Portugal U21 vs Greece U21 predictions, preview, team news, H2H | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification

Qualification for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship continues this weekend and will see Portugal U21s host Greece U21s at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos on Saturday evening.

Portugal U21 have enjoyed a near-perfect qualifying run and have now set the mark ahead of next year’s final tournament. They pulled off a 9-0 win over Liechtenstein U21 last time out with six different players on the scoresheet, including Wolves forward Fabio Silva who bagged a hat-trick.

Portugal have collected 25 points from nine matches and sit top of their group. They have done the job and just want to end their qualification with a win.

Greece U21 enjoyed a brilliant start to qualification but have now ceded top spot in the group after back-to-back defeats. They were beaten 3-0 by struggling Cyprus U21 in their last game.

The visitors sit second in the group with 17 points from nine matches. They will now look to shake off their latest result when they take on the group leaders this weekend.

Head-to-Head Portugal U21 vs Greece U21

There have been five meetings between Portugal U21 and Greece U21. The hosts have won four of those matches while the visitors have won the other.

The two sides last faced off in the reverse fixture in March, which Portugal U21 won 4-0.

Portugal U21 Form Guide: WWWDW

Greek Form Guide U21: LLWWW

Team News Portugal U21 vs Greece U21

Portugal U21

Porto’s Francisco Conceicao came off injured early in the hosts’ last game and is expected to miss the weekend’s fixture as a result. All other players are fit and in competition for selection.

Wounded: Francisco Conceicao

Doubtful: There isn’t any

Depends: There isn’t any

Greece U21

The visitors have no players injured or suspended ahead of their weekend trip to Portugal.

Wounded: There isn’t any

Doubtful: There isn’t any

Depends: There isn’t any

Portugal U21 vs Greece U21 Prediction XI

Portugal U21 Prediction XI (4-4-2): Goncalo Tabuaco; Rodrigo Conceicao, Alexandre Penetra, Eduardo Quaresma, Rafael Rodrigues; Paulo Bernardo, Ze Carlos, David da Costa, Vasco Sousa; Vitor Oliveira, Fabio Silva

Greece U21 Prediction XI (5-4-1): Konstantinos Tzolakis; Lefteris Lyratzis, Apostolos Diamantis, Georgios Antzoulas, Panagiotis Vichos, Vassilis Zagaritis; Ioannis Botos, Georgios Kanellopoulos, Ilias Koutsoupias, Vasilios Sourlis; Efthymios Christopoulos

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Prediction Portugal U21 vs Greece U21

Portugal U21 are on a nine-match unbeaten run and have lost just one of their last 23 matches in all competitions, a record since November 2019. They have the best attack and defense record in the group and are clearly the favorites for this one. .

Greece U21 are on a losing streak and failed to score in that period while conceding seven times. The hosts should win comfortably here.

Prediction: Portugal U21 3-0 Greece U21