Turkey vs Portugal prediction and betting tips

Tournament:European Championship

Game time:23 jun 2024, 00:00

A match between the national teams of Turkey and Portugal will take place in the 2nd round of Euro on June 22, 2024. Both were able to win the opening matches, albeit not particularly well, so a draw would be enough for a friendly exit to the play-offs.

Turkey vs Portugal: key statistics and trends

• Turkey could not win 5 matches in a row before the success in the struggle with the Georgians.
• Portugal has lost twice in its 5 previous games.
• Turkey wins the first half in 20% of matches, Portugal – in 72% of confrontations.

Turkey – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Janissaries” lost only once during last year’s qualifying round, to Croatia. There was also a defeat in a friendly match against Japan, and this, combined with a “heart attack” draw with Armenia on the native field, led to a coaching reshuffle. This gave momentum: Montella started with a couple of key victories, including over Croatia, before finishing the confrontation with the Germans with a 3-2 score in Berlin in November.

Still, then the troubles began. 2023 ended in a draw with the Welsh. Friendly matches in March and June brought defeats made by the Hungarians, Austrians and Poles, albeit there happened a 0-0 draw in the match with Italy. Then the team started the Euro with the battle against the Georgians, and eventually won. When Mamardashvili went for a corner, one more goal was kicked into the empty net – 3-1.

Portugal – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Chosen Ones” were by far the best in last year’s qualification. Roberto Martinez started in a new place with victories in all 10 qualifying matches. Even 11, because the team added a 5-2 success in the game with the Swedes in March.

Still, then the Spanish mentor and his players started having troubles. Back in the spring, a trip to Slovenia ended in a 0-2 defeat. And they had lost the home match with the Croats before the Euro. However, the higher mentioned 1-2 failure happened after quite confident victories over the Finns (4-2) and the Irish. As for the Euro, there was a duel with strong Czechs, and yet again everything went to a misfire, at most a draw. Nevertheless, first, Hranac scored an own goal (even if the goalkeeper was more to blame), and then he provided the ball to Conceição in his team’s penalty area.

Turkey: team news

Söyüncü, Ünal and Ünder are injured.

Portugal: team news

Otavio had to be removed from the squad.

Turkey vs Portugal: possible starting line-ups

Turkey (possible line-up): Bayindir – Müldür, Demiral, Celik – Ayhan, Calhanoglu, Yazici, Kökçü, Güler, Aydin – Tosun.

Portugal (possible line-up): Diogo Costa – Ruben Dias, Pepe, Antonio Silva – Joao Cancelo, Joao Felix, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot – Rafael Leao, Ronaldo.

Previous head-to-head matches: Turkey vs Portugal

“The Chosen Ones” lost to this opponent only once, in a friendly match. Still, they invariably beat “the Janissaries” in all 6 official meetings.

Free prediction for the match Turkey vs Portugal

Despite all the shortcomings, Ronaldo and the company know how to achieve results, even if they are unsuccessful. We are waiting for their new victory (odd: 1.6).