Football
World Cup World Cup
· Round of 32
Portugal

Portugal

2–1

Full Time

Croatia

Croatia

🏟 BMO Field, Toronto
🟡 Espen Eskas, Norway
📋 Round of 32
📅 2026

🤖 AI Predictions

Best Bet

Portugal or Draw

Double Chance

90%

confidence

Odds: 1.17 bookmaker Low Risk

The data strongly favors Portugal when considering defensive solidity and overall expected performance. Portugal’s home defense is at 83% and their total attacking edge is reinforced by an 84% Poisson distribution, while Croatia’s corresponding metrics are just 17% and 16%. The H2H comparison shows a 71% advantage and Portugal’s league form (56% in the last 5) supports this. Choosing Double Chance (Portugal or Draw) minimizes risk given the mixed early trends in H2H half scores. This option is supported by 66.5% total home advantage, and seasonal metrics show Portugal’s strong performance at home. Given the convergence of stats from comparison (66.5% overall) and season data, we assign a high confidence of 90% with low risk.

Best Value

Portugal Win

3-Way Result

Our best value lies in the 3-Way Result market where Portugal’s win is supported by multiple independent metrics. The Poisson distribution strongly favors Portugal at 84% compared to Croatia’s 16%, and the H2H data gives a 71% edge for home performance. With Portugal win odds at 1.80, the implied probability is around 55.6%, meaning our forecast probability of 85% offers a value edge of over 30%. Season stats also indicate Portugal’s potent offense at home (averaging 3.0 goals) and effective defense (83%), while Croatia’s away performance lags. This divergence underscores a solid value bet with converging sources of evidence and moderate risk.

85%

prob.

1.8

odds

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3-Way Result

Portugal Win

84% Poisson for Portugal vs 16% for Croatia

85%

odds 1.8

Double Chance

Portugal or Draw

66.5% total home advantage

90%

odds 1.17

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3 1 4
3
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3 1 3
4
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3 0 1
1
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3 2 7
2
Canada Canada
3 1 4
3
Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina
3 1 4
4
Qatar Qatar
3 0 1
1
Brazil Brazil
3 2 7
2
Morocco Morocco
3 2 7
3
Scotland Scotland
3 1 3
4
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1
USA USA
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2
Australia Australia
3 1 4
3
Paraguay Paraguay
3 1 4
4
Türkiye Türkiye
3 1 3
1
Germany Germany
3 2 6
2
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
3 2 6
3
Ecuador Ecuador
3 1 4
4
Curaçao Curaçao
3 0 1
1
Netherlands Netherlands
3 2 7
2
Japan Japan
3 1 5
3
Sweden Sweden
3 1 4
4
Tunisia Tunisia
3 0 0
1
Belgium Belgium
3 1 5
2
Egypt Egypt
3 1 5
3
Iran Iran
3 0 3
4
New Zealand New Zealand
3 0 1
1
Spain Spain
3 2 7
2
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3
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4
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3 0 2
1
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3 3 9
2
Norway Norway
3 2 6
3
Senegal Senegal
3 1 3
4
Iraq Iraq
3 0 0
1
Argentina Argentina
3 3 9
2
Austria Austria
3 1 4
3
Algeria Algeria
3 1 4
4
Jordan Jordan
3 0 0
1
Colombia Colombia
3 2 7
2
Portugal Portugal
3 1 5
3
Congo DR Congo DR
3 1 4
4
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
3 0 0
1
England England
3 2 7
2
Croatia Croatia
3 2 6
3
Ghana Ghana
3 1 4
4
Panama Panama
3 0 0
1
Congo DR Congo DR
3 1 4
2
Sweden Sweden
3 1 4
3
Ghana Ghana
3 1 4
4
Ecuador Ecuador
3 1 4
5
Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia & Herzegovina
3 1 4
6
Algeria Algeria
3 1 4
7
Paraguay Paraguay
3 1 4
8
Senegal Senegal
3 1 3
9
Iran Iran
3 0 3
10
South Korea South Korea
3 1 3
11
Scotland Scotland
3 1 3
12
Uruguay Uruguay
3 0 2
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