On Friday, September 4, Portugal hosts France in a friendly match which will be played at the Estádio José Alvalade in the city of Lisbon and will kick off at 18:45 BST.
Portugal is currently ranked 6th in the world, while France are ranked 23rd in the world. The Portuguese play their next competitive game against Albania, a qualification match for the 2016 European Championship.
The Portuguese National team, managed by Fernando Santos, is in very good form, with four wins and one defeat in their last five games. These wins include friendly wins against Argentina (0-1 on November 11), and Italy (0-1 on June 16), as well as European Championship Qualification victories against Serbia (2-1 on March 29), and Armenia (2-3 on June 13).
The only recent defeat suffered by A Seleccao was the shock loss at the hands of tiny Cape Verde Islands (0-2 on March 31).
The 2016 European Championship hosts, managed by Didier Deschamps are in relatively poor form, with two wins and three defeats in their last five games. These two wins were against Sweden (1-0 on November 18), and Denmark (2-0 on March 29).
Les Blues suffered recent defeats at the hands of Brazil (1-3 on March 26), Belgium (3-4 on June 7), and Albania (1-0 on June 13).
The most important player for the Portuguese on the day will once again be their talismanic forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
The current world footballer of the year is the country’s all time top scorer with 55 goals, and on his day is almost impossible to stop. France have a lot of very good players, but one of the more in form players is Antoinne Greizmann, who has started the season in fine form for Athletico Madrid.
He and Karim Benzema are the most likely source of goals for France in this game.
The odds for this game are 8/5 for a Portugal win, 11/5 for a draw and 9/5 for a France win.
Portugal has been in good form recently, while the French have been floundering of late. I see the Portuguese winning this game by the odd goal.