Portugal vs France, European Championship 2024 QUARTER FINALS
Overview
Match Preview
Portugal vs France — European Championship at Volksparkstadion.
Match Details
- Referee Michael Oliver
- Assistant 1 Stuart Burt
- Assistant 2 Dan Cook
17 games this season
🟨 3.5/game
⚽ 12.8 goals/game
🟥 1 total
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
67%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
H2H (3 games)
67%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
40%
Clean Sheets
Portugal this season
Portugal this season
50%
Clean Sheets
France this season
France this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
Portugal
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/1
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
France
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Portugal
| Francisco Conceicao | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' What a night it is going to be! Portugal welcome France for this crunch clash at Volksparkstadion.
- 5' France is showing some good football. However, France are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Portugal are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
- 15' Joao Palhinha is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portugal so far.
- 20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
- 25' Randal Kolo Muani, a France forward, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
- 30' France started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
- 40' France fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
- 45' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
- 50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
- 55' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 60' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 65' The energy levels are beginning to show. Didier Deschamps might look to freshen things up shortly.
- 67' Ousmane Dembele has so much to prove this time. He replaces Antoine Griezmann on 67 minute.
- 72' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 74' The whistle greets Joao Cancelo as he departs to be replaced by Nelson Semedo.
- 79' That is a card for Portugal. Joao Palhinha will be fuming at that decision.
- 84' It’s gonna be a card for William Saliba.
- 86' Fresh legs for France! Marcus Thuram-Ulien comes on to replace Randal Kolo Muani.
- 90' A tactical swap from Portugal — Ruben Neves on, Joao Palhinha off on 90 minutes.
- Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-5 draw is a fair result on the day.
Lineups
Portugal Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 10
-
17
Rafael Leao ↓ Joao Felix 106'
- 7
-
20
Joao Cancelo ↓ Nelson Semedo 74'
- 8
- 3
- 4
-
6
Joao Palhinha ↓ Ruben Neves 90'
- 22
- 19
-
23
Vitinha ↓ Matheus Nunes 119'
Bench
- 5
- 1
-
18
Ruben Neves ↑ 90'
- 21
-
2
Nelson Semedo ↑ 74'
- 25
- 13
-
16
Matheus Nunes ↑ 119'
- 12
-
11
Joao Felix ↑ 106'
- 9
- 14
-
26
Francisco Conceicao ↑ 74'
- 24
- 15
Coach
Roberto Martínez
France Lineups
4-3-1-2Starting XI
- 13
-
10
Kylian Mbappe ↓ Bradley Barcola 106'
- 17
- 16
- 12
- 5
- 8
- 4
- 22
- 7
- 6
Bench
- 9
- 23
- 1
- 3
-
19
Youssouf Fofana ↑ 91'
- 20
- 2
- 24
- 21
-
11
Ousmane Dembele ↑ 67'
-
15
Marcus Thuram-Ulien ↑ 86'
-
25
Bradley Barcola ↑ 106'
- 18
Coach
Didier Deschamps
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Karim Benzema | 3 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 2 |
| Eder | 1 |
| Eder | 1 |
Head to Head
Portugal Form
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.87
Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.84
France xG
I would bet for:
Portugal or France 75% + Both teams to score 71%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: France win
Both Teams to Score
✓ Correct
Avg goals/match: 3.71
Actual: Yes — both scored
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 96% |
|
4% |
| ± 1.5 | 88% |
|
12% |
| ± 2.5 | 70% |
|
30% |
| ± 3.5 | 50% |
|
50% |
| ± 4.5 | 31% |
|
69% |
Double Chance
Portugal or Draw
63%
Draw or France
62%
Portugal or France
75%
Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HT
Correct Score
✗ 3–5 not predicted3 – 5Actual
1 – 1
9.3%
2 – 1
7.6%
1 – 2
7.5%
2 – 2
6.9%
3 – 1
4.7%
1 – 3
4.6%
2 – 0
4.4%
3 – 2
4.3%
2 – 3
4.3%
0 – 2
4.2%
1 – 0
4%
0 – 1
4%
Asian Handicap — Portugal
| Handicap | Portugal covers | Push | France covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 10% | — | 90% |
| -2 | 10% | 12% | 79% |
| -1.5 | 21% | — | 79% |
| -1 | 21% | 18% | 61% |
| -0.5 | 39% | — | 61% |
| +0.5 | 62% | — | 38% |
| +1 | 62% | 17% | 20% |
| +1.5 | 80% | — | 20% |
| +2 | 80% | 11% | 9% |
| +2.5 | 91% | — | 9% |
Clean Sheet
Portugal keeps clean sheet
17%
✓
France keeps clean sheet
16%
✓
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.