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World champions Spain began their hunt for an Olympic gold medal with a hard-fought come from behind 2-1 defeat of a decent Japanese side and now face a Nigerian team that suffered a slender 1-0 loss to Brazil the other day.
KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Sunday 28th July, 2024, UK – 6:00pm / US ET – 1:00pm / US PT – 10:00am
HOW TO WATCH THE PARIS OLYMPICS ON TV: UK – BBC is the main broadcaster while some event will be televised on Eurosport / US – NBC is the main broadcaster while some events will be shown on NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network and Telemundo
HOW TO WATCH THE PARIS OLYMPICS ONLINE: UK – BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website & Eurosport Player / US – Events can be streamed on the relevant streaming platforms of NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network and Telemundo
SPAIN PREVIEW: FINDING A WAY
Coached by Montserrat Tome Vazquez in the aftermath of the sexism scandal within the Spanish FA after they won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Spain have an abundance of quality and talent and will fancy their chances of going all the way in this competition.
They went behind early on to Japan, though, in their opening game when Aoba Fujino scored an excellent free-kick. However, the excellent Aitana Bonmati notched an equaliser about ten minutes later before Mariona scored a 74th minute winner for the Spanish.
NIGERIA PREVIEW: BEING BLUNT
As one of the lowest ranked teams in this summer’s Olympic campaign, the Nigerians performed admirably in their opening game to restrict a lacklustre Brazilian side to just a one-goal defeat at the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux.
The Brazilians, with their extremely experienced squad, did eventually get themselves ahead in the 37th minute via Gabi Nunes but they couldn’t build on their lead with Nigeria impressively actually giving as good as they got for the most part.
SPAIN VS NIGERIA PREDICTION
Spain are the best team in the world. They are the world number one in FIFA’s Women Rankings and they are the world champions with an excellent array of UEFA Women’s Champions League winners but they did lack a bit of fluency against Japan the other day. Nigeria proved themselves to be difficult to play against and breakdown against Brazil so whilst Spain should win this one, it may not be as comfortable as many would expect.
SPAIN VS NIGERIA TIP: SPAIN TO WIN & UNDER 3.5 GOALS