Saturday , 14 November 2026

Portugal vs France, European Championship 2016 FINAL

European Championship · 2016
Portugal
1 – 0
Full Time
France
Sun 10 Jul 2016 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Cedric 34' Y
Joao Mario 62' Y
Y 81' Samuel Umtiti
Raphael Guerreiro 95' Y
Y 97' Blaise Matuidi
William Carvalho 98' Y
Y 107' Laurent Koscielny
Y 115' Paul Pogba
Jose Fonte 119' Y
Rui Patricio 120' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Portugal vs France — European Championship .

  • Portugal 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • France 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Simon Beck
  • Referee Andre Marriner
  • Referee Anthony Taylor
  • Referee Viktor Kassai
  • Referee Mark Clattenburg
  • Referee Jake Collin

Head-to-Head

1
1
1
Portugal 3 games · Avg 4.3 goals France
Last 5 meetings
2016-07-10 Portugal 1–0 France

Recent Form

Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jul France H 1–0 W
06 Jul Wales H 2–0 W
30 Jun Poland A 1–1 D
25 Jun Croatia A 1–0 W
22 Jun Hungary A 3–3 D
18 Jun Austria H 0–0 D
France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jul Portugal A 0–1 L
07 Jul Germany A 2–0 W
03 Jul Iceland H 5–2 W
26 Jun Ireland H 2–1 W
19 Jun Switzerland A 0–0 D
15 Jun Albania H 2–0 W

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
40% Clean Sheets
Portugal this season
50% Clean Sheets
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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Portugal to score. At the same time, France does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' France fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 15' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 20' Rui Patricio is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for France so far.
  • 25' Ricardo Quaresma is replacing Cristiano Ronaldo for the Portugal side.
  • 30' France looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 34' A meaty challenge results in booking for Cedric on 34.
  • 39' 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.
  • 44' Raphael Guerreiro has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 49' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 54' France have won 94 goals from 178 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 58' Another substitution for France to replace Dimitri Payet by Kingsley Coman on 58 minute.
  • 62' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Joao Mario.
  • 66' Joao Moutinho gets the nod from Portugal. He replaces Adrien Silva and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 71' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Cedric made 363 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 76' France has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 78' France manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Andre-Pierre Gignac is hanging Olivier Giroud on the field on 78 minute.
  • 79' Eder is ready to make an impact after coming on for Renato Sanches at the 79 minute mark.
  • 81' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Samuel Umtiti.
  • 86' France come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Fernando Santos

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.1 Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.64 France xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 74% + Under — clean sheet likely 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Portugal47% Draw32% France21%
Actual: Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes33% 0% No67%
Avg goals/match: 1.74
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 80%
20%
± 1.5 52%
48%
± 2.5 26%
74%
± 3.5 11%
89%
± 4.5 4%
96%

Double Chance

Portugal or Draw
79%
Draw or France
53%
Portugal or France
68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portugal29% Draw58% France13%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
20%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
13.3%
2 – 0
10.1%
0 – 1
9.8%
2 – 1
6.8%
1 – 2
3.9%
3 – 0
3.6%
0 – 2
3.3%
3 – 1
2.6%
2 – 2
2.3%
4 – 0
1%

Asian Handicap — Portugal

Handicap Portugal covers Push France covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 13% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 26% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 14% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Portugal keeps clean sheet
53% ✓
France keeps clean sheet
34% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.