27th June, 2011 Group C – England Women v Mexico Women 2011 World Cup betting will see Hope Powell’s Lionesses start their campaign at Germany 2011. England have been in the Women’s World Cup finals twice and both times have ended their quests in the quarter finals. In the 2007 tournament, England were looking strong until they ran into the powerful Americans in the first knockout stage and exited. If their qualification process is any guide to how they may do at the World Cup, then there are promising signs. They came through qualification for the finals with only two dropped points in a draw again Spain, and won both of their play off legs against Switzerland. They have warmed up well, including victories over the strong Sweden Women’s side as well as one of the tournament favourites, the USA. but do face a very tricky Group B opener against Mexico. The coach Hope Powell has been worried about England’s fitness for the tournament, because most of the women in her side have only had a handful of league matches under their belt. Most of the English side participate in the new Women’s Super League (WSL) and with the season only starting in April, the fitness levels for a gruelling World Cup campaign could be a big issue for them. On the other hand, they could be very fresh. Captain Faye White was an injury, but she is with the squad and training, and should be ready to go.
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England Women v Mexico Women at the World Cup should be a great test for Hope Powell’s side. England are a very strong run of 10 unbeaten matches, with their last defeat coming against Canada back in February last year, but it was an under strength side which took to the field then. England are probably at the strongest which they have been ahead of the World Cup, and are currently ranked ninth in the Coca Cola/FIFA World Rankings. They really make for a great outside bet in the tournament, but winning their group could be imperative, so they will need to get off to a strong start against Mexico. The winner of Group B will probably end up avoiding favourites and home nation Germany in the quarter finals, and that will have a huge bearing on the team who finishes second. Germany have won the last two Women’s World Cups and are red hot favourites, because they are a massively powerful side. So England really need to top their group to stand a better chance of going further. England are definitely on the right track in closing the gap between them and the leaders in the world’s game. England will need their strong defensive prowess, the one which saw them get through qualification conceding just two goals in their eight group matches. The blend of the England side is good, with experience and youth to go well. They have to start well here, because they are not the favourites to win their group, with that title falling to Japan at the bookies. So England Women v Mexico Women 2011 World Cup football betting is an important start to the English campaign, which is played on the second day of the tournament. With the favourites still to come, England need a positive result against Las Aztecas.
Mexico enter the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup for just the second time, but they did cause some surprises in the 2010 Gold Cup. Mexico came through their group behind Canada, and when it came to the semi finals, they shocked the world’s highest ranked team, the USA with a 2-1 win. That forced the USA into a play off just to get the Germany 2011 World Cup. Striker Maribel Dominguez is their main threat up front and netted six goals in Mexico’s five Gold Cup matches. They are still one of the up and coming nations, but they do pose a threat. They have good experienced players in their squad, but when it comes down to the match against England Women, they will be underdogs. They will fancy that though, because Group B is one of the most open in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and they are capable of causing a shock. The Tricolores have shown what they can do from the position of underdogs, as proven in their huge shock win over the superpowers the USA in the last four of that CONCACAF qualification tournament. They were on home turf then in front of their passionate fans, so they need to translate that across to Germany. In their first Women’s World Cup campaign, Mexico never got past the group stage, as they were thumped 7-1 by Brazil, 6-0 by Germany and 2-0 by Italy. They will put up a better showing than that at Germany 2011 though.
England Women v Mexico Women 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Betting Odds
England Women to win: 4/6 at Bet365
Draw: 13/5 at BetFred
Mexico Women to win: 4/1 at Bet365
England Women v Mexico Women Betting Tip: Should be a great opener and real test from the sparky Mexicans for Hope Powell’s side. The power and control should be with England, they just need to show composure and make a strong start. Would stick with them for a win.
England Outright Winner Odds: 20/1 at Bet365
Mexico Outright Winner Odds: 80/1 at Totesport
Group B Winner Odds:
Japan: 10/11 at William Hill
England: 7/5 at Paddy Power
Mexico: 12/1 at William Hill
New Zealand: 14/1 at Bwin
