Portugal v Ghana World Cup Group H Betting Guide

The Teams’ Routes to the World Cup

Portugal

With such a high level of quality on the Portugal side, you would have expected them to easily qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. However, in the UEFA Group A qualification, Portugal finished 2nd behind Serbia having played 8 games, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1. It was the final game of the group that proved to be the decider when Portugal only needed a draw on home soil against Serbia to win their place in Qatar. Serbia had different intentions and won the game 1 – 2 sealing their ticket to the mid-east. During the group stage, Cristiano Ronaldo finished top scorer with 6 goals as Portugal scored 17 goals and conceded 6 in total. As a result, Portugal had to win their place in Qatar by winning two play-off fixtures. In the semi-final, they beat Turkey 3 – 1 and went on to beat North Macedonia 2 – 0 in the final with 2 goals from Bruno Fernandes.

Ghana

To reach the 2022 World Cup finals Ghana participated in the Confederation of African Football qualifiers. Having been granted a bye in the first round due to their favourable world ranking they were drawn into Group G together with South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe for the second round. Playing each other twice, home and away Ghana pipped South Africa to 1st place in the group setting up a two-leg knockout against Nigeria. Ghana won on the away goal rule over two legs and booked their place in Qatar.

The two teams met in the 2014 World Cup during the group stage where Portugal won the match 2 – 1. Despite the positive result for Portugal, it was not enough and both teams failed to qualify for the round of 16.

Current Odds at mr.play

There are so many options and fantastic betting opportunities right here at mr.play for all the matches that will be played at the 2022 World Cup. The same applies for Portugal versus Ghana, where you can choose to place a wager against match combos, half time and full time and guess the correct score. Similar to guessing the correct score you can consider the more traditional option of deciding which team will win, or if the game will end in a draw. Placing a bet against a Portugal win will currently provide you with odds of 13/25. If you think that Ghana will win the game, then you can make a return of 23/4 if they are successful. Making a bet against the game ending in a draw will provide you with odds of 59/20.

Team Overviews & Player Profiles

Portugal

At the helm of Portugal is one of the longest-serving international managers. Fernando Santos has managed over 1000 games at club and international levels. At the club level, he has managed the top three Portuguese clubs including Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Porto. With Porto he won the Primeira Liga in 1998/1999 and in Greece he managed PAOK, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, where he won the Greek Cup in 2001/2002. Following club management, he managed Greece before commencing his reign in Portugal in 2014. With Portugal, Santos has had great success winning Euro 2016 and the 2018/2019 Nations League. With a great squad of players to choose from, Santos has the experience to take Portugal to the latter stages of the World Cup.

Prepare to practice the Christiano Ronaldo goal celebration for the 2022 World Cup. As the captain of Portugal, this could be his last World Cup now he is 37 years old. He will want to go out with a bang and with a team full of high-quality players, Ronaldo would love to take the World Cup home after winning the UEFA Euro Championships in 2016. Considered one of the greatest of all time, he has an outstanding record at club and international levels. With Manchester United he has played 227 games, scoring 102 goals and with Real Madrid 292 appearances, scoring an incredible 311 goals. He is a winner of the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and Italian Serie A. He is and will be the greatest player ever to represent Portugal for a long time to come having registered the most caps and goals for his country than any other player. This record currently stands at 189 appearances with 117 goals.

Ghana

Otto Addo will be the manager of Ghana at the 2022 World Cup finals. During his playing career, he played 15 times and scored 2 goals for Ghana. He also played for Borussia Dortmund and won the 2001/2002 Bundesliga with them and eventually became their assistant manager. He played in the 2006 World Cup for Ghana and has only recently become the national team manager.

Ghana must be clever when attacking and make their opportunities count if they are to beat Portugal. Winger André Ayew has featured in the Ghanaian team since 2008 and with 107 international caps and 44 goals, it is no wonder he is the captain of the national team. He is the 2nd most capped Ghanaian of all time and before, or during the 2022 World Cup he will become the 1st. Three more goals will see him become the 4th highest goalscoring Ghanaian of all time. In his professional club career, he won the French Ligue 1 with Marseille with who he made over 150 appearances. Today he plies his trade with Qatari club Al-Sadd, where he has won the Qatari All Stars League in 2020/2021. He is a player that has been selected in the CAF men’s team of the decade 2011 – 2020 and with his experience and goalscoring ability, he is a player worth watching in the 2022 World Cup.

A Tough Start for Ghana at the World Cup

Portugal will be favourites and expecting to get their 2022 World Cup campaign off to a flyer. However, the Ghanaians are not there to make up the numbers and achieving a result will go a long way to improving their chances of a place in the round of 16. In the world rankings, 51 places separate the teams and Portugal’s experience playing in major finals could prove to be the difference. Portugal versus Ghana is a fine opening game to look forward to in Group H and here at mr.play you will find all the betting options you need available for this match.