Portugal v Austria Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 18th June
Pressure on both of these sides now after both blew their lines in their respective opening matches of the tournament. Austria suffered a hammer blow in going down 2-0 against Hungary a match in which they went down to ten men. So they have to find a way to pick themselves up from that very quickly. Portugal have to shake off the frustrations of having only managed a draw with Iceland in their opening fixture. With Hungary favoured against Iceland to put them on six points in the group, neither can afford to lose this one.
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Portugal v Austria Betting Tips
Both Portugal and Austria will need to step up their respective games up. This was pegged as being the Group F decider, but it could now just be a scrap for second place in the group. If Hungary beat Iceland in the other group game on Sunday and there’s no winner in this one, the Hungarians would top the group. So both need to come out and look for the win and in the case of Portugal, they are going to need a little more from star player Cristiano Ronaldo who didn’t look up for the game at all against Iceland. They need him to fire and he is running at 10/11 favourite in the anytime goalscorer market of course, with Nani at 12/5. It was Nani who opened the scoring against Iceland. While a draw may not be the end of the world for Portugal, it would leave them sweating with a final game against Hungary to come.
This will be the seventh meeting between the two nations and Austria lead the head to head 2-0 from those previous games (only two of them competitive ones). So that is four drawn matches out of six games between them then and that probably has appeal in the match outright. Three of the draws that have gone between these two have been 1-1 affairs and if you want to plump for a 1-1 Correct Score (as this isn’t a game either can afford to lose) then you can take a price of 6/1 on that option with Betfred. These two haven’t met since back in 1992 in a friendly, which was one of those 1-1 draws. You are probably going to be relatively secure in going under 2.5 goals on the game for a price of 3/4 because only two of the previous six meetings have gone over the mark. On the two occasions that it happened, Austria recorded their victories.
So Austria find themselves in a bit of a hole right now, but there is still a way out for them. Beat Portugal in this one and then they do finish off against Iceland, which should be their easiest match of the group. The 2-0 loss though against Hungary didn’t see the Austrians play well at all and Hungary were better in most departments than they were. That was a big, big surprise because Austria had played so well winning nine of their Euro 2016 qualification matches. They didn’t deliver on the day and this is their second chance that they have to take. David Alaba looked their most likely route to goal and he is a price of 5/1 in the anytime goalscorer market for this one with Marc Janko at 12/5. Both teams to score in this is a 10/11 punt because Austria do have to push pretty hard for the three points that they need to stay alive. Can they get themselves back in the qualification picture?
Portugal v Austria Betting Odds
Portugal 5/6, Draw 13/5, Austria 4/1
Portugal v Austria Predictions
There was probably many punters let down by a poor performance from Austria against Hungary. The question is now, do they have better in them? The answer to that would be yes and if they can keep Cristiano Ronaldo quiet then they can stick in this one. They may not have enough to get the win they need against a decent Portugal defence though, so it’s worth settling on the draw in the match outright in a game that goes under the 2.5 goal line.
