Portugal battle Turkey tonight in their key World Cup play-off semi-final tie.
The winners in this pathway will play either Italy or North Macedonia for a place at the Qatar winter tournament, meaning one of the two most recent European champions are certain to miss out.
Portugal are, of course, spearheaded by talismanic captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who will be desperate to lead his country at what would surely be the last World Cup of his career.
Turkey were highly-fancied dark horses at Euro 2020 last summer but bombed out with a dismal group stage showing and will be keen to make amends.
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Date, kick-off time and venue
Portugal vs Turkey is scheduled for a 7:45pm GMT kick-off tonight, Thursday March 24, 2022.
The Estádio do Dragão in Porto will host the match.
Where to watch Portugal vs Turkey
TV channel: Tonight’s match will be televised live on Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage beginning at 7:40pm.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to watch the action unfold online via the Sky Go app.
Live coverage: You can also follow updates from tonight’s game with Standard Sport’s live blog.
Portugal vs Turkey team news
Portugal XI: Costa, Dalot, Danilo, Fonte, Guerreiro, Moutinho, Fernandes, Silva, Otavio, Jota, Ronaldo.
Subs: Patricio, Sa, Mendes, Djalo, Vitinha, Silva, Carvalho, Leao, Guedes, Nunes, Cedric, Felix
Turkey XI: Cakir, Kabak, Soyuncu, Demiral, Kutlu, Celik, Kokcu, Calhanoglu, Akturoglu, Under, Yilmaz
Subs: Altay, Sinan, Caner, Mert, Kaan, Aziz, Taylan, Dorukhan, Abdulkadir, Yusuf, Enes, Dursun
Portugal vs Turkey prediction
Turkey were embarrassed at Euro 2020 having gone in with a strong reputation and were hammered 6-1 by the Netherlands in September.
They are probably a better side than those results suggest but Portugal should prove too strong and, in all likelihood, set up a crunch clash with Italy.
Portugal to win 3-1.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Portugal wins: 6
Draws: 0
Turkey wins: 2
