Portugal - Ghana: prediction and bet on the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

We prepared a prediction for the match in group "H", where Portugal and Ghana start to play in the tournament. The Portuguese are the favourites, of course, but this World Cup shows that no one should be underestimated.

Portugal national team (7th place in the UEFA rankings/9th place in the FIFA rankings) - will Ronaldo continue to surprise after the recent scandal with Manchester United?

The Portuguese finished group "A" in the qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in second place. Out of 8 matches, they managed to win 5 times, draw 2 times and lose 1 time. The ratio of goals scored and conceded is 17/6 (+11).

Due to their second place in the qualifying group, Portugal played the play-offs, where they first defeated Turkey (3:1) and beat North Macedonia (2:0).

According to statistics, over the past couple of months, Portugal defeated Nigeria (4:0) in November, but in September there was a victory over the Czech Republic (4:0) and a defeat against Spain (0:1). The Portuguese scored in 8 out of 10 matches, conceded in 5 out of 10.

It is quite funny that the defenders often scored against the Portuguese: Diogo Dalot and Joao Cancelo 2 goals each. Cristiano Ronaldo also has two goals. There was a big scandal around Ronaldo and Manchester United, then there was a video between Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes already in the Portuguese national team. He was misinterpreted and started a rumor about possible conflicts between the Portuguese.

The Portuguese played in all the World Championships in the 2000s, the best result was in 2006 in Germany - 4th place. On average, Portugal often stops in the 1/8 finals or group.

Ghana (61st place in the FIFA rankings) - will they be able to surprise the Portuguese national team?

The Ghana national team is a representative of the African qualification. There they had very unstable results in the "G" group. The Ghana had 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat out of 6 matches. In terms of goals scored/missed, it was 7/3 (+4), despite the fact that the opponents were not strong teams like South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. In the play-offs, they beat Nigeria, there were two draws, but with a 1-1 away score, Ghana got into this 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Ghana's top scorers are Daniel Afriye and Mohammed Kudus with 2 goals each. Of the best assistants, I would mention Thomas Party from the London Arsenal.

A couple of moments according to the statistics of the Ghana national team: they scored in 7 out of 10 matches, conceded in 4 out of 10. Of the interesting outcomes, this is a recent victory over Switzerland (2:0) - the match took place on November 17th. When preparing for Ghana, I would advise the Portuguese to watch the matches of this team against Nigeria, since the Ghanaians always have problems there. With more eminent rivals, Ghana plays poorly, this is a defeat from Brazil (0:3) and from Japan (1:4).

Portugal - Ghana: well, right there, without any sensations?

The only personal meeting between Portugal and Ghana was at the World Cup in 2014, then the Portuguese won (2:1). Portugal plays stably, they definitely prepared for Ghana, their friendly game with Nigeria testifies to this. Since Ghana always has problems with them, and the Portuguese defeated them (4:0). The Ghanaians are also not easy, they decided to play with Switzerland, which defeated Portugal in the last match between them (0:1).

I suppose that the eminence of the Portuguese national team and their class here is definitely higher than that of Ghana. This World Championship in Qatar has shown that there will be sensations often. This is a miracle from Saudi Arabia with Argentina, and from Japan with Germany.

I would advise you to believe in the success of the Portuguese national team, there should be a victory in the class, Ghana should not impose worthy competition.

Of the interesting markets for the match Portugal - Ghana, I would note the following outcomes:

• Total Over 2.5 in goals over 2
• Portugal win by 2 goals in 2.28
• Portugal to score 2 goals at 1.62 (most likely outcome)
• "Both to score - no" for 1.66
  

Prediction: Portugal to score 2 goals against Ghana