FIFA World Cup 2022 – Portugal vs Ghana, Group H, match preview, predicted lineups
Portugal take on Ghana in both of theirs 2022 FIFA World Cup opener as Group H opens up on Thursday. The Portuguese go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 7:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Stadium 974, Rass Abou Aboud
Portugal are a team laden with talent and they want to win their first FIFA World Cup trophy no matter however tough it is. They will look to play quality football.
A Selecao not had a bad year this one and will look to follow their winning or churning out results template. They last thrashed African giants Nigeria 4-0 in a friendly in preparation for the World Cup.
Manager Fernando Santos will likely use a 4-2-3-1 system on Thursday.
On the other hand, Ghana have been good at world cups amongst the African teams and will look to have another good tournament in which they can go all the way.
The Black stars have not had that good a year in terms of their football and they will have to perform far better than this. They last defeated Switzerland in a friendly before the World Cup.
Manager Otto Addo might deploy a 4-2-3-1 system against the Portuguese.
Team news and possible lineups
Ghana has fully fit squad ahead of their Portugal game.
As for A Selecao, Nuno Mendes is doubtful. otherwise they have a fully fit squad to choose from.
Portugal XI : Costa, Cancelo, Pepe, Dias, Guerreiro, Neves, Carvalho, Fernandes, B. Siva, Ronaldo, Leao.
Ghana XI : Ati Zigi, Lamptey, Amartey, Djiku, Baba, Partey, Abdul Samed, Sulemana, Kudus, J. Ayew, Williams.
Prediction
I think Portugal are strong favourites to get the job done and they will give their all for a 3-1 win.
