Portugal has been tied at the end of regulation in all four of its games so far in the Euro 2016 tournament. Cristiano Ronaldo's side will try to buck that trend with a regulation win this Thursday against Poland in the quarterfinals.
Poland vs. Portugal odds, Euro 2016: Portugal favored over Poland in quarterfinal matchup
Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal hope to advance to the Euro 2016 semifinals as a betting favorite at the sportsbooks against Poland.
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The Portuguese national team is going off as a +132 favorite to win in regulation at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Poland would pay +295 on a regulation win, while another tie score at the end of regulation would pay +198 on the draw line.
With Croatia and Portugal both failing to produce any offense deep into extra time, the Round of 16 game between these two teams looked destined for penalties. But in the 117th minute, Ricardo Quaresma broke through with the first and only goal of the game, advancing Portugal into the quarterfinals.
The national team entered the European Championship with a 13-5 record over its previous 18 games before drawing all three of its games in the group stage.
The last six games between Poland and Portugal have been split right down the middle at 2-2-2 for each side. Each of the last two games in this head-to-head series have ended in draws.
Poland has advanced all the way to the quarterfinals despite scoring only three goals through the first four games of the tournament. The Polish side’s defending has been outstanding, allowing zero goals through the group stage and only one in the knockout round on a brilliant bicycle kick from Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri.
Poland advanced into the quarterfinals with a win in penalties against the Swiss and has just one loss in its last 11 games with an 8-1-2 record over that stretch, sitting at a lucrative +1800 on the odds to win Euro 2016.
Thursday’s total is set at two goals. Four of Poland’s last five games have gone under that total.
Landing on the softer side of the Euro 2016 knockout bracket, Portugal and Poland find themselves with a golden opportunity to advance into the semifinals, where the winner will face another team with limited international success in Belgium or Wales.
This could be Ronaldo’s best chance at leading his side back to a European Championship final, but to do so he and his teammates will first need to find a way to crack Poland’s stout defense.
