Turkey vs Portugal Head to Head: Who has the upper hand before Euro 2024 encounter?

Turkey and Portugal are all set to face each other in the crunch Euro 2024 Group F fixture at Dortmund. Portugal are coming on the back off a hard fought 2-1 victory against Czech Republic, whereas Turkey coming off a thrilling and stunning 3-1 victory. 

Ahead of the game there a lot of expectations on Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal to come good against Turkey and advance to the knockout stages of the competition. Their is much anticipation about the fixture in Dortmund and ahead of the fixture let's unpack which team has the upper hand in the encounter. 

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Turkey vs Portugal head to head 

Ahead of the Euro 2024 clash, looking at the history between the two sides, Portugal clearly has the edge over their rivals tonight. 

Both Turkey and Portugal have faced each other 7 times before tonight and Portugal have won six of those seven fixtures while Turkey have only won one fixture. However, there have not been any draws between both sides until now. 

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Arda Guler

Heading into the game all the eyes are going to be on Cristiano Ronaldo and how he performs in the fixture against Turkey. Ronaldo looked good for Portugal in their opening group stage fixture against Czech Republic. However he failed to get on the score sheet. Hence expectations will be high on Ronaldo to score for Portugal vs Turkey.

On the other hand is the young and uprising superstar in Arda Guler who seems to be scoring everytime he steps onto the field will clash up against his club Real Madrid's all time goalscorer. It certainly will be interesting to see who comes out on top in the fixture. 

Turkey vs Portugal Euro 2024 Predicted lineups

Turkey predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Gunok; Muldur, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Ozcan, Calhanoglu; Guler, Kokcu, Yildiz; Yilmaz

Portugal predicted XI (4-3-3): Costa; Pepe, Dias, Mendes, Dalot; Fernandes, Vitinha, Cancelo; Bernardo, Ronaldo, Leao