Thursday , 2 July 2026

Portugal vs France, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2021
Portugal
2 – 2
Full Time
France
Wed 23 Jun 2021 · 19:00 UTC Puskas Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 28' Hugo Lloris
Y 36' Lucas Hernandez
Y 40' Antoine Griezmann
Y 83' Presnel Kimpembe

Overview

Match Preview

Portugal vs France — European Championship at Puskas Arena.

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

Match Details

  • Referee Alejandro Hernandez
  • Referee Jose Sanchez
  • Referee Antonio Mateu
  • Referee Pau Cebrian
  • Referee Roberto Diaz
  • Referee Ovidiu Hategan

Head-to-Head

1
1
1
Portugal 3 games · Avg 4.3 goals France
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-23 Portugal 2–2 France 2016-07-10 Portugal 1–0 France

Recent Form

Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Jun France H 2–2 D
19 Jun Germany H 2–4 L
15 Jun Hungary A 3–0 W
30 Jun Uruguay A 1–2 L
25 Jun Iran A 1–1 D
20 Jun Morocco H 1–0 W
France
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Jun Portugal A 2–2 D
19 Jun Hungary A 1–1 D
15 Jun Germany H 1–0 W
15 Jul Croatia H 4–2 W
10 Jul Belgium H 1–0 W
06 Jul Uruguay A 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' And we are off! Portugal vs France — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Lucas Digne, a France , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' Portugal are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 15' Kylian Mbappe needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rui Patricio made 343 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 28' That is a Yellow card for France. Hugo Lloris will be fuming at that decision.
  • 31' Cristiano Ronaldo makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Portugal are in front.
  • 36' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Lucas Hernandez.
  • 40' It’s a booking for France player. Antoine Griezmann gets a Yellow card.
  • 45' France come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 46' The supporters are chanting for Joao Palhinha. He replaces Danilo Pereira on 46 minute.
  • 47' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Karim Benzema makes no mistake. 1-1!
  • 48' What a moment for Karim Benzema! That strike on 48 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 52' The whistle greets Lucas Digne as he departs to be replaced by Adrien Rabiot.
  • 57' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with France winning 100% of all matches.
  • 60' Against the run of play, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 65' It looks surprising France does not make any changes. Jules Kounde has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 66' Fresh legs for France! Kingsley Coman comes on to replace Corentin Tolisso.
  • 71' Joao Moutinho has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 73' Portugal manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bruno Fernandes is hanging Bernardo Silva on the field on 73 minute.
  • 78' It’s high time Fernando Santos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 79' A tactical swap from Portugal — Diogo Dalot on, Nelson Semedo off on 79 minutes.
  • 83' Poor challenge from Presnel Kimpembe. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 87' Moussa Sissoko is replacing Antoine Griezmann for the France side.
  • 88' Sergio Oliveira gets the nod from Portugal. He replaces Renato Sanches and will look to change the dynamic.
  • It finishes all square. Portugal and France share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Fernando Santos

France Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Didier Deschamps

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.43 Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.36 France xG
I would bet for: Portugal or France 72% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Portugal39% Draw28% France33%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.79
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 77%
23%
± 2.5 52%
48%
± 3.5 31%
69%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

Portugal or Draw
67%
Draw or France
61%
Portugal or France
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Portugal28% Draw46% France26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
2 – 1
8.2%
0 – 0
8%
1 – 2
7.8%
1 – 0
7.8%
0 – 1
7.4%
2 – 0
6.2%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
5.6%
3 – 1
3.9%
1 – 3
3.6%
3 – 0
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Portugal

Handicap Portugal covers Push France covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 11% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 19% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 66% — 34%
+1 66% 18% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Portugal keeps clean sheet
26% ✓
France keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

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