Portugal – Algeria Today’s Soccer Prediction
Representatives of Portugal and Algeria will play on Thursday 7 June 2018, at 22:15, a friendly match at Estádio da Luz stadium in Lisbon. In the FIFA rankings, Portugal’s national team is ranked No. 4 with 1306 points, while Algeria is ranked 64 with 499 points.
“Seleção” has only one success in 4 friendly games
Portugal’s national team finished first in Group B of the World Championship preliminaries, with 27 points, like Switzerland, who played the barrage. Hungary, the Faroe Islands, Latvia and Andorra have had no chance in this group. This year, the European champion played 4 friendly matches, managed to win only with Egypt (2-1 at home), the rest had a defeat with the Netherlands (0-3 at home) and two draws with Tunisia 2-2 at home) and Belgium (0-0, away) Fernando Santos’s team will play a friendly match before the World Championship in Russia, following Thursday’s meeting with Algeria. At CM 2018, Portugal is in Group B, alongside Spain, Morocco and Iran.
“Desert Warriors” missed the qualification at CM 2018
Algeria has failed to qualify for the World Championship in Russia, after taking the last place in Group B of the preliminaries, the African area. The “Greens” had a very poor run, 2 draws and 4 defeats, with only 2 points. From this group, he qualified in Nigeria as a world, while Zambia and Cameroon stayed home. The team coached by Rabah Madjer played 4 friendly matches this season, managing to win with Tanzania (4-1 at home), the rest lost with Iran (1-2, away), Saudi Arabia (0-2, away) and Cape Verde Islands (2-3 home). This summer, Algeria will play a luxurious friendly in Lisbon, with the European champion, Portugal, then will try to qualify for the African Cup, where it is in a group accessible to Benin, Gambia and Togo.
Cristiano Ronaldo joined the group after a short holiday
Among the Portuguese players are Rui Patrício, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Raphaël Guerreiro, Cédric, João Moutinho, João Mário, Bernardo Silva, William Carvalho, Adrien Silva, André Silva, Ricardo Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo etc. World. The star Cristiano Ronaldo joined the group after having had a small vacation in Marbella after a tiring season, at the end of which he won the Champions League with Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo did not play on Saturday with Belgium, but will now be at the disposal of the selection player Fernando Santos. Fábio Coentrão missed the final tournament because of an injury, while Rolando, Luís Neto, Nélson Semedo, João Cancelo, Eliseu, André Gomes, Danilo Pereira, Renato Sanches, Nani, Eder or Nélson Oliveira were not summoned.
Yacine Brahimi and Riyad Mahrez will play on “Estádio da Luz”
The Africans will come to Portugal with Aïssa Mandi, Carl Medjani, Rafik Halliche, Ramy Bensebaini, Nabil Bentaleb, Zinedine Ferhat, Yacine Brahimi, Riyad Mahrez, Islam Slimani, El Arabi Hillel Soudani, etc, evolving in Europe. With the exception of Faouzi Ghoulam, Saphir Taïder, Sofiane Feghouli, Rachid Ghezzal, Adlene Guedioura or Ryad Boudebouz, who have not been summoned, they will come to Lisbon with all the best, including the stars Yacine Brahimi (FC Porto) and Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City). Initially, many of the Algerian stars wanted to give up this friendly with Portugal to go on holiday but were convinced by the selectionist Rabah Madjer.
For Cristiano Ronaldo & co. it would be important to win a victory before CM 2018 starts on June 15 with Spain. The Portuguese never won the world title, having a 3rd place at the 1966 CM and a 4th place at the 2006 CM. Cristiano Ronaldo won all the European Cups and became European champion at Eoro 2016, but he also wants the Cup World, and this final tournament is probably the last chance for him. “Fennec Foxes” were in four final tournaments in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014, but only in Brazil they managed to pass the group stage but were eliminated in the best of Germany. The Portuguese will play at home in front of fans and is expected to attack and dominate the match, while Algerians will play defensive and counter-attack.
Prediction of the Day: Portugal over 1.5 goals
Odds: 1.60
