Portugal vs Armenia Prediction & Betting Tips (16 November)

Quite an incredible scenario, Portugal finds itself obliged to win today to ensure, mathematically speaking, its place at the World Cup. The fault was an exit on Thursday evening in Ireland, marked by the first exclusion of Cristiano Ronaldo in his career with Portugal defeated 2-0. In October, the Portuguese had already been hampered in their progress towards the World Cup by drawing at home against Hungary 2-2, the main threat today with only two lengths behind. For its part, Armenia no longer envisages anything except a prestigious success.

Never really in the mix to jostle for the top 2 in this very tough group for this selection, she still managed to win a match, against Ireland in September 2-1. For the rest, there were 4 defeats without scoring a single goal, against Portugal in the first leg 0-5, Hungary twice 2-0 and 0-1 on Thursday and during the return match in Ireland 1-0. 

It is often said that everyone needs a first time in life, which is what Cristiano Ronaldo experienced on Thursday evening in Ireland with his very first expulsion in the national team jersey in his career. The man with 226 caps and 143 goals will therefore serve his exclusion today. Still among the absences, the replacements Pedro Goncalves (Sporting) and Pedro Neto (Chelsea) had to give up this last round of qualifying matches like the left back of Paris Saint-Germain: Nuno Mendes (PSG). His club teammates, Goncalo Ramos (21 sels, 9 goals) and midfielders Vitinha (34 sels) and Joao Neves (19 sels) are in the mix, like the Reds Devils Bruno Fernandes (return from suspension) and Diogo Dalot, as well as Cityzens Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias (Manchester City). Suspended for the reception of the Hungarians during the week, the precious Tigran Barseghyan (Slovan Bratislava, 64 selections, 9 goals) will once again be eligible for his coach. On the other hand, absent from the list despite their presence in October, the offensives Zelarayan (26 sels, 5 goals) and Miranyan (18 sels) were not recalled.

The 1st has retired internationally and the 2nd is apparently injured. Absences also for midfielders Dashyan (27 sel) and Harutyunyan (16 sel). Another hard blow for the Armenian selection, the last minute withdrawals of midfielder Ugochukwu Iwu (Rubin Kazan) and striker Vahan Bichakhchyan (Legia Warsaw, 5 goals in 46 seasons). To mention the operational players, executives Kamo Hovhannisyan (93 sels), Arutyunyan (27 sels) and full-back Tiknizyan (27 sels) are present as are midfielder Spertsyan (Krasnodar, 39 sels, 10 goals) and striker Grant-Leon Ranos (22 sels, 5 goals).

• Summary: Portugal is going head to head with Armenia starting on 16 Nov 2025 at 14:00 UTC at Estádio do Dragão stadium, Porto city, Portugal. The match is a part of the World Cup Qual. UEFA F .
• Referee: Irfan Peljto
• Portugal Feedinco Rating: 7.17
• Armenia Feedinco Rating: 6.69