On November 17, from 14:00, the Portuguese national goes to the arena Josy Barthel for the match with Luxembourg, in the 10th stage of the Euro 2020 preliminaries. Obviously, the guests are big favorites to success, especially that Fernando Santos will bet on a first “11” garnered by international stars.
No one doubts the victory of the Lusitanians in this trip. Cristiano Ronaldo’s national team has 11 points and is on the 2nd place in the standings (14-6 goalscoring), eight points away from the unbeaten leader Ukraine (6 wins and a draw in 7 games). Thus, the Portuguese can no longer win the group, but they need the second place, for which they lead a balanced fight with Serbia, at one point behind.
Obviously, Luxembourg does not count in qualifying calculations, coming after five defeats in the last five matches: 0-1 with Northern Ireland and 0-4 with Denmark in friendly, respectively 0-1 with Ukraine, 1-3 with Serbia and 0- 3 in Portugal, in qualifications for Euro. The Lusitanians missed any chance of finishing in 1st place after giving up the last stage in Ukraine, score 1-2, where the goals of Yaremchuk (‘6) and Yarmolenko (’27) brought home the success. Ronaldo reduced the handicap after the break, after a penalty that led to the elimination of Stepanenko (’72). Until the end, Ukraine resisted heroically.
Portugal has played 5 times against Luxembourg in the last eight years, managing to win all matches, 3-0, 2-0, 3-0, 2-1 and 5-0. Therefore, only one goal received from the players of the Ducat! It is normal to see an energetic offensive performance of the guests, even though Santos has some notable absences. We bet on a good match made by Lusitani, but also on goals scored in the second half of the game.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,53
