Published on: Mar 29, 2022 8:16 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 29, 2022 11:22 pm IST
POR vs MCD Dream11: Portugal are set to play North Macedonia at the Estádio do Dragão on Tuesday for a FIFA World Cup qualifying game.
Portugal come into this game on the back of a 3-1 win over Stefan Kuntz’s Turkey recently.
North Macedonia, on the other hand, beat Roberto Mancini’s Italy. A late second-half goal from Aleksandar Trajkovic ensured victory for Blagoja Milevski’s North Macedonia.
The winners of this game will be heading to Qatar and both teams are on a high after their respective wins.
Date: 20th March, Wednesday Kick-Off Time: 12:15 AM (IST) Venue: Estadio do Dragao
Portugal – 2nd Position Group A
North Macedonia – 2nd Position Group H
There is no live streaming of the game in India. The fans can follow the game on the official handles of the respective teams.
Portugal: W-L-D-W-W
North Macedonia: W-W-W-L-W
The 2 sides have only met once in an international friendly that culminated in a draw.
Injury Report, Unavailability, Expected Changes and Strategy
Diogo Costa
Joao Cancelo
Jose Fonte
Danilo Pereira
Raphael Guerreiro
William Carvalho
Bernardo Silva
Bruno Fernandes
Otavio
Cristiano Ronaldo
Diogo Jota
Stole Dimitrievski
Stefan Ristovski
Darko Velkovski
Kire Ristevski
Ezgjan Alioski
Stefan Spirovski
Darko Churlinov
Boban Nikolov
Enis Bardhi
Aleksandar Trajkovski
Milan Ristovski
GK
Costa was unable to keep a clean sheet in the previous game but did do enough to make Yilmaz miss his penalty.
DEF
The veteran defender will count on all his years of experience to pull one over the North Macedonian attack. He has looked solid at the back against Turkey putting in timely blocks and tackles.
Alioski has been putting his all both in defence and while going forward. His pace can be the difference with an aging Portugal defence.
MID
Lethal in front of goal, Jota scored the second goal in the tie against Turkey and will be key to Portugal’s success.
Bardhi has been prolific in the qualifiers scoring 4 goals and providing 3 assists in 9 games so far.
ST
The phenom will be looking to add to his record against a North Macedonia side that kept a clean sheet in the last game owning to missed chances. He has 36 goals in WC qualifiers o far.
The man whose 92nd-minute goal led North Macedonia to the current stage of the qualifier will look to add to his 5 goals this campaign.
Goalkeeper: D. Costa
Defenders: E. Alioski, J. Fonte, R. Guerreira, J. Cancelo
Midfielders: D. Jota, B. Fernandez, E. Bardhi, Otavio
Attackers: C. Ronaldo, A. Trajkovski,
Odds to Win
The odds in favour of Portugal Win 2/9
The odds in favour of North Macedonia Win 19/1
Odds in favour of a Draw 6/1
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