Portugal v Albania
Competition: UEFA Euro
Qualifying,
Match date: Sunday, 7 September
2014
Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST - 18:45 GMT
Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST - 18:45 GMT
Portugal will be starting their European Championship qualification campaign against Albania at home. They have bad starts on the last couple of qualification campaigns, but they have been showing good performances in the later matches. Portugal failed to advance from the group stage at the World Cup in Brazil, even though they had one win, one draw and a loss against Germany. The group stage matches were the last matches Portugal played before this match. Here are the results:
26.06.2014. Portugal - Ghana 2:1
23.06.2014. USA - Portugal 2:2
16.06.2014. Germany - Portugal 4:0
The coach Paulo Bento will probably be fielding the following eleven players on the field:
Patricio – Pereira, Costa, Pepe, Coentrao – Moutinho, Carvalho, Meireles – Vieirinha, Nani – Eder
On the other side, Albania are always among the teams that finish on the lower positions on the table. They have played good on the first five matches of the World Cup qualifications, but then they have lost plenty of matches in the later part of the qualifications. Often they are showing good performances on their home matches, and they are very weak on the matches played away from home. The last matches they have played date from June. Albania won against San Marino, but lost to Hungary, both away from home. Here are the results:
08.06.2014. San Marino - Albania 0:3
04.06.2014. Hungary - Albania 1:0
The coach Giovanni De Biasi has all of his better players available ahead of this match.
Probable line-up: Berisha – Lila, Cana, Mavraj, Agolli – Xhaka, Bulku – Abrashi, Gashi, Vajushi – Salihi
The last mutual matches between these two sides date from 2008/09. Portugal won the away match, but they failed to get the victory at home. Here are the results:
06.06.2009. Albania - Portugal 1:2
15.10.2008. Portugal - Albania 0:0
26.06.2014. Portugal - Ghana 2:1
23.06.2014. USA - Portugal 2:2
16.06.2014. Germany - Portugal 4:0
The coach Paulo Bento will probably be fielding the following eleven players on the field:
Patricio – Pereira, Costa, Pepe, Coentrao – Moutinho, Carvalho, Meireles – Vieirinha, Nani – Eder
On the other side, Albania are always among the teams that finish on the lower positions on the table. They have played good on the first five matches of the World Cup qualifications, but then they have lost plenty of matches in the later part of the qualifications. Often they are showing good performances on their home matches, and they are very weak on the matches played away from home. The last matches they have played date from June. Albania won against San Marino, but lost to Hungary, both away from home. Here are the results:
08.06.2014. San Marino - Albania 0:3
04.06.2014. Hungary - Albania 1:0
The coach Giovanni De Biasi has all of his better players available ahead of this match.
Probable line-up: Berisha – Lila, Cana, Mavraj, Agolli – Xhaka, Bulku – Abrashi, Gashi, Vajushi – Salihi
The last mutual matches between these two sides date from 2008/09. Portugal won the away match, but they failed to get the victory at home. Here are the results:
06.06.2009. Albania - Portugal 1:2
15.10.2008. Portugal - Albania 0:0
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