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Luxembourg vs. Portugal: Euro 2020 Qualifying Odds, Live Stream, TV Info
Gualter Fatia/Getty ImagesPortugal can confirm qualification to UEFA Euro 2020 if they beat Luxembourg on Sunday.The defending champions will finish second in Group B with victory but will also progress if third-placed Serbia fail to beat group winners Ukraine in their final game.Luxembourg head into the match on a run of six straight defeats, including…
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Portugal can confirm qualification to UEFA Euro 2020 if they beat Luxembourg on Sunday.
The defending champions will finish second in Group B with victory but will also progress if third-placed Serbia fail to beat group winners Ukraine in their final game.
Luxembourg head into the match on a run of six straight defeats, including a 3-0 loss in Portugal when the two sides last met in October.
Date: Sunday, 17 November
Time: 2 p.m. GMT/9 a.m. ET
TV: Sky Sports Football (UK), TUDN USA (U.S.)
Live Stream: Sky Go (UK)
Odds (courtesy of Oddschecker): Luxembourg 28-1, Draw 17-2, Portugal 1-12
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Cristiano Ronaldo heads into the match after scoring his ninth international hat-trick in a 6-0 win over Lithuania on Thursday:
Squawka Football @Squawka
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored his ninth hat-trick for Portugal.
He has now scored 55 career hat-tricks. 🤯 https://t.co/7TG8lCN87L
The Portugal captain has now scored 98 times for his country and could become only the second man in history to reach 100 international goals if he nets twice against Luxembourg:
Goal @goal
🇮🇷 Ali Daei (109)
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (98)
🇭🇺 Ferenc Puskas (84)CR7 is three goals closer to that top-scoring international record 🔥 https://t.co/Ile08vVTmA
Ronaldo is on a strong run of form for his country and has racked up nine goals in his last five appearances for Fernando Santos' side.
The Portugal star has shown no signs of the knee injury that has led to him being substituted early in Juventus' last two games, and Santos has no doubts over his form and fitness, per Football Italia.
“Cristiano's fine. The pitch can talk more than anything else,” he said. “I had no doubt that during my Press conference, someone would ask me about his condition. I personally had no doubts, it was the others who did.”
Portugal are without some key players due to injury such as Nelson Semedo, William Carvalho and Joao Felix and may continue with Goncalo Paciencia in attack.
The Eintracht Frankfurt forward scored his first international goal against Lithuania on Thursday and also picked up an assist in the game to strengthen his case for another start against Luxembourg.
Portugal will be expected to win the game comfortably and secure their place in next summer's finals. The hosts' last victory was a 2-1 win over Lithuania in March, and they have lost seven of their last nine matches since.
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