With the Lionesses cruising past Norway and the United States eliminating France the first semi-final of the Woman’s World Cup is settled.

The United States have continuously exhibited their confidence and mentality in this tournament. The defending champions clearly have a psychological edge over the other teams in this tournament and they have portrayed this by their courage to face France, who were one of the pre-tournament favorites along with the USWNT. It is clear that the USWNT wants to earn this trophy by beating the best and not through the mentality of bracketology.

That undesirable task of thwarting USA’s quest for a fourth World Cup will fall to England in the semi-finals. Having been knocked out in the semi-finals of the 2015 WWC and the 2017 European championship, England are hungry for success and are convinced that they will go on to win the Women’s World Cup this time.

The Lionesses do not seem to be the least bit surprised by reaching the semi-finals in the WWC as they are aware of the quality the team boasts. With Lucy Bronze, one of the best players in the world right now who is in peak form along with striker Ellen White, midfielder Jill Scott and Steph Houghton, England could surely go on to beat the United States and this could be guaranteed if players like Nikita Parris and Frank Kirby step up then the Lionesses are assured victor.

The USWNT are one of the most physical and powerful teams in this tournament and could destroy England’s hopes of winning the world cup. Being the strongest team present in the tournament with players such as Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, the United States could exploit the defensive vulnerabilities and punish England for any mistakes they could make. If England do not improve upon the defense which is an extremely challenging task, the Lionesses could be knocked out of the tournament and USWNT would turn out to be the first finalists.

My prediction is that this match will not be goal-less and the USA will be the first finalists of the WWC.





With Germany being the clear favorites win against Sweden in the quarter finals, and Netherlands qualifying for the semi-finals, the second semi-final fixture could be Germany vs Netherlands.

Germany are well organized, discipled and are a contender for the title. They topped their group conceding 0 goals and they have had a brilliant tournament until now. After their match against Nigeria we could clearly see that Germany does not do well against speed. However, they are pretty strong and play dominating football.

The Netherlands were crowned European champions in 2017 and possess plenty of experience. Having been reliant on Lieke Martens throughout this tournament and being sloppy at the back at times they could slip-up against a strong Germany side.

My prediction is that Germany will win against Netherlands by a small margin with the possibility of this game going into extra time.

We could possibly witness a match for the 3rd place between England and Netherlands. Based on their strengths and weaknesses stated above I feel that England would end up winning this fixture as they do have the quality to beat the Netherlands.





The United States seem to be the tournament favorites and they could win their 4th consecutive women’s world cup,





These predictions are based on the tactical analysis and statistics along with a deep study of the qualities of each team. However, football can be unpredictable as its nature is more intuitive than statistical. Eventually it all depends on the form of the team and the way they handle the situations they face in the game.



