Slovakia vs Portugal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th September 2023

In the fifth instalment of the European Championship qualifiers, Slovakia and Portugal go head-to-head in a thrilling group stage match on Friday at National Football Stadium, as both teams battle for three important points.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Portugal came away as 2-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Friday.

Before the fifth round of the group stage, Slovakia lie as number two in the rankings with ten points points, whereas Portugal earned 12 points to be ranked as one. According to Fifa Slovakia look into their fixture with Portugal as number 47 in the world ranking. The visitors sit as number 9.

It may be unrealistic to anticipate Slovakia topping their group; however, it would be surprising if they do not make it out of this group and qualify for the upcoming tournament.

Portugal are heavy favourites with the bookmakers to top their group. It would be a surprise, should they fail to live up to expectations and qualify as group winner with relative ease.

Slovakia vs Portugal Prediction

Slovakia Form

In their last three outings, Slovakia won 2-0 against Bosnia-Herzegovina, beat Iceland by 1-2 and hammered Liechtenstein 0-1. Slovakia claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six internationals. They also drew three and lost zero, as they scored seven and conceded three goals.

Portugal Form

Portugal are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Luxembourg got left behind in a 0-6 win, before Bosnia-Herzegovina got hammered in a 3-0 victory. Iceland was the most recent victim in a 0-1 win for Portugal. Portugal recorded no less than five in their previous six internationals, as well as zero draws and one defeat. They hit the target 20 themselves while allowing two goals against.

Portugal are on the look-out for a win, and we expect them to claim it in a high scoring match, when they visit Slovakia at National Football Stadium this coming Friday.

Slovakia are currently on a streak of seven consecutive matches without a loss.

Portugal won their last four matches on the trot.

Slovakia vs Portugal Team News

Portugal face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Friday against Slovakia.

Names like Renato Sanches, Goncalo Ramos and Raphael Guerreiro most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Slovakia.

Slovakia vs Portugal H2H

When the two countries last played each other in the World Cup, Portugal bagged a 2-0 win.

Slovakia vs Portugal Results

In the previous two matches between Slovakia and Portugal, both teams found the back of the net once.

Slovakia vs Portugal Betting Tips

Juraj Kucka has been the most productive European Championship scorer for the home side, having scored two in recent games. Slovakia no doubt hope he will continue to be a threat in their upcoming match, while Portugal will be expecting Cristiano Ronaldo to add to his tally of five European Championship goals in his latest game.

National Football Stadium witnessed Slovakia winning two times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing four and losing four as well. Portugal claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Slovakia have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at National Football Stadium. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in four of Slovakia’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 1.1 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Portugal, who scored three times on average in those matches.