Portugal vs Spanien Today’s Soccer Prediction

Portugal

Portugal hopes for the title win 2016 in France on the next sensation. But with Spain waiting for an extremely difficult and unpleasant opponent right at the beginning. A problem that we see in the Portuguese especially compared to the Spaniards, is their dependence on superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. If it does not work, Portugal will not work. That may sound a bit exaggerated, but it is quite true. In the squad of the team of Fernando Santos players with similar statistics are missing. Ronaldo has scored 81 goals in 149 international matches, meeting at least every 2nd match. Playfully, we see the European champion not on a level with Spain, instead, Portugal lives in recent years of its efficiency and stability. Proof of this: At the European Championships in France, the duel with Wales in the semi-final was the first one that could be won after regular time. Also in the course of qualifying for Russia, they showed especially strong on the defensive. With only 4 (!) Goals conceded in 10 games, not only was the best in Group B, but one of the best of all in this campaign. That one is offensively dependent on the goals of Real-Star Ronaldo, shows a closer look at the numbers of the qualification. Portugal scored 32 goals, nearly 50 percent of which went to Ronald, who was allowed to cheer 15 times. Another hope is André Silva from AC Milan, who was at least 9 times successful. However, the fact is: Fernando Santos has initiated a change. No fewer than 10 players from the European Championship squad can not be found in the squad for Russia 2018. The results in preparation suggest that they will continue to see a Portuguese team focused on stability in the coming days and weeks. Portugal have been without a clean sheet in the last two matches, beating Belgium off of a 0-0 draw and winning 3-0 at the dress rehearsal, with opponents called Algeria. Against Tunisia, however, it was enough only to a 2-2 draw. We see strengths in Portugal, especially when you get the opponent space for quick switching, this could also be the case against the Spaniards concentrated on possession. The direct duel with Ramos & Co certainly gives hope: Portugal have lost only one of the last 4 clashes after regular time, but also celebrated two full successes and lost only 2 out of the last 10 games against Spain after regular time.

Spain

Spain is certainly one of the favorites in this World Cup. Especially since, after the missed title wins at the finals in 2014 (World Cup) and 2016 (European Championships) after successes thirsty. At the World Cup in Brazil, the break was even after 2 group matches against the Netherlands (1: 5) and Chile (0: 2). In qualifying for Russia, however, underpinned his lawyer on a strong result with emphasis: Spain ended the campaign entirely unbeaten, leaving behind, among others, Italy. 9 wins in 10 games testify to quality, in addition one could book a goal ratio of 36: 3 and set thereby in defensive stability even Portugal in the shade. Fact is in our opinion that the team of Julen Lopetegui has the much more balanced squad. In addition, you still have a well-rehearsed and experienced axis with players like Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique or David Silva. Especially in terms of short-pass play and control, we see strengths in the Iberians, the appearances in the qualification but often very strongly reminded of the successful era under Vicente del Bosque. All in all, we see more playful quality in Spain, and a lot more young and, above all, high-quality players are catching up, so one is by no means dependent on the daily form of a single actor. Mentioned are of this “new” Genereation especially Morata, and Isco, who were able to profile their clubs in the past season. In addition, Lopetegui may well rely on the best goalkeeper in the world right now. David de Gea has brought the opposing striker 2017/2018 row by row to despair. If Spain has problems, then especially against defensively tight and disciplined acting teams. This was also evident in the preparation, for example in the 1: 1 in March against Germany or another 1: 1 a few days ago against Switzerland. Spain was clearly superior to the Confederates, found possession 63 percent of possession, but could convert it only in 4 really significant opportunities. Something similar was observed at the World Cup dress rehearsal against Tunisia. Although Spain narrowly won 1-0, but failed to capital out of the extensive control that you could work out. All in all, 3 out of the last 4 games in Spain ended up with less than 2.5 goals, and 7 of their last 10 meetings with Portugal are also worth mentioning, so this over / under bet is certainly worth considering.

Soccer Prediction of the Day Portugal vs Spanien

In our opinion, Spain is a slight favorite in this game, although opening games are always difficult to contest. Overall, we see the Lopetegui-Elf but as I said as balanced and more powerful.

Prediction Today: Spanien wins

Odds: 2.13