Portugal vs Czech Republic: Euro 2024 Group Stage Prediction Match Details
Portugal begins their quest to win the European Championship title when they play against the Czech Republic in the first round of the Euro 2024 Group F match at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig on Tuesday.
Portugal Preview & Form
Portugal is entering their ninth Euro appearance in solid form, having won 13 of their last 15 matches leading up to the tournament. They have advanced beyond the group stage in all of their eight previous editions and will be aiming to continue their success. In their warm-up for the tournament, Portugal suffered two defeats against Croatia and Slovenia, but they won two matches against Finland and Ireland. During the friendly matches, they scored at least two goals in each game. Portugal achieved a perfect record during the European tournament qualifier, winning all matches and securing the top spot in Group J with 30 points.
Czech Republic Preview & Form
The Czech Republic finished second in their qualification group with a 15-point score, tying with Albania. They had a good warm-up ahead of the tournament and will be hoping to maintain their momentum. Czech Republic During their preparation for their eight consecutive appearances at the Euro, they displayed an excellent run of form by winning four consecutive matches against Norway, Armenia, Malta, and North Macedonia. However, they were unable to keep a clean sheet in any of these matches, with both teams scoring and over 2.5 goals ending each of their games.
Portugal vs Czech Republic: Predicted Lineups
Portugal (4-3-3): Costa; Dalot, Dias, Inacio, Cancelo; Palhinha, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes; Bernardo Silva, Rafa Leao, Ronaldo
Czech Republic (3-5-2): Stanek; Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Coufal, Hlozek, Soucek, Provod, Doudera; Kuchta, Schick
Portugal vs Czech Republic Team News
Portugal Euro 2024 Squad:
Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton), Rui Patricio (Roma).
Defenders: Antonio Silva (Benfica), Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint-Germain), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Goncalo Inacio (Sporting), Joao Cancelo (Barcelona), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City).
Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Joao Neves (Benfica), Joao Palhinha (Fulham), Matheus Nunes (Manchester City), Ruben Neves (Al Hilal), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain).
Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Diogo Jota (Liverpool), Francisco Conceicao (FC Porto), Goncalo Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain), Joao Felix (Barcelona), Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton), Rafael Leao (AC Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr).
Czech Republic Euro 2024 Squad:
Goalkeepers: Jindrich Stanek (Slavia Prague), Matej Kovar (Bayer Leverkusen), Vitezslav Jaros (Liverpool).
Defenders: Vladimir Coufal (West Ham), Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague), Robin Hranac (Viktoria Plzen), Ladislav Krejci (Sparta Prague), Martin Vitik (Sparta Prague), David Zima (Slavia Prague), David Jurasek (Benfica), David Doudera (Slavia Prague), Toma Vlcek (Slavia Prague).
Midfielders: Tomas Soucek (West Ham), Antonin Barak (Fiorentina), Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague), Lukas Provod (Slavia Prague), Pavel Sulc (Viktoria Plzen), Ondrej Lingr (Feyenoord), Vaclav Cerny (Wolfsburg), Matej Jurasek (Slavia Prague), Lukas Cerv (Viktoria Plzen).
Forwards: Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Tomas Chory (Viktoria Plzen), Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague), Adam Hlozek (Bayer Leverkusen), Mojmir Chytil (Slavia Prague).
Portugal vs Czech Republic H2H Record (Last Five Games)
- Czech Republic 0-4 Portugal
- Portugal 2-0 Czech Republic
- Czech Republic 0-1 Portugal
- Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal
- Czech Republic 1-0 Portugal
Portugal vs Czech Republic: Prediction Betting Tips
Portugal displayed excellent performances in the qualifying round for the Euro tournament, and they will aim to build on this momentum in their first match at Euro 2024. They also have a good track record in previous encounters with the Czech Republic, having secured a four-match winning streak against them. Based on this, we predict Portugal to win.
