Ireland vs Portugal Match Preview

For the 1st group of the qualifiers of the 2022 World Cup, Ireland host Portugal.

Ireland 's presence in this group has been disappointing, in a total of 6 games they have only one victory and they have been out of claiming a qualifying spot for the finals of the tournament quite early. In fact, this unique victory came last October as they prevailed over Azerbaijan 3-0 away from home, making a good appearance after a long time.

Being indifferent now in the remaining two matches of the group, starting with the current one against Portugal and Luxembourg a few days later, they will fight for a good appearance and positive outcome l for reasons of prestige.

Portugal with a record of 5 wins and 1 draw is in 2nd place in the group with 16 points, having one point less than first placed Serbia, that have one more match played. Fernando Santos' team in the October match prevailed over Luxembourg 5-0 and they have the opportunity tonight with a victory against Ireland to climb to the first place in the standings.

If they succeed, they will keep their luck in their hands, as next Sunday they will host Serbia and a draw will be enough for them to be the one who will qualify directly for the finals of the tournament.

One-sided scoring interest in today's match, Ireland has run out of goals at the same time that Portugal want the three-pointer that will give them an advantage in terms of chasing the first place in the group. Motivation and quality are leaning towards Portugal, I believe that they will come in strong from the beginning of the match for an easy and stress-free victory. My choice is the win of Portugal from the half time, HT/FT 2/2 at odds of 2.00.