Portugal vs Armenia prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-11-15 14:00.
[p]Portugal can secure a seventh successive appearance at the FIFA World Cup finals by winning their final qualifier (WCQ) against already-eliminated Armenia.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Portugal missed their chance to qualify for next summer’s finals on Thursday when Ireland beat them 2-0 in Dublin, handing them their first defeat of this WCQ campaign (W3, D1). Cristiano Ronaldo’s first international red card headlined a dismal night for Roberto MartĂnez’s side, but they remain in control of Group F as a win here will seal their place at the summer’s finals. They’re already guaranteed a play-off place despite Thursday’s unexpected loss, but they ought to be confident of securing automatic progression given that they’re unbeaten across their last seven home fixtures (W6, D1).[/p]
[p]Armenia’s battling 1-0 loss to Hungary on Thursday evening confirmed that they can no longer qualify for the finals (W1, L4), so there is little on the line for them as they complete a group stage that had promised much more after beating Ireland 2-1 in September. That remains Yegishe Melikyan’s side’s only win across their last nine games (D1, L7) so they’re unlikely to be relishing their trip to Portugal, especially as they’re also winless across their last five games on foreign soil (D1, L4).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Portugal are unbeaten across all seven previous meetings (W5, D2) and have won three of the last four H2Hs without conceding.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Portugal’s last six matches witnessed at least two first-half goals.[/p]
[p]Five of Portugal’s last six home games produced over 2.5 goals and saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Armenia have failed to score in six of their last eight WCQ fixtures.[/p]
[p]Armenia have conceded an average of 3.2 goals across their last five away games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Two of João Cancelo’s 12 international goals came across Portugal’s last five games, and on both occasions he netted his country’s third of the game having already provided an assist for their first, including in the reverse fixture. Armenia captain Eduard Spertsyan has ten international goals to his name, four of the last five of which arrived away from home.[/p]
[p]Ronaldo will miss this game after his red card against Ireland, while Pedro Neto and Pedro Gonçalves withdrew before the Ireland game due to injury. Armenia are without Tigran Barseghyan, who is suspended after being sent off against Ireland last month.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Portugal should run out comfortable winners here against an Armenia side who have rarely troubled them in the past, so our tip is to back them to win by at least three goals.[/p]
[p][i]Author: John Pennington[/i][/p]