Women's World Cup 2023: What to expect on Day 8

Australia and Nigeria meet in a vital game in Ireland's group at the Women's World Cup, while the reigning champions are also in action on Day 8.

The host nation can book their place in the knock-out phase with a victory over Nigeria, while the African side will be hoping for a result to maintain their push for shock qualification out of the group following Ireland's defeat, which has ruled Vera Pauw's side out of contention.

There is an intriguing encounter in Group E as the holders, the USA, take on the Netherlands, who impressed in their opening game, beating Portugal.

Vietnam and Portugal go head to head in the other Group E encounter with both sides knowing that elimination is on the line having lost their opening games.

The United States and the Netherlands will renew their rivalry in the Women's World Cup when they meet in their second group stage encounter on Thursday, four years after the Americans triumphed over the Oranje in the final to win a fourth crown.

The Dutch may not have their all-time leading goal scorer Vivianne Miedema who is out injured but, compared to the Americans, they have more experience to bank on from the spine of the 2019 team which is largely intact.

But USA head coach Vlatko Andonovski sees things differently.

"Their experience may be an advantage or people may look at it as an advantage. But the unknowns and unpredictability that comes with our squad could be an advantage," Andonovski said.

"Also, the young players that are on the field, they play very freely. They're not stressed."

USA midfielder Rose Lavelle is not dwelling on the past but she also expects a rough outing after the Americans beat the Dutch again, on penalties, in the quarter-finals of the Olympics.

"Every time we play them,