Portugal v Luxembourg Betting Tips [11 October 2019]

The unbeaten Portugal (second, eight points) will look to get to winning ways and steer clear of the chasing Serbian side, when they play Luxembourg (fourth, four points) in this Group ‘B’ fixture of the European Championship Qualification campaing.

Portugal started their qualification campaign with two uninspiring draws against Ukraine and Serbia – both coming at home. The pace, however, picked up with the Portuguese thrashing Serbia 4-2 and Lithuania 5-1 in their next two encounters. The hosts need to continue their winning run, because they remain five points behind top-placed Ukraine, while the third-placed Serbs are just one point behind Portugal. Dropping points in this fixture could prove costly to them, as the race to qualifiers heats up. The worry for Portugal is that they have drawn both their home fixtures in the campaign, scoring just one goal in total. In fact, Portugal have scored just five goals in their last five home European qualifiers.

Luxembourg started their campaign with a 2-1 win over Lithuania, but that remains their only win of the qualifiers. The visitors have lost three of their previous four Euro qualifiers (D1, L3) and start this round with very little hopes of finishing in the top-two. Luxembourg have just one point in their two away fixtures of the Euro qualifiers (D1, L1). However, the visitors have a very poor away record in the tournament qualifiers. Luxembourg have not won an away Euro qualifier since 2007.

Portugal have started their Euro qualifying campaign on a low note, but improved their performances in their previous two fixtures. This should be good enough to make the hosts improve their home record and pick up a win over the lowly Luxembourg. There should be a clean sheet for the hosts as well, in this winnable fixture.