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Portugal Algeria betting prediction


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This is a match between teams with some quality difference, so it’s foreseeable that Portugal will dominate the home team and creates more danger to the opponent. However, as it’s a friendly one, it will be expectable that the two teams will opt for a more offensive playing style, making a bet on goals on the final scoreboard to be full of value.
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Preview
Portugal and Algeria meet at Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica (da Luz), for a friendly match. This will be the 5th friendly match of the year for Portugal, after the ones against Belgium, Tunisia, Netherlands and Egypt. As for Algeria, this is the 5th friendly match of the year, after havinf played friendly matches against Cape Verde Islands, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Tanzania. These two teams have never met before, so this will be the first head‑to‑head between them. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Algeria presents significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis Portugal

This is the 5th friendly match of the year for the home team, after having registered the following final scores in the previous friendlies: Belgium (0‑0) Portugal, Portugal (2‑2) Tunisia, Portugal (0‑3) Netherlands and Portugal (2‑1) Egypt. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches Portugal has won 5, tied 3 and lost 2. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 18 of the last 21 have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 4 times, but have turned the score around in 2.

The Portuguese national team comes for this match after a goalless draw against Belgium, adding the third followed match without winning in preparation matches. Usually, the coach Fernando Santos plays in 4-4-2 privileging the ball possession and organized attacks, mainly through the flanks: Gelson Martins and João Mário make up the flanks of the home team. Bernardo Silva is one of the most important players of the Portuguese scheme, as this player has great technical quality and speed. Note that the Cristiano Ronaldo star is back to the chosen of the Portuguese coach.

Confirmed Lineup: Rui Patrício, Cédric Soares, Raphaël Guerreiro, Pepe, Bruno Alves, João Moutinho, Bernardo Silva, William Carvalho, Bruno Fernandes, Gonçalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Coach: F. Fernandes da Costa Santos.

Analysis Algeria

The away team plays its 5th friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Algeria (2‑3) Cape Verde Islands, Saudi Arabia (2‑0) Algeria, Iran (2‑1) Algeria and Algeria (4‑1) Tanzania. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 23 goals scored and 26 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 41 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last 7 away matches Algeria has tied 2 and lost 5. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 9 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have never been able to turn the score around.

The Algerian national team comes for this friendly after a defeat against Cape Verde by 2-3, totaling in this way the third followed defeat in preparation matches. Unlike their opponent, Algeria won’t be present at the 2018 World Cup. In this preparation match against Portugal, the coach Rabah Madjer should play in 4-2-3-1 with Bounedjah being the most offensive reference of the visiting team. Even so, Algeria's opponents must opt for a more defensive strategy as their opponents have great technical and tactical quality. For this match, the coach has no major absences.

Confirmed Lineup: Abdelkadir Salhi, Ramy Bensebaini, Mokhtar Benmoussa, Carl Medjani, Aïssa Mandi, Zinedine Ferhat, Salim Boukhanchouche, Nabil Bentaleb, Riyad Mahrez, Islam Slimani, Yacine Brahimi.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Portugal vs Algeria match, on 7 June 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Handicap, Over 2 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Portugal vs Algeria on 7 June 2018 will be played at Lisboa, Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica.

 

Friendlies - 2018

  • 94% 390 / 414 Games

  • Home team wins 44.87%
  • Draws 28.72%
  • Away team wins 26.41%
  • Over 1.5 65.64%
  • Over 2.5 41.28%
  • Over 3.5 23.85%
  • Goals 918
  • Goals /match 2.35
  • Goals /match home 1.4
  • Goals /match away 0.96
  • Both teams score 39.23%
  • Goals after 80' 11.98%
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