Turkey vs Portugal, European Championship 2024 GROUP STAGE
Overview
Match Preview
Turkey vs Portugal — European Championship at Signal Iduna Park.
Match Details
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Assistant 1 Stefan Lupp
- Assistant 2 Marco Achmuller
16 games this season
🟨 2.7/game
⚽ 10.3 goals/game
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
33%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
H2H (3 games)
100%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
0%
Clean Sheets
Turkey this season
Turkey this season
40%
Clean Sheets
Portugal this season
Portugal this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
Turkey
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
1/3
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Portugal
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/1
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Turkey
| Merih Demiral | 2 G | |
| Arda Guler | 1 G | 2 A |
| Mert Muldur | 1 G | |
| Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu | 1 G |
Portugal
| Francisco Conceicao | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Signal Iduna Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
- 10' Turkey are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Portugal's 4-2-3-1 shape.
- 15' Portugal international Rafael Leao has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portugal that had 125 games and scored 47 goals.
- 21' A goal from the Portugal international Bernardo Silva! He fires home on 21 to make it 0-1!
- 25' Turkey player sees a card in front of him.
- 28' The Turkey Samet Akaydin breaks the deadlock on 28 minutes. 1-1!
- 33' Portugal looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Bernardo Silva scoring 1 goals.
- 38' Joao Cancelo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 39' Rafael Leao catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 39.
- 42' A meaty challenge results in booking for Samet Akaydin on 42.
- 45' The referee calls foul for Joao Palhinha. He receives a card.
- 46' Yusuf Yazici is replacing Orkun Kokcu for the Turkey side.
- 51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Turkey and Portugal are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
- 56' Portugal is taking the lead after the goal scored by Bruno Fernandes on 56.
- 58' Kenan Yildiz is ready to make an impact after coming on for Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu at the 58 minute mark.
- 63' Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 63.
- 68' Fresh legs for Portugal! Nelson Semedo comes on to replace Joao Cancelo.
- 70' Fresh legs for Turkey! Arda Guler comes on to replace Yunus Akgun.
- 75' Merih Demiral is replacing Samet Akaydin for the Turkey side.
- 80' Portugal are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
- 83' The Portugal bench stirs into life. Pepe is withdrawn and Antonio Silva gets his opportunity.
- 88' Time for substitution for Portugal. Vitinha is replaced by Joao Neves.
- Full Time. Portugal beats Turkey
Lineups
Turkey Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 20
-
6
Orkun Kokcu ↓ Yusuf Yazici 46'
- 2
-
22
Kaan Ayhan ↓ Ismail Yuksek 58'
- 10
-
25
Yunus Akgun ↓ Arda Guler 70'
- 12
- 7
- 14
- 21
-
4
Samet Akaydin ↓ Merih Demiral 75'
Bench
- 9
- 15
- 5
- 23
-
11
Yusuf Yazici ↑ 46'
- 18
-
3
Merih Demiral ↑ 75'
-
16
Ismail Yuksek ↑ 58'
- 13
-
8
Arda Guler ↑ 70'
-
19
Kenan Yildiz ↑ 58'
- 26
- 24
Coach
Vincenzo Montella
Portugal Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 10
-
17
Rafael Leao ↓ Pedro Neto 46'
- 7
-
20
Joao Cancelo ↓ Nelson Semedo 68'
- 8
-
3
Pepe ↓ Antonio Silva 83'
- 4
-
6
Joao Palhinha ↓ Ruben Neves 46'
- 22
- 19
-
23
Vitinha ↓ Joao Neves 88'
Bench
- 5
- 1
-
18
Ruben Neves ↑ 46'
- 21
-
2
Nelson Semedo ↑ 68'
-
25
Pedro Neto ↑ 46'
- 13
- 16
- 12
- 11
- 9
- 14
- 26
-
24
Antonio Silva ↑ 83'
-
15
Joao Neves ↑ 88'
Coach
Roberto Martínez
H2H
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.02
Turkey xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.62
Portugal xG
I would bet for:
Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Portugal win
Both Teams to Score
✗ Wrong
Avg goals/match: 2.64
Actual: No — clean sheet
Over / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 91% |
|
9% |
| ± 1.5 | 74% |
|
26% |
| ± 2.5 | 49% |
|
51% |
| ± 3.5 | 28% |
|
72% |
| ± 4.5 | 14% |
|
86% |
Double Chance
Turkey or Draw
52%
Draw or Portugal
75%
Turkey or Portugal
73%
Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Portugal win at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.7%
0 – 1
10.6%
1 – 2
9.2%
0 – 2
9.1%
0 – 0
9.1%
1 – 0
6.3%
2 – 1
5.8%
1 – 3
5%
0 – 3
Actual
2 – 2
4.8%
2 – 0
3.7%
2 – 3
2.7%
Asian Handicap — Turkey
| Handicap | Turkey covers | Push | Portugal covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 2% | — | 98% |
| -2 | 2% | 6% | 91% |
| -1.5 | 9% | — | 91% |
| -1 | 9% | 14% | 77% |
| -0.5 | 23% | — | 77% |
| +0.5 | 50% | — | 50% |
| +1 | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| +1.5 | 73% | — | 27% |
| +2 | 73% | 15% | 11% |
| +2.5 | 89% | — | 11% |
Clean Sheet
Turkey keeps clean sheet
21%
✓
Portugal keeps clean sheet
36%
✗
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.