Portugal v Luxembourg, Group J of the European Championship Qualifiers in Germany, scheduled for Monday 11 September at 21:45 at the Algrave Stadium in Faro / Loule, will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Portugal, on the back of a win, are heavy favorites against Luxembourg, one of the surprises of the current European qualifying tournament, and could take a huge step towards reaching the finals in 2024.

Portugal lead Group J with 15 points from a possible maximum, thanks to wins in five games played so far in which they have not conceded a single goal: 4-0 with Liechtenstein (a), 6-0 with Luxembourg (d), 3-0 with Bosnia and Herzegovina (a), 1-0 with Iceland (d) and 1-0 with Slovakia (d).

The Lusitanians, whose technical bench includes the Spaniard Roberto Martinez, the former coach of Belgium for the last six years and who replaced Fernando Santos after the final tournament of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, will not rely on the top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo. the group, with five successes, is disqualified for accumulating yellow cards.

Portugal has a rich history in European finals tournaments: they were finalists in 2004, 0-1 in the last act with Greece, and the trophy winners in 2016, 1-0 after extra time in the final with France (they have three other semi-finals, in 1984, 2004 and 2012).

Luxembourg open this group as well as the previous tournament, being in the fight for 2nd place, which also secures a presence at Euro 2024, with 10 points, as well as Slovakia (Bosnia and Herzegovina – 6 points, Iceland – 3 points and Liechtenstein – 0 points are practically excluded from qualification calculations).

The Malte Duchy team, coached by former international Luc Holz (55 caps and one goal for Luxembourg), won three games (2-0 against Liechtenstein and 3-1 against Iceland, both at home, and 2-0 against Bosnia-Herzegovina away ), a draw (0-0 in Slovakia) and a loss (0-6 at home against Portugal).

Portugal have won all 13 of their matches against Luxembourg, the last even in this previous group, a 6-0 away win on March 26 (Cristiano Ronaldo 9, 31, Joao Felix 15, Bernardo Silva 18, Otavio 77, Rafael Lew 88).

Probable teams

Portugal: Diogo Costa – Dalot, Antonio Silva, Ruben Diaz, Joao Cancelo – Vitina, Palignha, Bruno Fernandes – Bernardo Silva, Gonzalo Ramos, Rafael Leao.

Luxembourg: Maurice – M. Martins, Mahmutovych, Chanot, Pinto – Sinani, Barreiro, K. Martins, Olesen, Sanchez – Kurchi.

Superbet offers odds of 1.80 on the prediction Over 3.5 goals: at least four goals scored in the match Portugal – Luxembourg.

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