Wednesday evening, at 19:45, Portugal and Switzerland meet in the UEFA League playoff semi-finals in a game where the extensions are a strong possibility. The Lusitans are a failure in the last seven games in which they started as favorites in the bookmakers, but Switzerland is a strong, very homogeneous group that has the chances of surprise.
A specialist in timing and defensive play, Portugal will try to keep the danger away from the gate, taking advantage of the experience in front of Switzerland. Vladimir Petkovic’s team is a spectacular band, and in 7 of his previous 9 games scored at least three goals. Overall, these games had an average of 3.89 goals / match, which complicates the wagers’ task.
We will watch Cristiano Ronaldo, who will be searched for all the dangerous balloons of his favorites, as Juventus’s star makes its debut in the UEFA League. On the other hand, Switzerland may be dangerous through Haris Seferovic, who scored a hat-trick in the memorable match with Belgium (5-2), in which the white-reds started with the second chance to victory. There have been only two direct matches between Portugal and Switzerland over the past decade, both with a final score of 2-0. The two have shared their successes in a very balanced statistic.
On Dragao we are expecting a very hard duel for the Lusitans who drew in their last four consecutive matches: 1-1 with Serbia and Poland, 0-0 with Ukraine and Italy. Switzerland comes after a 3-3 with Denmark, but was forced into parties with Georgia (2-0), Belgium (5-2) and Iceland (2-1). In fact, the Swiss have only one failure in the last five consecutive games. Over the course of history, the two national teams played 12 direct games, and in the last five of them we have always witnessed less than three scored goals. In addition, the host team won the last 4 disputes.
PREDICTION: Portugal to win @ 1,69
