Portugal vs Liechtenstein Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview

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Portugal head into an encounter against Liechtenstein this coming Thursday. Played out at Estadio Jose Alvalade, this is their first outing in the European Championship qualifying stage. Portugal ran out 0-3 winners the last time these two rivals played each other and are definitely planning to claim three points again on Thursday.

Battling for a place at the European Championship, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia are the six nations that make up group J. Liechtenstein travel to this game against Portugal as number 198 in the FIFA world ranking, with the home side sitting as number nine.

Bookmakers firmly expect Portugal to book their first win in the European Championship at the first time of asking. Visitors Liechtenstein look like cannon fodder for the home side at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Portugal are heavy favourites with the bookmakers to top their group. It would be a surprise, should they fail to live up to expectations and qualify as group winner with relative ease.

It is highly unlikely that Liechtenstein will be able to progress beyond this group, but they may be able to snatch a few points here and there, which would be regarded as a success for them.

Portugal vs Liechtenstein Prediction

Portugal Form

Showing inconsistent form, Portugal lost two of their past three matches, going down 2-1 against South Korea, before beating Switzerland 6-1. The joy was short-lived, as Morocco proved too strong in a 1-0 defeat. Portugal claimed four wins from their past six internationals, while drawing zero and losing one as well. They scored 17 times and let four in.

Liechtenstein Form

Liechtenstein endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 0-2 by Andorra, before Moldova ran out 2-0 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Gibraltar, who came out 2-0 winners. None of the last six internationals for Liechtenstein produced a win, instead they drew zero and lost six. They scored one and conceded 20 goals.

Liechtenstein are without a win in any of their past 25 matches.

Portugal vs Liechtenstein Stats

• Portugal have won 11 of the last 13 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
• Portugal have won 11 of the last 13 home matches
• Portugal have scored in 18 of the last 20 home matches
• Portugal have not lost 12 of the last 14 home matches
• Portugal have won 3 of the last 4 home matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals

• Liechtenstein have lost 14 of the last 16 matches without scoring a goal
• Liechtenstein have lost the last 13 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
• Liechtenstein have not won the last 25 matches in a row
• Liechtenstein have lost 14 of the last 16 matches while scoring less than 0.5 goals
• Liechtenstein have lost the last 13 matches in a row

Portugal vs Liechtenstein Team News

At the time of writing, Portugal have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Liechtenstein on Thursday.

Ruben Dias, Nuno Mendes and Pepe are missing from the squad, Portugal will field against Liechtensteinon Thursday.

Portugal vs Liechtenstein H2H

When these two nations last faced off against each other, Portugal ended up taking all 3 points in a 0-3 victory. The home side were in awesome shape, the last time they played Liechtenstein, as the latter got taught a lesson in a 3-0 win for a high-flying Portugal team. The bookies have Portugal to win this match at best price odds of 0/1.

Portugal vs Liechtenstein Results

Both teams found the back of the net two times in the last three matches between Portugal and Liechtenstein.

Portugal vs Liechtenstein Betting Tips

As the new European Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Portugal and Liechtenstein this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Portugal claimed eight wins in their previous 10 matches at Estadio Jose Alvalade across all tournaments. They lost two as well, while visitors Liechtenstein won zero of their last 10 away matches. They drew one and lost nine. Portugal will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet this coming Thursday, as Liechtenstein have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the last three encounters between these two teams. Portugal managed an average of 2.34 goals, with Liechtenstein averaging one goal in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches. Portugal saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Liechtenstein's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.1 goals in these matches.