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WORLD CUP: ISRAEL - PORTUGAL
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Time for the European World Cup qualifiers and group "F”, match between 74th ranked Israel and 7th ranked Portugal. These two teams have met each other 4 times before and Portugal has the best record with 3 wins and 1 loss. Last game ended 2-1 in favour of Portugal in 2000.
Israel with 3 wins and 2 losses in their last five games; their home record is 5 wins and 5 losses in their last ten matches. They are currently tied for 2nd place after 4 played games; 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and +5 in goal difference. Their best striker is the Mallorca player Tomer Hemed with his 5 goals in his 3 appearances.
Portugal comes in to this game with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last five games; their away record is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in their last ten matches. They are currently tied for 2nd place after 4 played games; 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and +3 in goal difference. Their best striker is the Real Zaragoza player Helder Postiga with 3 goals in his 4 appearances.
They are both tied for the 2nd place and they trail Russia by 5 points so this is a crucial game for them both. Portugal hasn’t been themselves so far in the WC qualifiers but they are above in strength and every aspect of the game. They have one of the best players in the world Cristiano Ronaldo and a lot of more really good experienced players so this shouldn’t be a problem.
