Turkey meet Portugal in a top of Group F showdown at UEFA Euro 2024.
Sat top of Group F, victory would see Turkey or Portugal secure their spot in the knockout stages with a game to spare.
Team News
Turkey have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 3-1 win over Georgia.
Portugal also have no fresh injury concerns to report after they came from behind to beat Czech Republic.
When is Kick-Off?
Turkey face Portugal at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, on Saturday 22 June at 6pm CEST (5pm UK Time), live on ITV1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Turkey have lost all three previous European Championship meetings against Portugal (L3).
- Portugal are yet to concede against Turkey in their three previous Euros meetings.
- This is the first time that Turkey are playing Portugal as the ‘home’ team at the Euros.
- Orkun Kokcu had the highest expected goals probability out of Turkey players against Georgia at 0.9.
- Portugal have conceded first in two of their last three matches (W2, L1), only failing to do so in a 3-0 friendly win over Republic of Ireland.
Prediction
Having dominated Georgia, Turkey certainly won’t have it their own way but they should take confidence from how Czech Republic were able to trouble Portugal on the counter-attack, which might be their best hope given their poor Euros record in this fixture.
Portugal meanwhile looked sluggish and wasteful for much of their eventual comeback over the Czechs so a more clinical performance is needed, especially early in the first half when they were rather lacklustre before managing to wrestle control of the game.
Either way, this game does look set to be pretty competitive but unless Turkey score first, I can see Portugal winning this.
Prediction: Turkey 1-2 Portugal
Result: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
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