The 2024 European Championship knockout matches kicked off on Saturday and the four games played so far have already provided plenty of drama and action, and the upcoming fixtures are sure to see more of the same take place.
In this article, we’re going to be focusing on the two knockout matches taking place throughout this evening and picking out our top tips and booking codes:
France vs Belgium
After missing the second match of the tournament due to a broken nose that he received in a collision with Austria’s Kevin Danso in the opening fixture, Kylian Mbappe returned for the third group game against Poland and finally got his first Euro goal from the penalty spot.
Now the striker is off the mark in not only the tournament but the competition as a whole, we expect Mbappe will hit form and improve upon his fantastic record of 48 goals in 81 appearances for his country with a goal in this game.
Kylian Mbappe to score anytime, 2.50
Neither France nor Belgium have been particularly impressive in this tournament, qualifying from the group stage in second place despite being favourites to top the group, but we do believe that both teams will improve as we move into knockout football.
Both sides are blessed with an abundance of talented players but Belgium have so far shown a lack of true quality in defensive areas, and with France being so good when on the attack, we believe France will go on to win this one.
France to win, 1.97
Portugal vs Slovenia
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the only Portugal players to have started all three of their group games as Roberto Martinez gave a majority of his squad a rest in the eventual shock 2-0 defeat to Georgia in the final group fixture.
The legendary striker may have failed to find the back of the net so far in this tournament, but Ronaldo will count himself unlucky after a series of good opportunities have been excellently blocked or saved.
Ronaldo is expected to start upfront once again for Portugal in their first knockout game, and we expect that he will continue getting chances for his side. With this, we believe that he will finally show his phenomenal finishing abilities and get off the mark with a goal here.
Cristiano Ronaldo to score anytime, 1.95
Portugal came into the tournament as one of the favourites to lift the trophy thanks to their outrageous attacking talent and fantastic qualifying campaign that saw them score 36 goals in 10 matches.
While they have not appeared to hit the heights that they did in qualifying so far in this competition, they have still scored five goals in their opening three matches and we expect their attacking talent to be on show once again here.
We not only expect Portugal to win this game but we believe there will be plenty of goals scored, and you can get odds of 2.03 for Portugal to win & over 2.5 goals at Bet9ja.
Portugal to win & over 2.5 goals, 2.06
Booking Codes:
6RJNWPY, 6RJNXRC – Bet Here
