Azerbaijan vs Portugal Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 05/09/2021, 04:33  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 05/09/2021 at 04:37 in World Cup Predictions

Portugal weren’t in action this weekend and took the time off to play Qatar in a friendly match they won 3-1. They will be back in action away to Azerbaijan in Baku looking to go back on top of Group A having been shifted by Serbia who beat Luxembourg 4-1. Azerbaijan remain bottom of the group on one point. The hosts picked their first point in the game against Ireland in their last outing. They’ll feel disappointed by the 1-1 result, having conceded in the 87th minute away to Ireland. With three losses in five matches, they aren’t going to this game as favorites despite playing at home. A run of six matches without a win in World Cup qualifiers doesn’t help, especially having lost five of them. Azerbaijan have one win in 12 matches in World Cup qualifiers, and in the same competition at home, they have four losses in the last five, while conceding two or more goals in three. Head to head with Portugal, Azerbaijan have suffered six losses in seven matches.

Portugal will be without their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo for this game, as he serves suspension. He was also unavailable for the friendly against Qatar and will be really missed, having scored five goals in the four matches prior to the Qatar friendly. The former European champions have scored two or more goals in four of their last five matches, but have no clean sheet in the last five matches. They’ve failed to score just once in the last five matches, and four of the five have produced over 2.5 goals. Away from home in World Cup qualifiers, Portugal are unbeaten in the last six matches and have only lost once in 10, while winning eight.