The Quarterfinals start this Thursday with Poland vs Portugal, two teams that played 120 minutes in the Round 16, a factor that starts to be important after four games in two weeks.
After an amazing qualification for this Euro 2016, Poland did the same on the group stage. Their group wasn’t easy but they still managed to avoid a defeat in every game, including a match against Germany where they played very well in the 2nd half, with chances to achieve a better result than a draw to nil.
On the other side, there is a team that reaches this stage after four draws in the 90 minutes, winning only against Croatia on extra-time.
Portugal’s game is different with Fernando Santos and in the decisive stages, he approaches the games with a very cautious strategy like he did in the game against Croatia and like he used to do when he was Greece’s coach.
It’s hard to predict which team will take control of the game and the ball possession since both teams prefer to play in quick transitions, with their best results achieved with that strategy.
Regarding the individual talents, Portugal has Ronaldo and a several numbers of world class players like Pepe, William Carvalho, Nani, Moutinho and the rising stars Raphael Guerreiro and Renato Sanches, two players who recently signed with top German clubs, Dortmund and Bayern Munchen respectively.
Lewandowski is the biggest threat on the Polish side and even though his lack of goals in this Euro Cup, he’s always the reference of the team. Milik and Kuba also showed their quality and that they can decide games too.
Betting Overview:
This is not an easy game to call on the winners market, both will play this game with more fear to lose than desire to win, which is always a sign of an Under but on this match, the bookmakers are well protected with the Under 2.5 @1.45. The Under 2.00 is the only line that presents a small value to be played and is currently priced at 1.82 Pinnacle.
This is not an easy game to call on the winners market, both will play this game with more fear to lose than desire to win, which is always a sign of an Under but on this match, the bookmakers are well protected with the Under 2.5 @1.45. The Under 2.00 is the only line that presents a small value to be played and is currently priced at 1.82 Pinnacle.
Portugal is the favourite for this game at 2.28 Pinnacle and this is a fair price because the Draw no Bet in Portugal can’t go higher than at 1.69, otherwise it would be a very safe bet since they have better players who can create more problems than Poland, a team that struggled against Switzerland in a game where the Helvetica deserved to go through.
Following the same reasoning used for the Under 2.00, the Draw at Half time is also a valuable odd for this game and it can be found at 1.91 Bet365, a play that deserves a bet and can be won in just 45 minutes.
With that said and expecting a nervous game in the last half an hour of the game, the Highest Scoring Half to be the 2nd at 2.30 Sportingbet is a price that deserves our money in as well.
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