England vs. Australia World Cup semifinal odds: Lionesses favored against host Matildas
The England-Australia Women’s World Cup semifinal has plenty of storylines to watch. Not only is this England against a former colony, one that still bears the Union Jack on its flag, but this is one of the pre-tournament favorites against the host nation.
Stadium Australia in Sydney will be rocking with more than 75,000 fans. The Matildas played in this venue for their opening group play match against Ireland (a 1-0 win) and their opening knockout match against Denmark (a 2-0 win). England played its come-from-behind quarterfinal win against Colombia in Stadium Australia.
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England is -155 (20-to-31) to advance with Australia at +110 (11-to-10) on BetMGM. The Lionesses had emerged as the favorite to win the tournament after the Americans went out, but Spain has taken the top spot in the odds ahead of the semifinals.
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Kickoff time: 6 a.m. ET/11 a.m. BST Wednesday
Venue: Stadium Australia, Sydney Neither of these teams had an easy time in the quarterfinals. England fell behind Colombia late in the first half and Australia had its back up against the wall in the penalty shootout multiple times against France.
Australia became the second host nation to advance past the quarterfinals and is getting star striker Sam Kerr back to fitness. Kerr subbed on in the 55th minute against France, her longest appearance of the tournament. After playing for more than an hour with extra time, she could be ready to start in the semifinal.
The Matildas have had clean sheets in four of their five matches. The one that was not was a 3-2 loss to Nigeria in group play.
The Lionesses have had plenty of close matches this World Cup. Outside of a 6-1 shellacking of
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