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European Championship: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Portugal – Betting preview

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Ace Football previews the European Championship round 8 match between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Winning 3-0 and 6-2 in the last two most matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina, will have Portugal looking forward to their upcoming away trip.

Form: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Portugal

Bosnia-Herzegovina Form

Bosnia-Herzegovina beat Liechtenstein by 2-1, lost 1-0 against Iceland, before defeating Liechtenstein 0-2. Bosnia-Herzegovina only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent internationals. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored four and conceded nine goals.

Portugal Form

Portugal are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Slovakia got left behind in a 0-1 win, before Luxembourg got hammered in a 9-0 victory. Slovakia was the most recent victim in a 3-2 win for Portugal. Portugal are in imperial form, doing the clean sweep of six wins in six internationals. They outscored their opponents by 23 goals to two along the way.

Betting stats for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal

Here are some fun facts that could come in handy when placing bets on the upcoming game between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal. The facts are based on the stats from games played out across all tournaments.

  • In 14 of the last 16 Bosnia-Herzegovina matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina have lost 4 of the last 5 matches without scoring a goal
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina have lost 4 of the last 5 matches while scoring less than 0.5 goals
  • In 8 of the last 9 Bosnia-Herzegovina home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina have won 6 of the last 7 home matches
  • Portugal have won the last 6 matches in a row without conceding a goal
  • Portugal have won the last 3 away matches in a row without conceding a goal
  • Portugal have won 10 of the last 12 matches
  • Portugal have scored in 11 of the last 12 matches
  • Portugal have not lost 10 of the last 12 matches

In-form players: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Portugal

Having scored just once lately in the European Championship, Edin Dzeko will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Portugal hope Cristiano Ronaldo can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of five European Championship goals in his last six European Championship games.

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Full-time result

Bosnia-Herzegovina won six of their previous 10 outings across all tournaments on home soil. They lost four as well, whilst visitors Portugal won five of their last 10 matches away from home. They drew two and lost three. Portugal won 7 matches in a row.

Both teams to score

Bosnia-Herzegovina scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Portugal scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Portugal have won to nil in their last 3 away games. Of the previous 10 outings, Bosnia-Herzegovina scored the opening goal five times, whereas their opponents were first on target in nine of their last 10 games.

Total goals

In the past ten matches for Bosnia-Herzegovina across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in five times of them with an average of 1.2 goals goals scored by themselves. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Portugal’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 3.4 goals in these matches.

Recommended tip: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Portugal

To sum up, the upcoming match between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this European Championship game.

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Portugal: Who wins the game?

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