It’s crunch time on the Women’s World Cup with the ultimate spherical of fixtures within the group levels set to determine who will advance to the knockouts.
It has been a event of shocks and surprises thus far, with Nigeria gorgeous Australia and Colombia’s last-gasp win over Germany standing out as the most important outcomes of the World Cup.
There are set to be extra twists and turns as the ultimate matches of the group levels are performed out – with the highest two groups in every group advancing to the last-16.
With every part to play for throughout a number of teams, right here’s what every staff wants to achieve the knockout levels, beginning with Group B.
Group B standings
1. Nigeria – 4 factors (+1 objective distinction)
2. Canada – 4 factors (+1)
3. Australia – 3 factors (+0)
4. Eire (E) – 0 factors (-2)
Outcomes and fixtures
Australia 1-0 Eire
Canada 0-0 Nigeria
Australia 2-3 Nigeria
Eire 1-2 Canada
Australia vs Canada (11am BST)
Nigeria vs Eire (11am BST)
Nigeria
– Will qualify with a victory or draw towards Eire. If Canada additionally win, whoever has the upper objective distinction will undergo as group winners. If that’s stage, it’s going to go all the way down to truthful play factors because the head-to-head is stage, after the groups drew 0-0 on matchday 1. Nigeria would additionally qualify with a draw, however will be unable to prime the group if both Canada or Australia win.
– Nigeria might qualify even when they lose to Eire. If Nigeria lose and Australia draw towards Canada, Nigeria will nonetheless qualify if they’ve a greater objective distinction than Australia. If Nigeria lose and Canada lose, they may once more nonetheless qualify if they’ve a greater objective distinction than Canada. On this case, it could be whichever staff loses by the smaller margin.
Canada
– Will qualify with a win or draw towards Australia. If Nigeria additionally win or additionally draw, whoever has the upper objective distinction will undergo as group winners.
– Canada might nonetheless qualify in the event that they lose to Australia, however they would want Eire to beat Nigeria and hope they overtake Nigeria on objective distinction.
Australia
– Will qualify with a win towards Canada. Australia may even undergo as group winners if Nigeria fail to beat Eire.
– Australia can solely qualify with a draw if Nigeria lose to Eire by a margin that’s a couple of objective.
– If Australia lose to Canada, they’re out.
Eire
– Had been eradicated from the World Cup after their 2-1 defeat to Canada. They can not qualify for the last-16.