Nations League A, Group 2 was supposed to be a shootout between Portugal and Spain for top spot but Czech Republic may have other ideas as they travel to the Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon to play the Portuguese on the 9th of June.
This will be the third fixture for both teams in the group and they each have 4 points from their 2 matches played.
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Portugal come into the match on the back of a convincing 4-0 home victory over Switzerland in their previous Nations League game.
Portugal opened the scoring after 15 minutes and added two further goals before half time to take command of the match. The Portuguese scored a fourth goal in the second half to put the icing on the cake.
That result means Portugal are undefeated in their last 4 fixtures in all competitions. They started this Nations League campaign with a 1-1 draw in Spain and beat Turkey and North Macedonia at home in the World Cup playoffs to seal their place in Qatar.
In terms of the Nations League, Portugal are undefeated in 13 of their 14 played in the competition. Their home record shows 5 wins from their last 6 Nations League matches on home soil, with one of those games being the final of the 2018/19 Nations League in Porto.
Trends show Portugal have scored 3 or more goals in 4 of their last 6 home Nations League games and have kept 3 clean sheets in their last 5 on home soil.
Czech Republic make the trip to the Estádio José Alvalade having previously picked up a point in a 2-2 draw at home against Spain. Czech Republic opened the scoring after only 4 minutes but conceded a goal at the end of the second half. The Czech’s responded well and took the lead for a second time in the 66th minute only to suffer heartbreak as Spain equalised in the 90th minute to take a point.
That result means Czech Republic are undefeated in their 3 most recent games, beginning this Nations League campaign with a 2-1 home win over Switzerland and drawing 1-1 in a friendly match away to Wales.
However, their most recent defeat was a damaging one as Czech Republic lost 1-0 in extra time to Sweden in their World Cup playoff final.
Trends show Czech Republic have won 3 of their 5 away Nations League fixtures, with 2 defeats coming at Ukraine and Scotland.
Team news and Portugal are expected to rotate again, with Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leão, Ricardo Horta, Raphaël Guerreiro, João Moutinho, André Silva, and Rui Patrício could all coming back into the starting XI.
Czech Republic are also expected to make a few changes their team, with Adam Hložek, Vaclav Černý, and Jakub Jankto all expected to start the match.
The Portuguese will be full of confidence following their comfortable win over the Swiss and we could see more of the same in this match. We expect to see Portugal score 2 or more goals and keep a clean sheet on their way to victory.