New Zealand v Portugal Betting Preview – FIFA Confederations Cup 24th June
Portugal just need to win this, their easiest fixture of the competition to get through to the knockout stages. Having drawn with Mexico in their opener, Portugal edged past hosts Russia in their second match thanks to a lone goal from Ronaldo. That leaves Portugal on four points, level with Mexico going into the final round of matches, with Russia just a point behind. There is still some work to do, but the European champions will be expected to pick up maximum points.
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New Zealand v Portugal Betting Tips
The All Whites have some resolve in the tournament, but don’t have any rewards on the board from their two games. They opened with a defeat against Russia and then sprung a surprise by taking the lead against Mexico in their second match. They conceded two second half goals though to end up losing 2-1. That means that they are eliminated from the Confederations Cup and they may well shake things up and rotate the squad. Even with their full strength side out, they are still short of quality to really match up to the likes of Portugal. Portugal to win to nil at Bet365 is a price of 1/2 and you would imagine that this game isn’t going to produce a lot of goals and under 2.5 goals at bet365 is a price of 7/4 which should have some appeal. The All Whites aren’t going to back a lot of punch going forward, not against Portugal who have a pretty sound defence.
So Portugal are strong favourites for this one and that would guarantee that the European Champions are in the semi finals. After opening with that frustrating draw against Mexico, they edged out hosts Russia 1-0 in their second match. Russia didn’t get a shot on target in the game at all. Ronaldo got them that winning goal in the match and he is up as 7/4 first goalscorer favourite at bet365 for the match. Portugal have been leading a half time and full time in six of their last seven competitive matches and in the half time/full time market a Portugal/Portugal punt is a price of 4/9. In the bet365 correct score market, the shortest priced option is the Portugal 2-0 at a price of 5/1. This should be a comfortable enough game for Portugal to navigate their way through. This will be the first competitive meeting between the two nations.
New Zealand v Portugal Betting Odds
Portugal 1/12, Draw 19/2, New Zealand 25/1
New Zealand v Portugal Predictions
Portugal to win: Hard to not to back Portugal in this one. They will probably do enough to keep the plucky Kiwis at arm’s length and then finish them off. It’ll probably be a low scoring game and Portugal to win to nil has value.
