Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. These are Portugal’s first two opponents in the 2024 European Championship qualifiers, matches that mark the debut of new national coach, Spaniard Roberto Martinez. His well-known philosophy of attacking football, combined with the much greater potential of the Portuguese team compared to rivals and the history of the confrontations themselves, points to two goals. Will it be like this?
There will be many qualifying games until Tuesday next week with some “stopping” clashes. Absolute achievements for Italy-England and France-Netherlands, but there is also a curiosity about what Spain will be like in the era after Luis Enrique, to Norway without Erling Haaland, what kind of Poland we will find with Fernando Santos and Turkey or Croatia will finally show, that one is much better than the other.
Euro 2024 qualifier: Roberto Martinez debut trash
Thursday, March 23, 19:45
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Tip: Total over 1.5 goals in both halves.. The difference in quality is terrible and Roberto Martinez’s teams are very attacking.
Portugal enter the Euro 2024 qualifying round against Liechtenstein in what will be the debut of Roberto Martinez in charge of Portugal. The opponent is cute, a team that, for example, lost all their games in 2022 and scored only one goal, conceding 20. Portugal’s victory is to be expected in a calm form.
The difference in potential and quality between the two teams is huge. The Kinas team will want to show service from the first game with a new manager, and the teams Martinez coaches are known to play attacking football, often in a three-back formation. It smacks of defeat, more than 1.5 goals in each half.
Euro 2024 qualifying: Portugal play well against Luxembourg
Sunday, March 26, 7:45 pm
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Tip: Portugal win and over 2.5 goals. In the last ten matches between the two teams, only two have had under 2.5 goals scored.
It is also a game where Portugal is expected to win with more or less difficulty. Luxembourg has done much better than Liechtenstein, there are other arguments, but the Portuguese crowd tends to get along well with the Luxembourgish air.
In the last ten matches between both countries, Portugal has always won (by the way, the Luxembourgers won only once, in 1961), conceding only two goals in favor of this opponent and scoring 34 goals.
In qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, Portugal also met with Luxembourg. Away, the Kinas team won 3-1, and on Portuguese soil, the defeat amounted to five unanswered goals.
Given the offensive focus of Martinez’s teams, we can’t imagine a triumph of less than 2.5 goals.
Euro 2024 qualifying: hot game in Naples
Thursday, March 23, 19:45
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Hint: total goals under 2.5.. In clashes between two teams in Italy, there are usually few goals.
In the first round of qualifying for Euro 2024, there is a game not to be missed in Naples, between the two finalists of the last edition of the competition, won by the Transalpines in the center of Wembley Stadium on penalties. Italy and England are lucky in Group C and this game will start right now to determine the winner of this group.
The three of lions at this stage appear in better shape than the Azzurri squad, but in such matches everything is usually different.
Looking at draw trends between the two nations in Italy, we need to go back to 1961 to see a game of over 2.5 goals (3-2 for the English). There have been eight matches since then, none of which have had three or more goals. We are following this trend and the Betclic odds are paying off.
Euro 2024 qualifying: just turn one of the flags…
Friday, March 24, 19:45
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Hint: France or draw and over 1.5 goals.. The Gauls are World Cup finalists, the Dutch have not lost in 2022, and there are always goals.
It’s hard. France and the Netherlands are two of the best teams in the world that will meet on Friday in Paris in one of the most anticipated games of the first round of qualifying.
It’s difficult because France alternates between good and bad. At the qualifying stages it is not always as devastating as at the final stages and participation in the League of Nations was very weak. Shortly thereafter, he reached the final of Qatar 2022…
The Netherlands had a sluggish World Cup but went undefeated in 2022, for example. Anything can happen at the Stade de France, but it is more likely that France will win a game with over 1.5 goals, which has happened in eight of the last ten clashes between the two teams. The Betclic coefficient is quite high for an “easy” outcome.
Euro 2024 qualifier: what Spain after Luis Enrique?
Saturday, March 25, 19:45
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Hint: Spain and under 3.5 goals. The beloved Roy has always beaten Norway at home, but Haaland doesn’t play.
The absence due to injury of “foreign” goalscorer “Manchester City” Erling Haaland is great news for Spain. Nuestros Hermanos is making his debut with a new manager after the departure of Luis Enrique, and Luis de la Fuente disagrees, telling critics he lacks experience at the highest level – having been promoted from Spain’s youth teams.
Now this piece of testimony has raised doubts about the Spanish formation’s ability, and facing what is probably the deadliest attacker on the planet could be a challenge.
Only Haaland was injured and missed two qualifying rounds, so Spain’s doors are open to victory. But hardly by many goals (he has won four times hosting the Norwegians, never in matches with more than three goals). The Spanish triumph in a game with less than 3.5 goals has such a head start!
Euro 2024 qualifying: Fernando Santos with a cute opponent
Monday, March 27, 19:45
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Hint: Poland wins. The Poles have only lost once to Albania, and that was in 1953, having won the last seven games.
Fernando Santos will make his debut for Poland during a visit to the Czech Republic on Friday, and three days later he gets an opponent who should not pose much opposition to Robert Lewandowski and company. History, recent and recent, points to just this result, the triumph of the men of the house.
Although the participation in Qatar 2022 was not brilliant, Poland is incomparably better than Albania, a country that has beaten nine times in 13 meetings and there have been only three draws between them. The only Albanian success came in 1953 and the last seven matches were always won by Poland.
The guests came from 2022, in which they won only one game, namely the last one, and in a friendly match against Armenia. It’s more than clear who wins, right? And it’s a good idea to include the Betclic coefficient in the multiplier.
Euro 2024 qualifying: an inconspicuous trend treble
Tuesday, March 28, 19:45
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Hint: total goals under 2.5.. Under 2.5 goals have been scored in seven out of ten matches between the teams.
It’s a triple game, as they say. Turkey and Croatia have never demonstrated clear superiority of one side or the other. So far, there have been ten matches, including friendlies, and six draws, with the Croatians recording a slight increase (3-1 in wins). However, in Turkey the balance is total, with a draw and the triumph of each side in three games.
Croatia may show a little favoritism as they were third at the World Cup in Qatar and silenced those who thought the best generation had already expired.
However, we prefer to look at the goals, as there is already a pattern there. Under 2.5 goals were scored in seven of those ten games, and as the qualifying phase begins, it’s natural for both teams to be extra defensively cautious.
Source: CM Jornal
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