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·29 March 2022
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·29 March 2022
A massive World Cup qualifier is ahead of us tonight as Portugal play host to North Macedonia.
North Macedonia provided one of the biggest upsets in modern European history as they ran out 1-0 winners against the current European champions Italy last Thursday – meaning they won’t be featuring at the World Cup in Qatar.
Portugal on the other hand will be licking their lips at the prospect of facing the North Macedonians. They thought it’d be an ultimate showdown between them and Italy for who was to feature on the world stage in December.
But North Macedonia should not be underestimated. Their victory against Italy has proven they can conquer the best – so it’ll be exciting to see how this one plays out.
Here’s everything you need to know regarding Portugal vs North Macedonia.
Portugal vs Turkey will take place on Thursday 29th March 2022 at the Estadio do Dragao. The match will kick off at 7:45 PM UK time.
Football fans will be over the moon to hear that this World Cup qualifier will be televised live on Sky Sports.
If you are looking to live stream this World Cup qualifier, you can do so via the Sky Sports streaming service or with your NOW TV subscription. A day pass is available for £9.99
You need to have an account or a day pass to access the live stream, so make sure you have everything you need prior to kick-off.
Portugal have no fresh injury concerns, they’ll still be without Ruben Dias but have got back two extremely solid defenders in Pepe and Joao Cancelo for this mightily important fixture.
Big game player Cristiano Ronaldo will most certainly lead the line, with Diogo Jota on the left, most likely being preferred to Joao Felix. Man of the match against Turkey, Otavio will most likely feature on the right.
North Macedonia on the other hand have some firepower returning to their midfield with Eljis Elmas and Tihomir Kostadinov both coming back from suspension.
This has fallen at the right time for the Macedonians as starting midfielder Boban Nikolov was taken off injured against Italy last week.
Portugal – 0
Draw – 1
North Macedonia – 0
The bookie’s odds are as follows:
Portugal – 2/9
Draw – 5/1
North Macedonia – 12/1
Despite North Macedonia’s heroics against the Italians, we think Portugal should still comfortably win this one. The attacking firepower the Portuguese possess is some of the best in the world.
It would be a footballing story for the ages if the away side were to pull it off, but we think Portugal have this in the bag. 3-0.