Euro 2012 action concludes Saturday Night from the Arena Lviv, Lviv featuring Germany v Portugal.
The whole game is being shown Live on BBC One High Definition, with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Hello and thanks for stopping by to view our Germany v Portugal Betting Preview from Group B of Euro 2012, where we have provided you with the very latest team news, head to head statistics, best betting odds markets and our free betting tips predictions on the match.
Germany head into this game having cruised through their qualification group, winning all ten of their scheduled matches scoring an incredible thirty-four times and conceding just seven and are another strongly fancied side to do well at these finals.
However Joachim Loew’s side have struggled in their recent friendly matches which has seen them draw 3-3 with the Ukraine, lose 1-2 against France and 5-3 against Switzerland and as a result their price for winning the tournament has drifted.
Portugal needed a play off victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina to make it to these finals having finished runners up in their group, but they won that game in emphatic fashion 6-2 on aggregate.
But the celebrations have quickly ended as Paulo Bento’s side failed to win any of their three warm up friendly games drawing their opening two and losing their final game 1-3 on home soil against Turkey.
Germany v Portugal Team News
Germany Team News : Germany have a fully fit squad for coach Joachim Loew to choose his starting eleven from. Manuel Neuer will start in goal and will receive protection from a flat back four of Jerome Boateng, Mertesacker, Badstuber and captain Philipp Lahm.
Midfield will consist of Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mesut Ozil with Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose and Thomas Muller making up a three man attack in what is a probable 4-3-3 formation.
Portugal Team News : Portugal also have a fully fit squad to choose from and from the back coach Paulo Bento looks likely to start with Rui Patricio in goal along with Pereira, Pepe, Bruno Alves and Fábio Coentrão making up the four man defence.
Raul Meireles, Miguel Veloso, Nani and João Moutinho will operate as a four man holding midfield and will offer support to both Cristiano Ronaldo and Helder Postiga leading the attack up front.
Germany v Portugal Head to Head Statistics
Saturday night’s match will become the 17th meeting between the two nations over the years and all the results of those previous games can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- Germany Victories : 8
- Draws : 5
- Portugal Victories : 3
The last time the two sides met was back in Euro 2008 where Germany came away as 3-2 winners of the day with goals coming from Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack.
Germany v Portugal Best Match Betting Odds
A lot of money would have already been placed on Germany to reach at least the finals of this tournament and a lot more will obviously be placed on them to win all three of their group games, starting with this one.
The online bookmakers have the german side as the current favourites to win this game and their price would of been a lot shorter had it not been for those two recent friendly defeats against France and Switzerland and does offer value in my opinion given their pedigree of big tournaments over the years.
Germany v Portugal Popular Betting Odds Markets
Two very well known sides and with the game being shown live on BBC One, it will obviously attract a large audience across the United kingdom and Europe.
Both sets of squads have some world class individuals amongst them and with their previous game back in Euro 2008 seeing five goals having been scored I would expect this game to be very similar and one that should produce at least a few goals during the game.
A whole range of betting markets available for this game and below I have put together some of the more popular ones along with the very best price available from the associated bookmaker.
Germany v Portugal First Goal Scorer Betting Odds Markets
With players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Miroslav Klose involved the First Goal Scorer betting market will also be a very popular choice when it comes to people having a wager on this game, so below I have put together a short list of potential candidates from both sides who look the more likely to score that all important first goal of the game with each player having the very best price available from the associated bookmaker.
