Portugal VS Czech Republic - Prediction

Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal have come to Germany as one of the favorites for the UEFA Euro 2024. Portugal won their first-ever major trophy in 2016 when they defeated France in the UEFA Euro final. Three years later, they won the UEFA Nations League, defeating the Netherlands by a narrow 1-0 margin in the final on June 9, 2019. Although Portugal do not have as many trophies as other big names have, they are one of the favorites in this competition. With a balanced squad led by Cristiano Ronaldo, they are one of the strongest candidates that will start their mission in the Euro 2024 tonight with the clash against the Czech Republic.

Stats&Facts

• Since 1996, Portugal will face off against the Czech Republic for the fourth time in the UEFA Euro. Only Italy and Spain met against each other in this competition.
• The Czech Republic defeated Portugal in their first meeting in the Euro 1996. However, Portugal won their remaining two meetings in this competition.
• Portugal are the only team to win all their qualifying matches for Euro 2024, scoring more goals than any other side (36).
• Portugal have won each of their last four meetings against the Czech Republic across all competitions. They have scored 10 goals during this period and conceded only one.
• Portugal have conceded the least amount of goals in the qualifiers, conceding only 2 in their 10 matches.
• The Czech Republic have won four of their eight qualifiers.
• With a goal, Cristiano Ronaldo would become the oldest player ever to score in this competition.

Team News

Portugal boss Roberto Martinez has a number of decisions to make regarding the team selection. There are plenty of options available as Portugal have many star players. There is no doubt Cristiano Ronaldo will lead the attack for Portugal, while Rafael Leao and Bernardo Silva could play in the front along with Ronaldo Bruno Fernandes has made him a key player both for Portugal and Manchester United. He has been consistent and will operate in the midfield tonight with Vitinha and Joao Palhinha. On the other hand, Michal Sadilek was a regular starter for the Czech Republic. But he got An injury and was left out of the squad before the Euro 2024. The rest of the players are ready to start their mission tonight. Possible Lineup for Portugal: Costa; Cancelo, Pepe, Dias, Mendes; Palhinha, Vitinha, Fernandes; Leao, Ronaldo, Bernardo Possible Lineup for Czech Republic: Stanek; Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Coufal, Soucek, Provod, Barak, Jurasek; Kuchta, Schick

Prediction: Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic

Portugal should be the favorite in this match, but the Czech Republic have been pretty impressive in their recent matches. They have won all their last seven games across all competitions. Despite this, we expect Portugal to win this match with a narrow margin. They have lots of options that can change the momentum at any time.

Betfair Odds

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