Turkey vs Portugal prediction: EUROPE: Euro betting tips on match 2024-06-21 16:00.
[p]Two winners from matchday one meet in Group F’s second round of fixtures, as Turkey attempt to follow up their 3-1 victory over Georgia when they face Portugal. The scoreline suggests that the Turks claimed the three points with relative ease, but it was far from that, with Vincenzo Montella’s side needing two goal of the tournament contenders to win the game, but regardless of how the points arrived, they’ll be pleased they’re now on the brink of reaching a Euro knockouts for the first time since 2008.[/p]
[p]They could rubber stamp their ticket to the knockouts with a win here, but they’ve never beaten Portugal at a Euro finals (L3). In fact they’ve failed to score in all three of those games, but with Turkey having netted at least once in 11 of their last 13 internationals, they must surely believe they can at least end their H2H goal drought at the Euros. [/p]
[p]Portugal were far from convincing in their opener, as they needed a stoppage time goal to secure a 2-1 comeback victory against the Czech Republic. Boss Roberto MartĂnez insisted his side “controlled the game” and as such were ultimately worthy winners, but he’ll be a little concerned to see that his defence, who kept nine clean sheets from ten games in qualifying, have now conceded in five of their last six games. [/p]
[p]Like Turkey, Portugal know a win will see them safely through to the knockouts, but matchday two has been a struggle for them in recent editions, as they’ve failed to win either of their second group games at the last two Euros (D1, L1). They ought to be confident of turning that around here though, as they haven’t lost at a Euro finals to a nation ranked outside FIFA’s current top-20 since Greece beat them in the 2004 final. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: With his stunner on matchday one, 19-year-old Arda Güler became the youngest-ever player to score on his Euros debut. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo held that record beforehand, but untypically it was substitute Francisco Conceição who was their hero against the Czech Republic, scoring just 111 seconds after coming off the bench![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Seven of the nine H2Hs between these sides have been settled by at least a two-goal margin (POR: W7, L2). [/p]