Portugal vs. France Tip & Quotes, 14.11.2020 – 20:45
For the national teams from Portugal and France, the game continues on Saturday evening, 14.11.2020 at 20:45 with the Nations-League-Spiel on the 5th day of the group A3 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. The reigning European champion clearly prevailed against Sweden in his own stadium on the last day of the match and led the group with 10 points. The Tricolore team won their guest appearance in Croatia at the same time and scored points, but with a poor goal ratio, behind the Portuguese. Croatia (3 points) and Sweden (0) rank third and fourth.
(Quota status: 12.11.2020, 18:37)
The national team of Fernando Santos and Sweden did not need any start-up time. The Selecao had early two good chances to lead by Diogo Jota after 60 seconds and a few moments later by William Carvalho with a post shot (4th). On the opposite side Funny forgave standing freely after a corner (13th). The home team then went through Bernardo Silva in the 21st minute with a 1-0 lead. The European champion showed a good performance and even before the break increased to 2:0 (44th, Diogo Jota). A good ten minutes earlier the luck was on the part of the Portuguese – Pfostentreffer Berg (35th). In the second round Portugal withdrew a bit, but the few opportunities could not use the Tre Kronor as a connecting goal. The Selecao played counter-attacking, awarding first one in person to Diogo Jota, who then scored shortly afterwards to the 3-0 final for Portugal (72nd).
The Santos team scored ten points from the four Nation League games and six points against Croatia (4:1) and Sweden (3:0). In Sweden (2:0) and France (0:0) there were four counters. This means that the reigning European Champion is still unbeaten this year. Portugal did not lose last month’s tough friendly against Spain either (0-0). Last Wednesday’s test kick against football dwarf Andorra (7:0) was a good one. At the first edition of the new NL competition, Selecao entered the history books. Portugal was the first nation to win the Dutch title last year in the final against Holland (1-0).
As the defending champion, the Portuguese national team will also go in the 2021 European Championships and will meet Germany and France in a group. The fourth opponent has not yet been determined. At EURO 2016 Ronaldo and Co. won the first title in the history of the association with a 1-0 victory after overtime against host France in the final.
Diogo Jota (3) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2) scored five of the nine goals in the Nations League. Only two teams scored more often.
CR7 reported back after ankle injury and can compete against France. Domingo’s Duarte and goalkeeper Rui Silva (both corona infection) are out.
Latest matches from Portugal
Portugal: 3 wins – 2 draws – 0 losses
(Status: 12.11.2020)
The reigning world champion had the better start in Croatia. After just a few minutes Griezmann scored a remarkable 1-0 (8th). After a quarter of an hour, Mbappe scored 2-0 (15th) in front of the empty goal. After that, however, the vice world champion got better and better and gained some shot opportunities, which remained unused. Meanwhile, the Tricolore team struggled and had only one chance shortly before the break – Lenglet gave a good header opportunity after a free kick (45.). In the second 45 minutes, the French were still far too passive. The Vatreni regained the better opportunities and then used one to earn 1:1 by Vlasic (64th). It was only after the equalization that the world champion woke up and became more offensive, especially with the substitution of Pogba. With a strong efficiency, Mbappe took advantage of a chance in the final phase and scored 2-1 for the guests (79th). On the other hand, Kovacic and Kramaric failed because of Lloris (86th, 90th).
With ten points in four NL matches, the Deschamps elf is still unbeaten in the ongoing competition. At home against Croatia (4:2) and Portugal (0:0) there were four points. Both away games were won by the French national team in Sweden (1-0) and most recently Croatia. The friendly against Ukraine in October was a real goal festival. In Paris, France won 7-1 a good four weeks ago. A few days ago, the Tricolore team embarrassed themselves in the friendly against Finland and lost 0-2 in Paris. At the same time, this was the first defeat in 2020.
At next year’s final round of the European Championships, the Tricolore team will meet Portugal again and will also compete with Germany. The 2016 home championship went to the Portuguese with a 1-0 victory after overtime in the final.
Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe scored twice in the Nations League, scoring four of the seven NL goals.
Bavarian defender Benjamin Pavard will miss the last three international matches this year with France due to injury.
Latest matches from France
France: 3 victories – 1 draw – 1 defeat
(Status: 10.11.2020)
1 victory Portugal – 1 draw – 5 victories France
With the national teams Portugal and France, two top teams meet. The European champion challenges the world champion in the Nations League and, as fate wills, both play for place one in Group A3. The first leg in Paris ended scoreless. The Selecao has also performed well against top teams in the recent past, not winning the friendly against Spain in October, but also the first leg against the Tricolore team. The Santos elf would come close to the semi-finals with a win and would be on course to defend the title. Anything can happen in this duel. We are tapping on a division of points, as in the first leg, with no to few goals in Lisbon. Associated with this, we also favor the Under 2.5 Goals bets for this Nations League Tip forecast. The bet wins if there are no more than 2 hits in the game. For this sports betting tip, betting providers provide betting odds on average around 1.65.
Bet Tip Bundesliga Trend: Under 2.5 Goals (Less than 2.5)
Bet rate at Bet365*: 1.66 (odds: 12.11.2020, 18: 37 o’clock)
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