Portugal vs Scotland Prediction & Betting Tips | 08/09/2024 | Football
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Portugal vs Scotland Prediction & Betting Tips | 08/09/2024 | Football

Posted on by Matthew Reynolds

Our prediction for this Nations League match:

Portugal

Portugal

Scotland

Scotland

Following a 2-1 win over Croatia, Portugal will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Scotland on Sunday evening. A Selecao continue relying on veteran Cristiano Ronaldo, who opened his goal-scoring account against Luka Modric and Co. and the Al Nassr striker should keep his place in the starting XI. PSG ace Vitinha limped off with injury in the opener, with Sporting CP midfielder Pedro Goncalves pushing for a start.

The Scotts, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-2 loss to Poland, which is yet another reason why we are going to bet on Portugal this time out. You should bear in mind that Portugal are after their fourth consecutive win over Scotland in all competitions. The likes of Liam Kelly, Jack Hendry, Ross McCrorie, Kieran Tierney, Liam Cooper, Stuart Armstrong, and Ryan Jack are out of contention for the visiting side.

This match will be played on 08/09/2024
at 20:45

Prediction:
3-1

Highlighted Player (Bruno Fernandes):

Bruno Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes is a Portuguese footballer who used to play for Novara before joining Udinese in a co-ownership deal in the summer of 2013. The Portuguese midfielder scored his first goal for the club in a 3-3 draw with Napoli on 7 December, 2013.

Three years later he signed a deal with Sampdoria for a fee of €7 million. Fernandes moved to Sampdoria in order to replace Roberto who reinforced Villarreal. Soriano He played 33 games for the Zebrette in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring three goals for the club, while providing four assists for his teammates.

Fernandes is a central midfielder, but he is capable of playing as a secondary striker as well. He was born in Maia, Portugal on 8 September, 1994 and he began his youth career at Infesta. Fernandes has seven caps for Portugal U21 team and he has played 4 matches for the U23 team.

Highlighted Team (Scotland):

Scotland

Despite being part of United Kingdom Scotland participate in football competitions as an independent country. The Scots qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals, but the SFA eventually withdrew their entry as they were not British champions. Four years later Scotland national football team participated at the showpiece tournament in Switzerland, but they were eliminated in the group stages.

Scotland booked their place at the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, but they have not played a match at the finals of the major tournament since 1998. On the other hand, the Scotts participated at both Euro 1992 and Euro 1996, but they failed to qualify for the knockout stages at the tournaments in Sweden and England respectively. A number of Premier League stars played for the Scotland national football team in the past and Jim Baxter, Hughie Gallacher, John Greig, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch, Archie Gemmill and Lawrie Reilly are the footballers who made more than 50 appearances for Scotland, with Alan Hutton and Scott Brown joining the list recently.

The Scotts recorded their biggest win back in February 23, 1901, with the team rolling over Ireland 11-0. The team suffered their biggest defeat against Uruguay (0-7) in June, 1954. Gordon Strachan’s team welcome their opponents at Hampden Park.