FIFA Women’s World Cup: Spain vs Zambia Odds
Zambia Looking for Bounce Back

Spain Dominate in Opener
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup continues for the second batch of group-stage matches, Spain take on Zambia. The two sides, who will meet in Auckland on Wednesday, had vastly different opening results. Spain got an easy 3-0 win over Costa Rica. Meanwhile Zambia fell 5-0 to Japan in their first-ever World Cup match. We’ll go through the Spain vs. Zambia odds as Zambia go for their first-ever World Cup point.
FIFA Women’s World Cup
Spain vs Zambia
Date, time:
Location: Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Head-to-Head
This is the first-ever meeting between Spain and Zambia on their FIFA Women’s World Cup schedules. In fact, it’s their first-ever meeting, in all competitions. In three previous meeting vs. African opposition, Spain are 3-0 and have outscored their opponents 10-1.
Spain Superb in Opener
- FIFA Women’s World Ranking: 6
- Last Match: 3-0 W vs. Costa Rica
- Next Match: July 31st vs. Japan
Questions surrounded Spain’s team heading into the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Last year’s player protests significantly weakened the roster, and only a few have returned. Spain silenced their doubters temporarily as they picked up a 3-0 opening win vs. Costa Rica. One of the returning players, Aitana Bonmati, scored in the match, in which Spain dominated possession.
They also got off an astounding 46 shots, only 12 of which were on target, though. Soccer predictions do often imply that Spain will advance from Group C, along with Japan. Sealing qualification to the knockout stage here’ll take a win and a Japan win or draw vs. Costa Rica. Otherwise, Spain may need to get a result in their group stage finale vs. Japan.
The Spain vs. Zambia odds price La Roja as big favorites for Wednesday’s match. They’ve never before won two matches at a FIFA Women’s World Cup but have two more group-stage opportunities to do so. Spain’s opening win vs. Costa Rica was their biggest ever at a Women’s World Cup, and this is another opportunity to build momentum.
Zambia Fail to Get off a Shot vs. Japan
- FIFA Women’s World Ranking: 77
- Last Match: 0-5 L vs. Japan
- Next Match: July 31st vs. Costa Rica
Zambia’s opening match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup vs. Japan was an unmitigated disaster. In one of the more lopsided World Cup scores of recent memory, they lost 5-0. Zambia also failed to get off a single shot, and their goalkeeper got a red card. Catherine Musonda conceded a late penalty and earned her second yellow card of the match to get sent off. She’ll now miss this match vs. Spain and Eunice Sakala is expected to replace her.
In reality, Musonda and Sakala are second and third stringers. Usual starter Hazel Nali tore her ACL just days before the Women’s World Cup started. Zambia’s defensive record against top-tier competition is already poor. In their first Olympics appearance a couple of years ago, Zambia conceded 15 goals in three matches. Now, they’ll face an explosive Spain offense.
Zambia failed to score vs. Japan, but they did score a bunch in the Tokyo Olympics. Barbra Banda managed two hat tricks in Zambia’s Olympic debut and scored six of the Copper Queens’ seven goals at the tournament. She was kept quiet by Japan last Saturday but will be the focus of Spain’s defensive gameplan.
Match Analysis & Odds
Zambia are the lowest-ranked team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, at 77th in the world. They didn’t do much to challenge that notion in their opener but expect some adjustments heading into Wednesday’s match. Currently, the Spain vs. Zambia odds price La Roja as 4.5-goal favorites.
Spain -4.5 comes in at +105 odds. If Spain cover, they will have managed their record Women’s World Cup margin of victory in consecutive matches. Spain star Alexia Putellas is still working her way back to her best following an ACL injury and she came off the bench vs. Costa Rica. Perhaps she gets her first start of the tournament here. Regardless, Spain are -6000 moneyline favorites for the match.
Meanwhile, Zambia +4.5 displays -135 odds as they look to avoid their second straight five-goal loss. They’re also +3000 underdogs to get their first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup win. Here, a draw is also priced at +2000 odds and over five goals sit at -120 odds.
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