Ukraine vs. Portugal – Score prediction (14.10.2019)

Overview.

Having all but secured their qualification for EURO 2020, Ukraine (W5, D1) should seal the deal with at least a draw here. One reason for Ukraine’s success is their organisation in defence – the hosts have not conceded a goal in the last 416 minutes of this qualifying campaign, winning four consecutive games without reply at both HT/FT. In fact Ukraine fans have not seen their side concede a competitive goal on home soil since a 2-0 defeat to Croatia in October 2017. Notably though, Ukraine have failed to win their last two competitive home fixtures vs higher-ranked sides than themselves without reply, each of which featured under 2.5 match goals.

Similarly impressive, EURO 2016 winners Portugal also remain unbeaten this campaign (W3, D2), though they have failed to keep a clean sheet in three of their last four games. Notably, the opening goal was struck within 20 minutes in three of those matches. Portugal are thriving under Fernando Santos’ reign ahead of his 69th match as the national team coach, scoring on average 2.01 goals per fixture whilst owning a defeat ratio of just 16.18% so far in his tenure.

Match Info.

Competition: EUROPE: Euro – Qualification – Round 8
Kick off: 14.10.2019, 18:45 UTC.
Venue: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium (Kiev).
Referee: TBD.

Quick Facts.

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