Portugal
Football Europe World Cup Qualification Estádio do Dragão Sun 16 Nov 09:00
Armenia
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  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Squads
  6. Table

World Cup qualifying Betting Preview: Portugal vs Armenia

Group F leaders Portugal, without Cristiano Ronaldo, go head-to-head with Armenia at Estádio do Dragão, with kick-off set for 09:00 on Sunday 16 November. A draw will most likely be enough for Portugal to secure direct qualification for the World Cup.

Side With Armenia on the Asian Handicap

Armenia +3 look like a quality wager at a price of -125. We will select the underdogs on the Asian Handicap in the expectation that the Havakakan perform better than anticipated against Portugal.

Portugal Won 5-0 When Teams Last Met

Portugal suffered a defeat in their last game. A 2-0 World Cup qualifying scoreline occurred on the road at Aviva Stadium against Ireland. The Navigators dominated possession with 70% of the ball and had five shots on target.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s red card against Ireland sidelines him for the Armenia match. It was the Portugal captain’s first dismissal in 227 international appearances.

Armenia lost their previous game, being beaten at home to Hungary by a 1-0 World Cup qualifying scoreline at Republican Stadium - Vazgen Sargsyan. Yegishe Melikyan's men had 50% possession but failed to have a shot on goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

Portugal beat Armenia in their last head-to-head clash. It was a 5-0 scoreline away at Republican Stadium - Vazgen Sargsyan.

Europe World Cup Qualification G W D L GF GA GD GD P
1 Portugal logo Portugal 6 4 1 1 20 7 13 20:7 13
4 Armenia logo Armenia 6 1 0 5 3 19 -16 3:19 3
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Portugal – Last 10 Competitive Games

Portugal have 6 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, averaging 2.6 goals from 6.1 shots on goal and 14.6 attempts. Roberto Martinez's team have averaged 57.7% possession and 6.4 corners per game, with their opponents scoring 1.6 goals from 4.4 shots on goal, 10.8 attempts and 3.9 corners.

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way with 8 goals, Joao Felix has 3, with Joao Cancelo and Trincao scoring 2. Nuno Mendes has the most assists with 3, while goalkeeper Diogo Costa has 2 clean sheets.

Armenia – Last 10 Competitive Games

Armenia have 2 victories and 8 defeats, averaging 3.7 shots on goal, 8.7 attempts and 0.5 goals. They average 47.0% possession, 4.5 corners awarded and 3.9 corners against, while 2.3 goals have been conceded from 9.7 attempts and 4.9 shots on goal.

Eduard Spertsyan has top scored with 2, while Grant-Leon Ranos, Edgar Sevikyan and Artur Miranyan are next on 1. Nair Tiknizyan, Vahan Bichakhchyan and Lucas Zelarayan have been the top assists providers with 1 in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Portugal confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Diogo Costa (GK), Nelson Semedo, Renato Veiga, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, Joao Neves, Bernardo Silva, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes, Goncalo Ramos, Rafael Leao.

Armenia confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Henri Avagyan (GK), Erik Piloyan, Sergey Muradyan, Styopa Mkrtchyan, Nair Tiknizyan, Narek Aghasaryan, Karen Muradyan, Eduard Spertsyan, Kamo Hovhannisyan, Grant-Leon Ranos, Artur Serobyan.

Portugal vs Armenia Prediction & Betting Tips

Explore our top Portugal vs Armenia betting tips, including an expert match prediction, correct score forecast, expected corners pick and a bet builder ready to use.

Match Prediction

We anticipate that Armenia will perform above expectation in this World Cup qualifying match and we’ll take the visitors at +3 on the Asian Handicap. Betting odds of -125 look really attractive that they’re able secure a payout.

The football experts at Sportsgambler.com check injury updates regularly and combine this with the form guide. We’re also able to consult a database of World Cup qualifying stats and present the key numbers to our readers.

Key Portugal vs Armenia stats:

  • The +3 line has been covered by Armenia in 4 consecutive games.
  • The +3 line has been covered by Armenia in 9 of their last 10 games on the road.
  • The +3 line has been covered by Armenia in 17 of their last 20 games.
  • The -3 line hasn’t been covered by Portugal in 4 consecutive games.
  • The -3 line hasn’t been covered by Portugal in 9 of their last 10 games.
  • The -3 line hasn’t been covered by Portugal in 18 of their last 20 games.
Armenia +3 Probability

The latest betting odds imply that our pick has a 55.6% prospect of winning. Our tipsters think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be 60-65%. This is why we regard this as a value bet.

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Our Match Prediction
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Correct Score Prediction

Portugal Portugal logo 3 - 1 Armenia logo Armenia

We’ve got a correct score prediction which involves Portugal winning 3-1. Odds of +950 look appealing and we should get a run for our money here.

Corners Prediction

Under 9.5 Corners -114 BetMGM logo

There’s been a corner average of 7.00 in the past five matches involving Armenia, with under 9.5 corners occurring in the previous three Portugal home games. For Total Corners, we’re expecting the sides to fall short and you can get odds of -114.

Competitive Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
Portugal Logo Portugal
Total
10.30 6.40 3.90
Home
12.40 8.30 4.10
Away
10.20 6.10 4.10
Armenia Logo Armenia
Total
8.40 4.50 3.90
Home
8.70 5.30 3.40
Away
9.60 4.10 5.50
Latest Corner Odds

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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap Armenia +3 -125
Total Goals Over 2.5 -417
Total Corners Under 9.5 -114

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Portugal vs Armenia Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Portugal Huge Favourites on Full-Time Result Market

Portugal are operating as the colossal -2000 favourites for this World Cup qualifying clash. This means the bookies give them a 95% chance of victory. Armenia are seen as by far the most unlikely winner at +2900.

If you fancy Portugal to be leading at the interval, then you can secure odds of -345. Alternatively, there’s the chance to wager on Armenia at +1300 on the Half-Time Result, with the draw trading at +320.

The expectation is that Over 2.5 Goals will be scored according to the latest odds. If you’re anticipating that one team or more will draw a blank, then the No option on the Both Teams to Score market is chalked up at -208.

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Player Goals
Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal)
First
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Anytime
--100
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Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
First
-
Anytime
--100
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Rafael Leão (Portugal)
First
-
Anytime
--100
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Carlos Forbs (Portugal)
First
-
Anytime
--100
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Player Shots On Target
Rafael Leão (Portugal)
Over 0.5
-286
Under 0.5
+155
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Carlos Forbs (Portugal)
Over 0.5
-159
Under 0.5
-111
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Bernardo Silva (Portugal)
Over 0.5
-111
Under 0.5
-156
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Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal)
Over 1.5
-110
Under 1.5
-159
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Player Shots
Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal)
Over 4.5
+130
Under 4.5
-
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Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
Over 3.5
-128
Under 3.5
-
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Rafael Leão (Portugal)
Over 2.5
-175
Under 2.5
-
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Rúben Neves (Portugal)
Over 2.5
+118
Under 2.5
-
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Team Stats

Latest competitive match stats. Full Time Result and Goals.

Portugal logo Portugal Stats
Armenia logo Armenia Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 6 wins, 2 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 8 wins, 1 defeat and 1 draw in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 2 wins and 8 defeats in the previous 10 matches
  • 2 wins, 6 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
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Corners
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Possession
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Portugal vs Armenia Lineups & Team News

Before placing any bets on Portugal vs Armenia, check the team news first. We’ll share the confirmed lineups for the World Cup qualifier plus the newest injury information.

Portugal Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Armenia Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Portugal Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

1 Diogo Costa
2 Nelson Semedo 13 Renato Veiga 3 Ruben Dias 20 Joao Cancelo
15 Joao Neves 10 Bernardo Silva 23 Vitinha
8 Bruno Fernandes 9 Goncalo Ramos 17 Rafael Leao
16 Henri Avagyan
3 Erik Piloyan 2 Sergey Muradyan 5 Styopa Mkrtchyan 21 Nair Tiknizyan
18 Narek Aghasaryan 20 Karen Muradyan 8 Eduard Spertsyan
13 Kamo Hovhannisyan 17 Grant-Leon Ranos 9 Artur Serobyan

Armenia Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Portugal Substitutes

  • 4Antonio Silva
  • 5Diogo Dalot
  • 6Joao Palhinha
  • 7Carlos Forbs
  • 11Joao Felix
  • 12Jose Sa
  • 14Goncalo Inacio
  • 16Trincao
  • 18Matheus Nunes
  • 19Chico Conceicao
  • 21Ruben Neves
  • 22Rui Silva

Armenia Substitutes

  • 1Ognjen Cancarevic
  • 4Georgiy Arutiunian
  • 6Karen Nalbandyan
  • 7Edgar Sevikyan
  • 10Zhirayr Shaghoyan
  • 11Narek Grigoryan
  • 12Arsen Beglaryan
  • 14Gor Manvelyan
  • 15Arayik Eloyan
  • 19Edgar Grigoryan
  • 22Gevorg Tarakhchyan
  • 23Artem Bandikyan

Previous Portugal Lineups

13 Nov Europe World Cup Qualification
Ireland 2-0 Portugal
14 Oct Europe World Cup Qualification
Portugal 2-2 Hungary
11 Oct Europe World Cup Qualification
Portugal 1-0 Ireland
09 Sep Europe World Cup Qualification
Hungary 2-3 Portugal
06 Sep Europe World Cup Qualification
Armenia 0-5 Portugal
08 Jun Nations League
Portugal 7-5 Spain

Previous Armenia Lineups

13 Nov Europe World Cup Qualification
Armenia 0-1 Hungary
14 Oct Europe World Cup Qualification
Ireland 1-0 Armenia
11 Oct Europe World Cup Qualification
Hungary 2-0 Armenia
09 Sep Europe World Cup Qualification
Armenia 2-1 Ireland
06 Sep Europe World Cup Qualification
Armenia 0-5 Portugal
09 Jun Friendlies
Montenegro 2-2 Armenia
Team Squads

Portugal Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Roberto Martinez

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Diogo Costa 1 G 5 450 5 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Dias 3 D 5 450 5 0 0 0 1 0
Vitinha 23 M 5 417 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cristiano Ronaldo 7 F 5 368 5 0 5 0 0 1
Bernardo Silva 10 M 4 332 4 1 1 1 1 0

Armenia Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Yegishe Melikyan

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Eduard Spertsyan 8 M 5 450 5 0 1 0 0 0
Sergey Muradyan 2 D 5 450 5 0 0 0 0 0
Erik Piloyan 3 D 5 440 5 0 0 0 1 0
Kamo Hovhannisyan 13 D 5 436 5 0 0 0 1 0
Nair Tiknizyan 21 M 5 419 5 0 0 1 0 0
FIFA FlagWorld Cup qualifying Table
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group A
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Germany 6 5 0 1 16:3 15
2 Slovakia 6 4 0 2 6:8 12
3 Northern Ireland 6 3 0 3 7:6 9
4 Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 1:13 0
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group B
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Switzerland 6 4 2 0 14:2 14
2 Kosovo 6 3 2 1 6:5 11
3 Slovenia 6 0 4 2 3:8 4
4 Sweden 6 0 2 4 4:12 2
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group C
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Scotland 6 4 1 1 13:7 13
2 Denmark 6 3 2 1 16:7 11
3 Greece 6 2 1 3 10:12 7
4 Belarus 6 0 2 4 4:17 2
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group D
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 France 6 5 1 0 16:4 16
2 Ukraine 6 3 1 2 10:11 10
3 Iceland 6 2 1 3 13:11 7
4 Azerbaijan 6 0 1 5 3:16 1
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group E
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Spain 6 5 1 0 21:2 16
2 Turkey 6 4 1 1 17:12 13
3 Georgia 6 1 0 5 7:15 3
4 Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 3:19 3
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group F
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Portugal 6 4 1 1 20:7 13
2 Ireland 6 3 1 2 9:7 10
3 Hungary 6 2 2 2 11:10 8
4 Armenia 6 1 0 5 3:19 3
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group G
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Netherlands 8 6 2 0 27:4 20
2 Poland 8 5 2 1 14:7 17
3 Finland 8 3 1 4 8:14 10
4 Malta 8 1 2 5 4:19 5
5 Lithuania 8 0 3 5 6:15 3
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group H
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Austria 8 6 1 1 22:4 19
2 Bosnia and H. 8 5 2 1 17:7 17
3 Romania 8 4 1 3 19:10 13
4 Cyprus 8 2 2 4 11:11 8
5 San Marino 8 0 0 8 2:39 0
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group I
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Norway 8 8 0 0 37:5 24
2 Italy 8 6 0 2 21:12 18
3 Israel 8 4 0 4 19:20 12
4 Estonia 8 1 1 6 8:21 4
5 Moldova 8 0 1 7 5:32 1
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group J
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Belgium 8 5 3 0 29:7 18
2 Wales 8 5 1 2 21:11 16
3 North Macedonia 8 3 4 1 13:10 13
4 Kazakhstan 8 2 2 4 9:13 8
5 Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0:31 0
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group K
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 England 8 8 0 0 22:0 24
2 Albania 8 4 2 2 7:5 14
3 Serbia 8 4 1 3 9:10 13
4 Latvia 8 1 2 5 5:15 5
5 Andorra 8 0 1 7 3:16 1
World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Group L
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Croatia 8 7 1 0 26:4 22
2 Czech Republic 8 5 1 2 18:8 16
3 Faroe Islands 8 4 0 4 11:9 12
4 Montenegro 8 3 0 5 8:17 9
5 Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 3:28 0