Euro 2012 Czech Republic v Portugal Betting Preview from the National Stadium, Warsaw Thursday 21st June 2012.
The whole game can be seen Live on ITV1 High Definition with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Thank’s for stopping by to read our Euro 2012 Czech Republic v Portugal Betting Preview where we have also provided you with the latest Team News, Head to Head Statistics, Lineups, Predictions, Tips, Odds, Free Bets and Money Back Specials associated with the match.
The quarter final knock out stages are upon us and first up is the Czech Republic versus Portugal and having watched both side’s progress during this tournament Portugal are the side that has caught my attention the most as with Cristiano Ronaldo having now found his goal scoring form, he is going to be very difficult to stop.
The Czech Republic won the group to reach this quarter final, but apart from their opening day defeat against Russia, they never really came out of second gear in their two remaining matches and got the job done with relative ease, but this game against Portugal is going to be a lot more difficult and their toughest game of the tournament so far in my opinion.
Czech Republic v Portugal Team News
Czech Republic Team News
Captain Thomas Rosicky is a major doubt for this game having had to return home for treatment to his achilles injury and coach Michal Bilek has already gone public saying that he doesn’t expect the creative midfielder to take any part in thursday night’s game.
Probable Line Up [4-1-4-1]: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman, Plasil, Jiracek, Kolar, Pillar, Baros
Portugal Team News
Coach Paulo Bento has no injury or suspensions so looks likely to stick with the same starting eleven that were comfortable winners over Holland last time out, which will see Postiga keeping his role up front.
Probable Line Up [4-3-3]: Rui Patricio, Pereira, Pepe, Alves, Coentrao, Meireles, Veloso, Moutinho, Nani, Postiga, Ronaldo
Czech Republic v Portugal Head to Head Statistics
These two nation’s have met each other on eleven different occassions over the years, twice during previous European Championship’s and below you can see all the results of those previous matches.
- Czech Republic Victories : 4
- Draws : 3
- Portugal Victories : 4
The last meeting between the two sides came back in Euro 2008 where Portugal came away comfortable 3-1 winners on the day, Cristiano Ronaldo getting his name on the score sheet during that victory.
