Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo. (Photo : Getty Images)
Tournament favorites Portugal (2-1-0, 6 points) will look to boost their UEFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers campaign as they host reeling squad Latvia (1-2-0, 3 points) on Sunday, Nov. 13 at the Estádio Algarve in Faro/Loulé.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 7:45 p.m. UTC ±0. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Portugal, currently ranked 8th in the world by FIFA, lost to 14th-ranked Switzerland in their opener in September to start the tournament on the wrong foot. The team managed to string two consecutive victories since then, though, to get back on track.
A Seleção demolished the Faroe Islands, 6-0, during the previous matchday on Oct. 10 in a game held at the Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn to assert their contention for the outright qualifying berth to the 2018 World Cup, via the Mirror.
Porto striker Andre Silva unleashed a hat trick in the 12th, 22nd, and 37th minutes to give head coach Fernando Santos' squad a 3-0 lead at the break, outshining his more illustrious teammate, Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, in the process.
Ronaldo began the scoring in the second half, though, with a strike in the 65th before teammates Joao Moutinho and Joao Cancelo added a goal each during stoppage time to complete the Portuguese's six-goal haul.
Meanwhile, 116th-ranked Latvia was blanked by Hungary, 0-2, in their own matchday 3 affair at the Skonto Stadium in Riga, as per Sofa Score.
Hungarian winger Adam Gyurcso opened the scoring in the 10th minute of the match with the assist coming from forward Nemanja Nikolic.
Head coach Marians Pahars' team failed to find the equalizer in the first half as they went down 0-1 at the break.
The visitors then doubled their lead in the 77th with a goal from Hoffenheim forward Adam Szalai to seal the game and hand Latvia their second loss in the tourney.
The Red-White-Red is at the fifth spot of the Group B standings at the moment with only one win in three games so far.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 3-0 win for Portugal.
Portugal starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Patricio; Cancelo, Alves, Fonte, Antunes; Quaresma, Carvalho, Gomes, Mario; Silva, Ronaldo
Latvia starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Vanins; Gorkss, Gabovs, Maksimenko, Tarasovs; Laizans, Visnakovs, Zjuzins, Lazdins; Karlsons, Rudnevs
