Portugal vs Czech Republic: prediction & betting odds 18 June 2024

Matchday 1 in Group F of Euro 2024. Portugal vs Czech Republic. The game kicks off on June 18 at 20:00 (BST) at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. Portugal – Czech Republic: Prediction and betting odds, statistics for the Euro 2024 match.

Potential line-ups for Portugal vs Czech Republic

Portugal (4-3-3): Rui Patrício – João Cancelo, Rúben Dias, Antonio Silva, Nuno Mendes – Danilo Pereira, Bruno Frnandes, João Palhinha – Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Leão.

Czech Republic (4-2-3-1): Jindřich Staněk – Ladislav Krejčí, David Zima, Tomáš Goleš, David Jurásek – Ondřej Lingr, Tomáš Souček – Mojmír Chytil, Antonín Barák, Lukáš Provod – Patrik Schick.

Portugal

Portugal finished on top of their qualifying group after winning all 10 games with an impressive 36:2 goal difference. Portugal won the European Championship in 2016. The last tournament saw Portugal advancing to the knockout stage from third position only to be eliminated in the Round of 16 by Belgium (0:1). Portugal have recently played three friendly games, beating Finland (4:2), suffering a defeat from Croatia (1:2) and beating Ireland (3:0). 

This is going to be the 6^th European Championship in Cristiano Ronaldo’s career. He’s the leader among all players. Besides, he’s the top scorer of the European Championship with 14 goals. He’s in perfect form now, after becoming the Saudi Arabian league top scorer with 35 goals scored in 31 games.

• At least one team has failed to score a goal in 10 out of the last 11 official games Portugal have played.
• Portugal have won to nil 9 out of their last 10 Euro 2024 qualifying games. 
• Portugal have scored at least 2 goals in their last 5 official games.

Czech Republic

Czech Republic finished second in their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group, behind Albania on tiebreakers. Czech Republic lost only 1 out of their 8 qualifying games (4 wins, 3 draws). The side has participated in all 7 European Championship after gaining independence in 1993. The last tournament saw them reaching quarter-finals to be eliminated by Denmark (1:2). Czech Republic have recently played two friendly games, beating Malta (7:1) and North Macedonia (2:1).  

Jaroslav Šilhavý left the national team after the end of the qualifying tournament with Ivan Hašek becoming the new head coach.

• A maximum of 2 goals have been scored in 5 out of the last 6 European Championship games Czech Republic have played.
• Czech Republic have conceded a maximum of 1 goal in 7 out of their last 8 official games.
• Portugal have beaten Czech Republic in their last 4 head-to-head games, with three of them being to nil. 

Portugal vs Czech Republic Prediction

This Portugal national side can fight for the best achievement. However, the first game is unlikely to be the one with the best performance as the side will be careful focused on the result. A maximum of 3 goals have been scored in 6 out of the last 8 European Championship games Portugal have played.

Czech Republic can be a tough opponent, even though the level of the Czech players is lower. Czech Republic have a good defensive line. However, they have obvious problems with attacking actions as the side has scored a maximum of 1 goal in 4 out of their last 5 official games. The same applies for the European Championship games Czech Republic have played, with a maximum of 3 goals being scored in the last 6 matches of the side. 

Our prediction is Under 3 at 3/5 .