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Portugal
Roberto Martínez · FIFA #5 · 86 rating
Best · Third place
Group Stage
AI prediction 3 – 0
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NRG Stadium · Houston · 68k
2026-06-23
Uzbekistan
Fabio Cannavaro · FIFA #50 · 73 rating
★ World Cup debut
Projected XIs 4-3-3 vs 4-2-3-1
PortugalUzbekistan
Portugal 3–0 Uzbekistan
Expected goals 3.6 – 0.6 · projected scoreline
Portugal's attack (rated 99) is in a different class to Uzbekistan's defence (70), so the model makes them 88% favourites, in a game that should stay competitive. Projected 3–0.
Portugal win Draw Uzbekistan win
Portugal favoured · clear rating edge. AI model — each attack vs the other’s defence (squad ratings, club & international goals, assists, goalkeeping), Poisson scoreline.
PortugalUzbekistan
99Attack rating77
85Defence rating70
#5FIFA ranking#50
€107MSquad value€8.2M
1,138Total caps953
257Intl goals128
27.5Avg age28.0
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Bruno Fernandes 93
Manchester United
29 goals · 88 caps
Eldor Shomurodov 78
Istanbul Basaksehir
44 goals · 90 caps
Best-rated player in each squad.