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Azerbaijan vs Portugal Prediction & Betting tips
Azerbaijan vs Portugal meet today at 17:00, at Baku Olympic Stadium and is part of group A of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, which will be played in Qatar next year. Although he dominated the round match in a categorical manner, with 29 goal situations and 14 shots on goal, Portugal won only 1-0 thanks to Medvedev’s own goal in the 36th minute. Since 1999 and until now there have been seven confrontations. direct between the two teams, Portugal winning six times, and a match ended in a draw, score 1-1.
Azerbaijan:
Azerbaijan ranks last in Group A, with only one point accumulated in the four matches played so far. In the first three matches, Azerbaijan was defeated by Portugal (1-0), Serbia (1-2) and Luxembourg (2-1). Before the clash with Portugal, Azerbaijan drew 1-1 with Ireland, after leading at the break with 1-0. In recent years, Azerbaijan has become an awkward team, managing to achieve some important victories with national teams such as Belarus, Cyprus, Bahrain or the Faroe Islands and draws with Slovakia, Montenegro and Ireland.
Portugal:
Portugal is occupying the 2nd place in group A, being equal in points with Serbia, ten points each, but with a lower goal difference, this being the first criterion for the tie in these preliminaries. In the first four matches, Portugal drew with Serbia, score 2-2 and won the confrontations with Azerbaijan (1-0), Luxembourg (1-3) and Ireland (2-1). In the last game, Portugal was close to losing, but Cristiano Ronaldo, who missed a shot from 11m in the first half, scored the winning goals in the second half in the 89th and 96th minutes. The decisive match for the 1st place in this group will be dispute with Serbia on its own ground.
Azerbaijan vs Portugal head to head matches
24.03.21 WC Portugal vs Azerbaijan 1 : 0
26.03.13 WC Azerbaijan vs Portugal 0 : 2
11.09.12 WC Portugal vs Azerbaijan 3 : 0
13.10.07 EUR Azerbaijan vs Portugal 0 : 2
07.10.06 EUR Portugal vs Azerbaijan 3 : 0
* Our advice is: OVER 2.5 GOALS
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.55
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