Portugal – France prediction 05.07.2024 EC
The Euro 2024 is clearly getting more tense and surviving Nations keep reducing in numbers. Well that will be the case once again this Friday at the Volksparkstadion, where Portugal and France will go head-to-head for a place in the semifinals of this prestigious competition. Kick-off time is 9:00 PM. In our preview for this potential classic, we will provide you with all the important facts and stats, but first we will start by having a look at the current form of the two teams involved.
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In their last five EC encounters, Portugal managed to get 1 win against France, while France scored 2 wins. On 2 occasions, there was no winner. If we focus exclusively on the home games that Portugal played against France in the EC, we get the following record: 1 win for Portugal, 1 draw and 3 wins for France.
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Portugal
Portugal survived what could have turned out to be a shock exit from the Euros, even after Cristiano Ronaldo saw his penalty saved by Jan Oblak in the first half of the extra time. The Lusos then went on to seal victory in penalties where goalkeeper, Diogo Costa made 3 successive saves to deny Slovenia a quarterfinal ticket.
A matchup with France is a very stern test for 2016 Euro Champions but getting to this point shows that they are not pushovers in this clash and can as well edge out the Les Bleus in what proves to be equally open contest.
France
France have been preforming below expectations/standards, it can even be said that their trajectory in this tournament is laced with luck and kind referee decisions not because of the way they’ve been playing. A clear instance of their series of luck in this Euros was in their quarterfinal game against Belgium which they won via Jan Vertonghen’s 85th minute own goal to of course set themselves up for a meeting with Portugal.
Didier Deschamps’ men really need to take the bull by the horns in this fixture as they may not get so lucky this time around and Portugal won’t be messing around here.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
PORTUGAL
- Costa
- Mendes
- Pepe
- Dias
- Cancelo
- Palhinha
- Vitinha
- Leão
- Fernandes
- Silva
- Ronaldo
- COACH: Roberto Martinez
- DOUBTFUL: None
- OUT: None
FRANCE
- Maignan
- Hernández
- Saliba
- Upamecano
- Koundé
- Kanté
- Tchouaméni
- Rabiot
- Griezmann
- Thuram
- Mbappé
- COACH: Didier Deschamps
- DOUBTFUL: None
- OUT: None
Our Portugal vs France betting tips
When it comes to prediction, this match carries so many possibilities. However, going by what we’ve witnessed in the previous rounds and by the stage we are currently in, there is a high chance of both Nations cancelling each other out and matching each other like for like just maintain parity/balance in this tie, as they are both keen on winning the Euro trophy. So, whichever way it plays out we should have an evenly matched half in terms of scores in this match.
#TIPS 1: Draw in at least a half
We won’t be having a fancy gameplay here because both Nations will entirely go into study mode just to maintain focus and ensure they are well in contention, of course neither of the two would want to be out of the contest right from kick-off. This in turn would dampen the rate of goals in the opening 45′.
#TIP 2: Half with More Goals – Second Half
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Our tips
Performance
Portugal performance of the last 7 home matches