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Portugal v Congo DR : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 17th Jun, 18:00 BST, NRG Stadium, Houston

Congo DR pay World Cup competitors Portugal a visit on Wednesday evening, as Sébastien Desabre leads his men into an away clash with Roberto Martínez Montoliú & co. at the NRG Stadium. Our predictions are based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 of the biggest markets. Data shown and the odds change with each market, and head to head (H2H) statistics are included for all.

Best Tip: Portugal to win

A World Cup home win for Roberto Martínez Montoliú's Portugal team win in the win / draw / win market is what we're predicting. Statistics suggest they're in strong form across a number of key metrics, and they should have too much for the opposition. The odds from the bookmakers suggest the same, and when that happens you've got a pretty compelling case. A Portugal win is the way to go, but it could be a close one.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Portugal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 76% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.25.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Portugal 76%	1/4 2%	-
Draw 16%	5/1 20%	-
Congo DR 8%	17/2 5%	-
Portugal 2-0 14%	5/1 14%	-
Portugal 1-0 12%	6/1 13%	-
Portugal 3-0 11%	13/2 12%	-
Portugal 2-1 9%	9/1 5%	-
Draw 1-1 7%	11/1 20%	-
Portugal 3-1 7%	12/1 8%	-
Portugal 4-0 7%	12/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	14/1	-
Portugal 4-1 4%	20/1 11%	-
Congo DR 1-0 3%	20/1 19%	-
Portugal 5-0 3%	22/1 12%	-
Draw 2-2 3%	28/1 26%	-
Congo DR 2-1 2%	28/1	-
Portugal 3-2 2%	33/1 17%	-
Portugal 5-1 2%	40/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	4/6 6%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	6/5 8%	-
Home 1st Goal 64%	2/7 1%	-
Away 1st Goal 33%	11/4 7%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	14/1	-
BTTS - Yes 42%	5/4 13%	-
BTTS - No 58%	4/7 10%	-
BTTS - Home Win 28%	12/5 13%	-
BTTS - Draw 11%	15/2 31%	-
BTTS - Away Win 4%	18/1	-
Home/draw 92%	1/14 1%	-
Away/draw 24%	11/4	-
Home/away 84%	1/8 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	2/9 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	10/3 13%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	7/4 10%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	4/9 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	4/1 15%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/6 4%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	9/1 25%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/16 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/33	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	14/1	-
Home DNB 87%	1/12 1%	-
Away DNB 19%	7/1 11%	-
Portugal win to nil 48%	5/6 13%	-
Congo DR win to nil 4%	14/1 12%	-
Portugal / Portugal 47%	8/11 4%	-
Portugal / Congo DR 2%	50/1	-
Portugal / Draw 4%	18/1	-
Draw / Portugal 22%	11/4 6%	-
Draw / Congo DR 4%	20/1	-
Draw / Draw 10%	7/1	-
Congo DR / Portugal 4%	20/1 11%	-
Congo DR / Congo DR 4%	20/1 11%	-
Congo DR / Draw 4%	22/1 10%	-

Group K table

Group K	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Points
1Congo DR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Portugal	9 - 1	Armenia
A	Portugal	0 - 2	Ireland
H	Portugal	2 - 2	Hungary
H	Portugal	1 - 0	Ireland
A	Portugal	3 - 2	Hungary
A	Portugal	5 - 0	Armenia
H	Portugal	2 - 2	Spain
A	Portugal	2 - 1	Germany
H	Portugal	3 - 2	Denmark
A	Portugal	0 - 1	Denmark
A	Portugal	1 - 1	Croatia
H	Portugal	5 - 1	Poland
A	Portugal	0 - 0	Scotland
A	Portugal	3 - 1	Poland
H	Portugal	2 - 1	Scotland
H	Portugal	2 - 1	Croatia
H	Portugal	0 - 0	France
H	Portugal	0 - 0	Slovenia
A	Portugal	0 - 2	Georgia
A	Portugal	3 - 0	Turkey

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Congo DR	1 - 1	Nigeria
A	Congo DR	1 - 0	Cameroon
H	Congo DR	1 - 0	Sudan
A	Congo DR	1 - 0	Togo
H	Congo DR	2 - 3	Senegal
A	Congo DR	4 - 1	South Sudan
H	Congo DR	1 - 3	Morocco
A	Congo DR	2 - 0	Angola
H	Congo DR	2 - 0	Zambia
A	Congo DR	0 - 1	Kenya
H	Congo DR	3 - 1	Madagascar
H	Congo DR	1 - 0	Mali
A	Congo DR	2 - 0	Mauritania
H	Congo DR	1 - 0	South Sudan
H	Congo DR	3 - 1	Chad
A	Congo DR	1 - 1	Chad
H	Congo DR	1 - 2	Ethiopia
A	Congo DR	0 - 1	Guinea
A	Congo DR	2 - 0	Tanzania
H	Congo DR	1 - 0	Tanzania

Goal Statistics

	Portugal	Congo DR
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.4 goals	0.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 1 22% 2 26% 3 21% 4+ 21% There is a 69% probability that Portugal will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 53% 1 33% 2 3 4+ There is a 53% probability that Congo DR will fail to score

	20 home / away games

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

POR

12%

better

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Games scored	14		18
Failed to score	6		2
Scored first	9		14
Goals scored	43		30
Avg. goals scored	2.2		1.5
Avg. shots per game	14		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	16		19
Avg. XG for	2.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+12%

POR

19%

better

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Games conceded	14		10
Clean sheets	6		10
Conceded first	8		5
Goals conceded	20		15
Avg. goals conceded	1		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	12%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1
KickOff rating		+19%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between Portugal v Congo DR will show here when available.

Portugal World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Silva GLK				-
D Costa GLK				-
J Sá GLK				-
T Araújo DEF				-
R Veiga DEF				-
R Dias DEF				-
J Cancelo DEF				-
N Mendes DEF				-
G Inácio DEF				-
D Dalot DEF				-
M Nunes DEF				-
N Semedo DEF				-
S Costa MID				-
B Silva MID				-
Vitinha MID				-
B Fernandes MID				-
J Neves MID				-
F Trincão MID				-
R Neves MID				-
G Guedes FWD				-
G Ramos FWD				-
J Félix FWD				-
F Conceição FWD				-
R Leão FWD				-
C Ronaldo FWD				-
P Neto FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	0	0	0

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
0	0	0

Players	passes	tackles	duels won

Congo DR World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L M'Pasi GLK				-
T Fayulu GLK				-
M Epolo GLK				-
S Kapuadi DEF				-
D Batubinsika DEF				-
G Kalulu DEF				-
A Wan-Bissaka DEF				-
C Mbemba DEF				-
J Kayembe DEF				-
A Tuanzebe DEF				-
A Masuaku DEF				-
G Kakuta MID				-
N Mukau MID				-
M Elia MID				-
C Pickel MID				-
S Moutoussamy MID				-
E Kayembe MID				-
N Sadiki MID				-
A Tshibola MID				-
F Mayele FWD				-
Y Wissa FWD				-
N Mbuku FWD				-
B. Kibambe Cipenga FWD				-
S Banza FWD				-
C Bakambu FWD				-
T Bongonda FWD				-