Date: Friday 5th July, 2024
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Volksparkstadion
Referee Michael Oliver (England)
Goal Scorer:
Portugal
Group F winners Portugal played Slovenia in their last sixteen game. The clash ended 0-0 after extra time with Portugal winning the penalty shoot-out 3-0. They recorded 68% of possession at Frankfurt Arena. In their three group games, Portugal lost 2-0 to Georgia, they beat Turkey 3-0 and defeated Czech Republic 2-1.
Top goalscorers Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo have found the net 5 times, with Goncalo Ramos scoring 3. Bruno Fernandes has the most assists with 6, while goalkeepers Diogo Costa and Jose Sa have recorded 7 clean sheets between them.
Portugal (predicted lineup): Diogo Costa, Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Pepe, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Joao Palhinha, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leao, Cristiano Ronaldo.
France
Group D runners-up France had two shots on target in their last game, beating Belgium 1-0 at Düsseldorf Arena. A Jan Vertonghen own goal sent France into the quarter-finals. In the group stage, France drew 1-1 with Poland and 0-0 with Netherlands along with beating Austria 1-0.
It was a 2-2 draw when Portugal last faced France, with at Puskas Arena playing host to this match. The previous 3 head-to-heads have seen two draws and one France win. In total, France have won 19 of the teams 28 H2H meetings.
France have 7 victories and 3 draws, with an average of 2.7 goals from 6.8 shots on goal and 21.1 attempts. There’s been an average of 60.5% possession, 653.2 passes, 6.4 corners awarded and 2.5 corners against, while they’ve conceded 0.4 goals from 2.1 shots on goal and 6.1 attempts.
Kylian Mbappe has landed 8 goals, Olivier Giroud 3, with Youssouf Fofana and two others scoring 2. Kylian Mbappe has been chief assist maker with 5, while Mike Maignan and Brice Samba have recorded 3 clean sheets between them in the last 10 games.
France (predicted lineup): Mike Maignan, Jules Kounde, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba, Theo Hernandez, N'Golo Kante, Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Antoine Griezmann, Marcus Thuram, Kylian Mbappe.
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