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Portugal v Republic of Ireland : World Cup Qualifying Europe match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 11th Oct, 19:45 BST, Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Roberto Martínez Montoliú and Heimir Hallgrímsson pit their wits in the World Cup Qualifying Europe on Saturday evening, as Portugal face Republic of Ireland at the Estádio José Alvalade. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with weighting applied to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics between the team are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided directly from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Portugal to win

We are predicting Portugal will be victorious come the end of the 90 mins on Saturday in the win / draw / win market. The latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records below all suggest that they are more than capable of getting the job done and, as favourites with the bookmakers, the odds back that up too. Expect jubilant celebrations among the home fans when that final whistle blows at Estádio José Alvalade.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Portugal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 84% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.17.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Portugal 84%	-	1.17 4%
Draw 11%	-	6.50 13%
Ireland 5%	-	21.00 40%
Portugal 3-0 12%	-	6.50
Portugal 2-0 12%	-	5.75 5%
Portugal 4-0 9%	-	8.50 11%
Portugal 1-0 8%	-	7.00 17%
Portugal 3-1 8%	-	10.00
Portugal 2-1 8%	-	9.50 12%
Portugal 4-1 6%	-	13.00 13%
Portugal 5-0 5%	-	13.00 13%
Draw 1-1 5%	-	12.00 20%
Portugal 5-1 3%	-	19.00 17%
Portugal 6-0 3%	-	21.00 19%
Draw 0-0 3%	-	12.00 9%
Portugal 3-2 3%	-	26.00
Draw 2-2 3%	-	26.00 13%
Portugal 4-2 2%	-	34.00
Over 2.5 Goals 71%	-	1.50 9%
Under 2.5 Goals 29%	-	2.40 14%
Home 1st Goal 66%	-	1.17 4%
Away 1st Goal 33%	-	6.00 20%
No 1st Goal 1%	-	12.00 9%
BTTS - Yes 46%	-	2.40
BTTS - No 54%	-	1.50 2%
BTTS - Home Win 35%	-	3.10 6%
BTTS - Draw 8%	-	9.00 13%
BTTS - Away Win 3%	-	26.00 24%
Home/draw 95%	-	1.00 2%
Away/draw 16%	-	5.00 25%
Home/away 89%	-	1.11 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 88%	-	1.17 4%
Under 1.5 Goals 12%	-	4.60 15%
Over 3.5 Goals 50%	-	2.20 15%
Under 3.5 Goals 50%	-	1.60 11%
Over 4.5 Goals 31%	-	3.60 20%
Under 4.5 Goals 69%	-	1.25 6%
Over 5.5 Goals 17%	-	6.50 24%
Under 5.5 Goals 83%	-	1.10 4%
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	-	1.02 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	-	12.00 9%
Home DNB 91%	-	1.01 2%
Away DNB 13%	-	15.00 36%
Portugal win to nil 49%	-	-
Ireland win to nil 2%	-	-
Portugal / Portugal 50%	-	1.60 6%
Portugal / Ireland 1%	-	61.00 9%
Portugal / Draw 4%	-	21.00 11%
Draw / Portugal 22%	-	3.70 3%
Draw / Ireland 3%	-	26.00 24%
Draw / Draw 10%	-	8.00 14%
Ireland / Portugal 4%	-	21.00
Ireland / Ireland 3%	-	26.00 37%
Ireland / Draw 3%	-	23.00 10%

Group F table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Portugal Ireland
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Date	Date
1	Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	6	-	Nov 13
2	Armenia	2	1	0	1	-4	3	Nov 16	Oct 14
3	Hungary	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Oct 14	d 2-2A
4	Ireland	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Oct 11	-

Win / draw / win form

Portugal have won 4 consecutive games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

6 / 6

Conceded

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

Failed to score

0 / 6

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portugal	2 - 0	Macedonia
Portugal	3 - 1	Turkey
Portugal	1 - 2	Serbia
Portugal	5 - 0	Luxembourg
Portugal	2 - 1	Ireland
Portugal	1 - 0	Azerbaijan

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 12

Conceded

6 / 12

Clean sheets

6 / 12

Failed to score

1 / 12

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Portugal	3 - 2	Hungary
A	Portugal	5 - 0	Armenia
H	Portugal	2 - 0	Macedonia
H	Portugal	3 - 1	Turkey
H	Portugal	1 - 2	Serbia
A	Portugal	0 - 0	Ireland
H	Portugal	5 - 0	Luxembourg
A	Portugal	3 - 0	Azerbaijan
H	Portugal	2 - 1	Ireland
A	Portugal	3 - 1	Luxembourg
A	Portugal	2 - 2	Serbia
H	Portugal	1 - 0	Azerbaijan

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

5 / 5

Conceded

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

Failed to score

0 / 5

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Armenia	2 - 1	Ireland
Luxembourg	0 - 3	Ireland
Azerbaijan	0 - 3	Ireland
Portugal	2 - 1	Ireland
Serbia	3 - 2	Ireland

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

8 / 10

Conceded

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

Failed to score

2 / 10

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Ireland	1 - 2	Armenia
H	Ireland	2 - 2	Hungary
A	Ireland	3 - 0	Luxembourg
H	Ireland	0 - 0	Portugal
A	Ireland	3 - 0	Azerbaijan
H	Ireland	1 - 1	Serbia
H	Ireland	1 - 1	Azerbaijan
A	Ireland	1 - 2	Portugal
H	Ireland	0 - 1	Luxembourg
A	Ireland	2 - 3	Serbia

Goal Statistics

	Portugal 2nd	Ireland 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	3.0 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	1 15% 2 22% 3 22% 4 17% 5+ 24% There is a 24% probability that Portugal will score 5 or more goals in this match	0 52% 1 34% 2 11% 3 4+ There is a 52% probability that Ireland will fail to score

	20 home / away league games
6 home / away league games	=0 Portugal’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Ireland’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	2.0 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

36%

better

POR

ROI

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Games scored	13		10
Failed to score	6		10
Scored first	9		5
Goals scored	37		18
Avg. goals scored	1.9		0.9
Avg. shots per game	12		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		9
Conversion rate for	15		11
Avg. XG for	2.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+36%

31%

better

POR

ROI

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Games conceded	13		17
Clean sheets	6		3
Conceded first	7		14
Goals conceded	19		31
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	13%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.5
KickOff rating		+31%

The line-ups for the World Cup Qualifying Europe match between Portugal v Ireland will show here when available.

Portugal World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	3	2	1
D Costa	C Ronaldo	J Cancelo	J Neves

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Costa GLK	2			-
J Cancelo DEF	2	2	2	-
N Mendes DEF	2			-
R Dias DEF	2			-
B Fernandes MID	2			-
J Neves MID	2			1 -
J Palhinha MID	2			1 -
Vitinha MID	2			-
C Ronaldo FWD	2	3		-
G Ramos FWD	2			-
P Neto FWD	2		1	-
F Trincão FWD	2			-
J Félix FWD	2	2		-
G Inácio DEF	1			-
A Silva DEF	1			-
N Tavares DEF	1			-
R Neves MID	1			-
B Silva MID	1	1	1	1 -
P Gonçalves FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	7	2	3
C Ronaldo	C Ronaldo	J Cancelo	J Cancelo

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Ronaldo FWD	3	7
J Cancelo DEF	2	3	2	3
J Félix FWD	2	2		1
B Silva MID	1	1	1
B Fernandes MID				1
J Neves MID		2		2
Vitinha MID				1
P Neto FWD			1	1
G Inácio DEF				1
P Gonçalves FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
194	3	16
Vitinha	J Cancelo	J Cancelo

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Vitinha MID	194	1	5
R Dias DEF	151	2	8
J Cancelo DEF	137	3	16
J Neves MID	119	1	6
R Neves MID	93		1
B Fernandes MID	87		4
G Inácio DEF	87	1	3
N Mendes DEF	78	1	10
B Silva MID	76	2	3
P Neto FWD	69		1
J Félix FWD	46	1	5
D Costa GLK	44
C Ronaldo FWD	32		1
F Trincão FWD	31		2
J Palhinha MID	29	2	3
N Tavares DEF	22		1
G Ramos FWD	15	1	3
P Gonçalves FWD	13		1
A Silva DEF	8

Ireland World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	2	1	1
C Kelleher	E Ferguson	R Manning	N Collins

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Kelleher GLK	2			-
J O'Brien DEF	2			-
R Manning DEF	2		1	-
N Collins DEF	2		1	1 -
D O'Shea DEF	2			-
J Taylor MID	2			-
J Cullen MID	2			1 -
F Azaz MID	2			-
C Ogbene FWD	2			-
M Johnston FWD	2			-
A Idah FWD	2	1	1	-
E Ferguson FWD	2	2		1 -
K McAteer FWD	2			-
L Scales DEF	1			-
S Szmodics MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	4	1	1
E Ferguson	E Ferguson	R Manning	R Manning

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Ferguson FWD	2	4
A Idah FWD	1	1	1	1
R Manning DEF		3	1	1
N Collins DEF			1	1
J Taylor MID		1
F Azaz MID		2
C Ogbene FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
139	2	20
N Collins	R Manning	D O'Shea

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Collins DEF	139	2	11
D O'Shea DEF	127	2	20
J O'Brien DEF	102		3
J Cullen MID	77	2	5
R Manning DEF	71	2	7
F Azaz MID	56	1	5
C Kelleher GLK	43
E Ferguson FWD	26		5
C Ogbene FWD	23		7
J Taylor MID	22		4
S Szmodics MID	19	2	4
A Idah FWD	15		3
M Johnston FWD	15		1
K McAteer FWD	13	2	3
L Scales DEF	10	1	3