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Match Preview

July 5, 2024 at 20:00 WEST

PORTUGAL

VS

FRANCE

Where: Hamburg, Germany

Stadium: Volksparkstadion

Who to watch on Portugal

Who to watch on France

Bruno Fernandes

Kylian Mbappe

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Portugal and France are meeting for the 29th time in their history, Portugal’s record in previous 28 games is 6 wins, 3 draws and 19 defeats, their last meeting ended 2-2 in the group stage of Euro 2020.
  • Bruno Fernandes scored 6 goals in qualifying but has just one goal in the tournament, a tap in, into an empty net set up by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo is playing in his sixth European Championship but has yet to score a goal in the competition to add to his all time leading goal mark of 14 at the tournament.
  • Portugal have six players that are one yellow card away from missing their next match. Players are Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Cancelo, Chico Conceicao, Joao Palhinha, Pedro Neto and Ruben Neves.
  • Kylian Mbappe scored 9 goals in qualifying but his lone marker at Euro 2024 came from the penalty spot.
  • France have yet to score a goal during game action as from their three goals scored, two are own goals and one is from the penalty spot.
  • Adrien Rabiot will miss the game due to yellow card accumulation.

POTENTIAL STARTING ELEVEN

HEAD TO HEAD AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

06/23/1984Portugal2-3France
06/28/2000Portugal1-2France
07/10/2016Portugal1-0France
06/23/2021Portugal2-2France

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