Portugal v Iceland, Group J of the European Championship qualifiers in Germany, scheduled for Sunday 19 November at 21:45 at the Estadio José Alvalade in Lisbon, will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1 and First. Sports 1.
Portugal, who have already qualified for Euro 2024, are looking to win all ten games in the current qualifying tournament and need to beat Iceland on home soil to do so.
Group J, in addition to Portugal with 27 points and Iceland with 10 points, also includes Slovakia with 19 points, Luxembourg with 14 points, Bosnia and Herzegovina with 9 points and Liechtenstein with no points (all teams have played nine games), while the top two ranked teams advance to the final tournament in Germany.
Portugal leads the group with 27 points after nine wins so far, followed by Slovakia with 19 points (both teams have already qualified for Euro 2024).
Spaniard Roberto Martinez’s side won 2-0 in Liechtenstein on Thursday as Cristiano Ronaldo added his name to the goalscoring list and set two new records in international football: he became the first player in history to score 10 goals in national team at the age of 38 and is the footballer with the most wins in previous European competitions, 31 (overtaking Sergio Ramos, who stopped at 30).
Iceland are only fourth in the group and a few games out of contention for qualification, losing 2-4 to Slovakia on Thursday (their fifth defeat in nine games).
In addition, in four away games, the team coached by Norwegian Åge Fritjof Hareide has won one (7-0 against Liechtenstein) and lost three (0-3 against Bosnia, 1-3 against Luxembourg and 2-4 against Slovakia).
Portugal beat Iceland 1-0 thanks to a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo (89) in a tour match on June 20, 2023 in Reykjavík.
Probable teams
Portugal: Diogo Costa – Joao Cancelo, Ruben Diaz, Gonzalo Inacio, Guerreira – Bruno Fernandes, Palinha, Joao Mario – Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Ramos, Joao Felix.
Iceland: Olafsson – Sampstead, Ingasson, Palsson, Finnsson – Willumsson, Trautasson, Sigurdsson – Haraldsson, Finnbogasson, Thorsteinsson.
Superbet offers odds of 1.42 for the prediction Halftime/Final 1/1: the hosts lead at halftime and win at the end of the match Portugal – Iceland.
| Portugal – Iceland | 1/1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.42 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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