Africa on their way. They needed to hang tight for their authentic accomplishment after Caruso indeed got on the scoresheet. Their first-ever qualification to the World Cup knockouts even with key faculty missing can’t make them less glad for it. Amid the multitude of celebrations, South Africa realizes they will be longshots again going into the last-16 conflict with the Dutch yet they are unflinching about that tag at this point.
Stefanie van der Gragt played the full match against Vietnam to demonstrate her fitness after she had been supplanted at half-time against the USA. Victoria Pelova had likewise been an uncertainty in front of the Vietnam game, yet all at once played the first half. Lineth Beerensteyn, who was injured in the opening match against Portugal, was again not involved against Vietnam and will be hoping to demonstrate her fitness in a bid to highlight at some stage.
South Africa will actually want to invite back key midfielder Kholosa Biyana, who missed the triumph over Italy because of suspension in the wake of getting yellow cards in the opening two games. Captain Refiloe Jane likewise didn’t highlight against Italy because of an ankle injury and she will expect to be involved to add further quality to the South Africa side.
Having been runners-up four years back, the Netherlands is determined to improve on their presentation and their strong appearance in the group stage has supported their expectations. Outstandingly, they topped a group that incorporated the reigning champions, the USA.
Despite being viewed as huge underdogs in the forthcoming Sunday’s challenge, South Africa has shown their attacking ability by scoring six goals in the group stage. Banyana Banyana has been demonstrating their advancement and improvement in the current edition of the Women’s World Cup.
There is no doubt that the Netherlands will remain steady in their squad selection and stick with the team that separated Vietnam in the last group game. Despite Lineth Beerensteyn’s fitness, who missed the last two games with an ankle injury, Katja Snoeijs will keep on matching Lieke Martens up front. The defence that have conceded only one goal up until this point will stay unchanged with Sherida Spitse set for a record-extending 220th senior cap for her country.
Star midfielder Refiloe Jane keeps on being missing for South Africa in the wake of getting an injury in the second group game against Argentina. Cleaning her suspension off of the Italy match, Kholosa Biyana is back accessible for selection. Coach Desiree Ellis is supposed to make practically zero changes to the squad that left a mark on the world on Wednesday. The attacking pair of Hildah Magaia and Thembi Kgatlana will be key to making more steamed in the competition.
Hildah Magaia has scored 2 goals in 3 group games and made 5 chances. Her colleague Thembi Kgatlana has given a goal and an aid in every one of her last two games.
Lieke Martens delivered a goal and an aid in the 7-0 triumph over Vietnam. The Paris Saint-Germain winger has now scored a total of 4 goals in three finals.
Jill Roord has sacked 3 goals such a long way in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. She got just a single goal in the Netherlands race to the final in 2019.
Netherlands head into the knockout stage as Group E champs and with bucketloads of certainty following their seven-goal whipping of Vietnam, giving everybody a stark update that they are an impressive side fit for going as far as possible.
In a welcome lift for the Dutch, defender Stefanie van der Gragt had the option to recuperate from her thump supported versus the United States to highlight against Vietnam and in the wake of getting through that one solid, is supposed to have her place in the center of defence for this challenge.
The Netherlands give off an impression of being looking great going into their next match, where they intend to keep up with their unbeaten record. They have won two of their last three matches, including a 1-0 triumph over Portugal, a 1-1 draw against the USA, and a 7-0 win over Vietnam in their latest match. The Netherlands won seven of their last 10 international matches across all competitions, with one draw and two losses.
The Netherlands partake in some astounding stats from their past three World Cup matches. They average 3.0 goals per game, scoring 9 times while conceding once. That is an average of 0.3 per game. They pulled off a clean sheet in two of the matches.
The Netherlands shockingly completed the top of Group E with seven points from their three games. They started their campaign with a 1-0 win over Portugal and afterward took on the USA, who beat them in the 2019 Women’s World Cup last. They almost sought retribution for that loss, going on in the seventeenth minute yet losing their lead in the second half.
However, a 1-1 draw with the defending world champions was a decent outcome. They had a lot more straightforward final group game beating Vietnam 7-0 with both Brugts and Roord scoring two times. That left them two points clear of the Americans who completed second in the group.
The Netherlands are presently unbeaten in their last five games with four triumphs and the draw with the USA. They last lost in April while being beaten 1-0 at home by Germany. Their last ten matches in the finals of this competition have produced eight successes with just the USA beating them.
An undeniably exhilarating final group game finished in happiness for South Africa and decimation for Italy, the previous scoring in the 92nd minute to make it 3-2 and send themselves through to the Round of 16, knocking out ‘Le Azzurre’ simultaneously.
Coming into this match, ‘Banyana Banyana’ are perspiring over the fitness of captain Refiloe Jane, who was extended off against Argentina and missed the triumph over Italy, albeit the South African team doctor has expressed that her injury is “minor”, which will almost certainly increment trust among fans that she will actually want to partake in this one.
In their last three matches, South Africa acquired four points, losing 2-1 to Sweden, drawing 2-2 with Argentina, and winning 3-2 against Italy. South Africa won three of their last ten international matches in all competitions, tying two and losing five.
In their three World Cup games, South Africa have averaged 2.0 goals a game, having scored six in total. They conceded two times in each of their matches.
South Africa are positioned 54th in the world yet can hope to be in the top 50 in the wake of arriving at the last 16 of this competition. This is just their second appearance in the finals of the Women’a World Cup. The other was four years ago when they lost every one of the three of their games.
From that point forward they have won the 2022 African Women’s Cup of Nations winning every one of the six of their matches. That performance qualified them for these finals and they have placed in a greatly improved show than in 2019. Their opening match saw them start to lead the pack against inevitable group winners Sweden however they ended up losing 2-1.
They then took on Argentina and appeared to have their first success in the finals. This time they led 2-0 however ended up drawing 2-2. At last that first win came when they got a shock 3-2 win over Italy scoring the champ in the 92nd minute. That was just their second win in their last seven games, the other being against Costa Rica last month.
Netherlands destroyed South Africa 5-1 in a friendly played in April last year.
This will be the fourth head-to-head meeting between the two sides as the Netherlands guaranteed wins in every one of the past three.
South Africa have scored only two goals in the process.
Date: Sunday, August 6
Kickoff Time: 10 p.m. ET (Sat, Aug. 5) / 3 a.m. BST / 12 p.m. AEST
Location: Allianz Stadium (Sydney, Australia)
Official: Yoshimi Yamashita (JPN)
Last Meeting: Netherlands 5-1 South Africa (Friendly match, April 2022)
Netherlands versus South Africa will happen on Sunday 6th August 2023 – at 03:00 (UK).
Netherlands vs South Africa will happen at Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Netherlands vs South Africa will be broadcast live on BBC One.
Netherlands versus South Africa can be streamed on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
The good news for the Netherlands is that Lineth Beerensteyn is supposed to make her return to the side. Beerensteyn hasn’t played in the last two matches because of an injury. It’s conceivable that the striker might begin the match on the bench as the Netherlands might decide to field an unchanged starting line-up. South Africa are stressed over the fitness of Refiloe Jane who was injured against Argentina. Back in the side might be Kholosa Biyana who missed the game against Italy because of suspension.
South Africa are commendable rivals, demonstrating that in the group stage. They scored on Sweden, pushing the best five European countries to the edge and just falling on a 90th-minute winner, and they got points against Italy and Argentina too.
It will be a troublesome match for the Netherlands, as teams with all that to acquire and nothing to lose are much of the time an extreme suggestion, yet the Europeans have figured out how to deal with all tests up to this point and will be capable in the future.
The Dutch have been dominant obnoxiously and defensively. South Africa’s fragile defense will see them concede a lot of goals. The past World Cup runners-up will kick their direction to the quarters in a high-scoring style.
The difference in quality between the Netherlands and South Africa is colossal and we don’t anticipate that the Dutch outfit should run into such a large number of issues on Sunday.
Having scored somewhere around once in every one of their three group-stage fixtures, racking up six goals in total, nobody can question the going-after capability of South Africa. In any case, their backline has demonstrated weakness in contrast, conceding two times in every one of those three matches, and against a side of Netherlands’ proficiency and strength going ahead, that doesn’t look good.
The Dutch have won every one of the past seven meetings between these two countries in all contests (including friendlies) and ought to have the edge with regards to capability. While they should be at their best defensively, anticipate that the Netherlands should come through and gain triumph.
PREDICTED XI (3-1-4-2): Van Domselaar; Janssen, Spitse, Van der Gragt; Groenen; Brugts, Pelova, Roord, Van de Donk; Martens, Snoeijs
UNAVAILABLE: Miedema (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Beerensteyn (Fitness)
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Swart; Gamede, Holweni, Mbane, Ramalepe, Cesane, Jane, Magaia, Motlhalo; Kgatlana, Seoposenwe
UNAVAILABLE: –
QUESTIONABLE: Dhlamani (Injured), Jane (Injured)
Peter Lopez, Jr. is a name synonymous with innovation, excellence, and transformation in the publishing… Read More
All TikTok for Business users now have access to the company's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered video… Read More
Meme marketing is an effective, often amusing, strategy for brands to capture audiences' attention, particularly… Read More
Benny Blanco, a well-known artist and food enthusiast, collaborated with Adobe Express to help small… Read More
Today, biosimilars are one of the most highly discussed aspects of healthcare. Biosimilars keep being… Read More
In an era where digital identity has become paramount, Aadhaar stands as India's ambitious biometric… Read More
