Belgium vs Portugal Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 30/05/2018, 14:26  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 04/06/2018 at 03:37 in Football Predictions

Belgium haven't lost an international since 2016 and have scored at least three goals in four of their last five games. They have the players to go deep in the World Cup but still have to prove their critics wrong as far as it comes to being real title contenders. They strolled through their qualifying group winning it by by nine points with nine wins and a draw with Greece. They just keep on scoring goals with 43 in their ten qualifiers and 26 of those came at home. Belgium are unbeaten in their last nine home games scoring 36 times though they are likely to find this match against Portugal a bit more difficult than opposition such as Gibraltar, Cyprus and Saudi Arabia. 

That's because they are up against the European champions though Portugal will be without Cristiano Ronaldo. They struggled a bit without him on Monday as they blew a 2-0 lead against Saudi Arabia drawing 2-2 in the end. Portugal have only won one of their last four games but have won their last six away matches by an aggregate of 17-0 but this is a bit of a step up for them but one that is needed considering they have to play Spain in their World Cup group. Friendlies are never that easy to predict what with changed line-ups and substitutes aplenty in the second half but home advantage should be important here and Belgium can get the win.