📊 Form Guide

Portugal

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Portugal are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-2 Nations League success over Germany.

In that game, Portugal managed 45% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Portugal, the scorers were Francisco Conceição (63') and Cristiano Ronaldo (68'). At the other end, Germany got 9 shots at goal with 5 on target. Florian Wirtz (48') was the scorer for Germany.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Portugal have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Portugal have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals during that time. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained here, of course.

Spain

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Spain will go into this clash following a 5-4 Nations League win versus France in their most recent game.

In that game, Spain had 44% possession and 16 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Spain, the goals were scored by Nico Williams (22'), Mikel Merino (25'), Lamine Yamal (54', 67'), Pedri (55') and Dani Vivian (84' Own goal). At the other end, France had 24 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Kylian Mbappé (59'), Rayan Cherki (79') and Randal Kolo Muani (90') scored for France.

The stats don’t lie, and Spain have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. At the back, Spain can certainly do much better.

🤜🤛 Head to head

There have been frequent draws between these two clubs. In their head to head clashes dating back to 27/06/2012, the records show 5 of them. That’s a very high 83 per cent of games finishing all-square.

A combined sum of 9 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for A Selecção and 5 for La Furia Roja. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Nations League match day 6 on 27/09/2022 which ended up with the score at Portugal 0-1 Spain.

That day, Portugal managed 32% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Spain had 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. Álvaro Morata (88') scored.

The referee was Daniele Orsato.

ℹ️ Team News: Portugal

The Portugal boss Roberto Martínez will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

In our view, A Selecção may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Diogo Costa, Nelson Semedo, Ruben Dias, Goncalo Inacio, Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves, Vitinha, Chico Conceicao, Bruno Fernandes, Pedro Neto and Cristiano Ronaldo.

ℹ️ Team News: Spain

Due to a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Spain boss Luis de la Fuente has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this game.

It’s our belief that La Furia Roja might utilise a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Unai Simon, Pedro Porro, Robin Le Normand, Dean Huijsen, Marc Cucurella, Pedri, Fabian Ruiz, Mikel Merino, Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal and Nico Williams.

💡 Prediction

In this match, Portugal will likely be able to score a goal against this Spain side, but one goal is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We therefore reckon that it will be a very close game with a 1-2 winning margin for Spain at the end of the 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.

Peter Guest, 18:00 08/06/2025