It’s time for another international break as the countdown to this summer’s UEFA Euro 2024 tournament truly begins across the continent. Some nations are gearing up for a big run, whereas others didn’t make the cut and simply want to rebuild ahead of World Cup qualifying. Today, we’ll be taking a look at what should be a pretty entertaining encounter between Slovenia and Portugal.
Slovenia Form GuideSlovenia’s place at UEFA Euro 2024 is secure and even though they’re in an unpredictable group, they’ll likely still be seen as a side that will be battling it out for one of the best third place spots. There’s a certain mystery behind their style of play and in warm-up games like this, it’ll be interesting to see how they set themselves up given what lies ahead of them in just a few short months.
Slovenia had been riding a two-game win streak heading into their trip to battle Malta which surely would’ve given them some level of confidence. Unfortunately for them, they somewhat failed to live up to expectations, only managing to to pick up a 2-2 draw.
Portugal Form GuidePortugal managed to shock a lot of people by becoming European champions back in 2016. Unfortunately, they haven’t quite been able to build on that. This is arguably the best golden generation they’ve had since Cristiano Ronaldo first rose to prominence two decades ago, and now is the chance to seize their opportunity, especially given their goalscoring prowess.
Portugal have been on fire for as long as many fans can remember and last week, they went head to head with Sweden in what was a really entertaining game. It was the hosts who got the better of the exchange, though, walking away as triumphant 5-2 victors.
Match PredictionBoth of these teams will be expecting to go above and beyond their own expectations in the summer but for the time being, we don’t think they’re going to stretch themselves too far. This is going to be a clash we forget in a hurry, with our official prediction being under 2.5 goals scored.
