Portugal vs North Macedonia Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 26/03/2022, 16:45  by Indran | Modified on 26/03/2022 at 17:45 in World Cup Predictions

Portugal play host to North Macedonia at the Estádio do Dragão in the final of the European World Cup playoffs. The playoffs feature the runner-ups from the original qualifying groups. Portugal made it through to this final match after they defeated Turley 3-1 in the semi-final. They have the big advantage as the match is being played in Portugal. The hosts will not be taking anything for granted as they lost their final group match to Serbia which prevented them from winning the group. Portugal will also be weary of their opponents exploits in the last round when they eliminated European Champions Italy. The defeat to Serbia is Portugal's only defeat in their last eight matches. Their home record is very impressive as they have just two defeats in their last 19 home matches.

In a result that shocked the football world North Macedonia beat Italy in the semi-finals of the playoffs to eliminate the sixth ranked team in the world. To make the result even more remarkable the European Champions were beaten in their own backyard by a team ranked 67 in the world. North Macedonia will not fear the star studded Portuguese team but will find it difficult to hold them scoreless as they have an array of great attacking players. North Macedonia showed their qualities in the group qualifiers as they finished second ahead of the more fancied teams like Iceland and Romania. They were resolute in defense against Italy but showed they can also score goals as they averaged 2.3 goals per match in the group qualifiers.