Turkey and Portugal continue their Euro 2024 campaigns with a clash at BVB Stadion Dortmund on Saturday afternoon.
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This will be the ninth meeting between these two nations, with Portugal holding a 7-2 advantage to date. That includes a 3-1 win in their most recent meeting during qualifying playoffs for the 2022 World Cup, with Portugal going on to make the tournament in Qatar. That’s the first meeting since a 2012 friendly, which Turkey won 3-1 in Lisbon. Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe still survive in the Portugal squad from that day, with the latter scoring an own goal in Turkey’s win.
Both sides made winning starts to their Euro 2024 campaigns, with Portugal coming from behind to beat Czech Republic 2-1, while Turkey overcame Georgia 3-1 in one of the games of the tournament so far.
Turkey vs Portugal team news
Vincenzo Montella is unlikely to change too much following his side’s 3-1 win over Georgia on matchday one.
Roberto Martinez, on the other hand, will surely be considering a change in approach after his three-at-the-back system left Portugal disjointed. At the very least, Goncalo Inacio feels like a more natural fit at left-centre-back than Nuno Mendes.
Neither side picked up any injuries or suspensions in their opening matches.
Predicted starting XIs
Turkey XI: Gunok; Muldur, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Calhanoglu, Ayhan; Guler, Kokcu, Yildiz; Yilmaz
Portugal XI: Costa; Dias, Pepe, Inacio; Dalot, Vitinha, Fernandes, Cancelo; Silva, Ronaldo, Leao
Where can I watch Turkey vs Portugal on TV?
Fans in the UK will be able to watch live coverage of Turkey vs Portugal on ITV1 and ITVX.
For fans in the USA, the game will be shown live on the FOX Network, while live streaming will be available via Fubo and ViX.
