World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Europe | Group Stage

Nov 11, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

Aviva Stadium

Rep. Ireland
0 - 0
Portugal

Ogbene (29'), Coleman (54'), Doherty (90+3')

Pereira (71'), Pepe (72')
Pepe (82')

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The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Republic of Ireland and Portugal, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Predicted Lineups

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Portugal could line up for Thursday's World Cup Qualifying 2022 clash with the Republic of Ireland.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Portugal win with a probability of 54.22%. A draw had a probability of 25.9% and a win for Republic of Ireland had a probability of 19.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portugal win was 0-1 with a probability of 14.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (11.26%) and 1-2 (9.12%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.95%), while for a Republic of Ireland win it was 1-0 (7.84%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood.

Result
Republic of Ireland	Draw	Portugal
19.9%	25.88%	54.22%

Both teams to score 43.42%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

41.32%

58.68%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.78%

79.22%

Republic of Ireland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.5%

44.5%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.47%

80.53%

Portugal Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.24%

21.76%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.06%

54.94%

Score Analysis

Republic of Ireland 19.9%

Portugal 54.21%

Draw 25.87%

Republic of Ireland	Draw	Portugal
1-0 @ 7.84% 2-1 @ 4.84% 2-0 @ 3.17% 3-1 @ 1.31% 3-2 @ 1% Other @ 1.74% Total : 19.9%	1-1 @ 11.95% 0-0 @ 9.68% 2-2 @ 3.69% Other @ 0.55% Total : 25.87%	0-1 @ 14.76% 0-2 @ 11.26% 1-2 @ 9.12% 0-3 @ 5.73% 1-3 @ 4.64% 0-4 @ 2.18% 2-3 @ 1.88% 1-4 @ 1.77% Other @ 2.88% Total : 54.21%