UEFA EURO 2024: Portugal vs Slovenia Prediction
Jul 1, 2024 published
START TIME: Monday 1st July, 2024 - Kenya – 10:00pm / UK – 8:00pm
PORTUGAL VS SLOVENIA ON TV: Kenya – SportyTV Nigeria or SuperSport / UK – BBC
PORTUGAL VS SLOVENIA ONLINE: Kenya – SportyTV Nigeria or SuperSport / UK – BBC iPlayer
EXPECTED TEAMS
PORTUGAL
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Mendes; Vitinha, Joao Palhinha; Silva, Fernandes, Joao Felix; Cristiano Ronaldo
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE:
SLOVENIA
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Oblak; Karnicik, Drkusic, Bijol, Balkovec; Stojanovic, Gnezda Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar; Sporar, Sesko
UNAVAILABLE: Janza (Suspended)
QUESTIONABLE: Lovric (Injured)
PREDICTION
Under the management of former Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez, Portugal endured something of an inconsistent group stage. They needed to come from behind to defeat Czechia late on in their opener before a more comfortable and impressive win against Turkey. They then suffered a 2-0 loss to Georgia. The Slovenians have been extremely stubborn and solid in their performances so far, as shown by their goalless draw against England in their final group game. They did defeat Portugal by two goals to nil in a friendly in March and will be a stiff test for Portugal but Portugal are the firm favourites for this one.