Portugal vs Luxembourg match stats & report

5–0 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage - 8 · Estádio Do Algarve, Almancil · Ref B. Bastien

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Portugal beat Luxembourg 5–0 in the World Cup - Qualification Europe (Group Stage - 8) on 12 October 2021. Portugal had 55% of the ball.

Portugal vs Luxembourg match statistics

PortugalLuxembourg

55% Ball possession 45%
21 Total shots 3
11 Shots on target 2
6 Shots off target 1
4 Blocked shots 0
17 Shots inside the box 2
8 Corners 2
12 Fouls 13
1 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 1
479 Passes 394
86% Pass accuracy 84%
2 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

8' Penalty scored Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
13' Penalty scored Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
17' Goal Bruno Fernandes (assist B. Silva) Portugal
22' Yellow card N. Mendes Portugal
32' Yellow card C. Martins Luxembourg
69' Goal João Palhinha (assist Bruno Fernandes) Portugal
84' Yellow card João Cancelo Portugal
87' Goal Cristiano Ronaldo (assist Rúben Neves) Portugal

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Portugal

Confirmed 4-3-3 Fernando Santos

1 Rui Patrício

19 N. Mendes 4 Rúben Dias 3 Pepe 20 João Cancelo

8 João Moutinho 16 João Palhinha 11 Bruno Fernandes

9 André Silva 7 Cristiano Ronaldo 10 B. Silva

Bench João Mário , R. Leao , Rúben Neves , M. Nunes , G. Guedes , Nélson Semedo , Diogo Costa , Danilo Pereira , William Carvalho , Anthony Lopes , J. Fonte , Diogo Dalot

Luxembourg

Confirmed 4-5-1 L. Holtz

1 A. Moris

17 Mica Pinto 13 D. Carlson 2 Maxime Chanot 18 L. Jans

10 G. Rodrigues 21 S. Thill 8 C. Martins 16 L. Barreiro 15 Olivier Thill

9 D. Sinani

Bench Maurice Deville , Yvandro Borges Sanches , E. Muratović , E. Veiga , M. Omosanya , R. Schon , Kevin Malget , D. Pimentel , Aldin Skenderović , E. Džogović , Vahid Selimović , T. Kips

Form guide

Portugal at home

7–2–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.6 per game
Conceded: 0.9 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 6.4 per game

19% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Luxembourg away

3–0–4 in 7 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 7
Corners: 2.7 per game
Shots on target: 2.8 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Portugal vs Luxembourg head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
30 Mar 21	Luxembourg v Portugal	1–3
17 Nov 19	Luxembourg v Portugal	0–2
11 Oct 19	Portugal v Luxembourg	3–0

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Portugal vs Luxembourg head-to-head record