SPAIN VS PORTUGAL STARTING LINEUPS AND LATEST PREVIEW
We're just a short time away from kick-off in this widely-anticipated fixture and you can count on plenty of excitement and attacking football as the teamsheets are in and both sides are fielding attacking lineups.
Spain are the betting favourites for this one with a 2.0 price to win the match in regular time while Portugal trade at 4.2. The draw can be backed at 3.2 and you know that extra-time with these two sides would be absolutely enthralling.
Here are the official starting lineups for Spain vs Portugal:
SPAIN: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 9-Fernando Torres, 7-David Villa.
PORTUGAL: 1-Eduardo; 2-Bruno Alves, 21-Ricardo Costa, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 15-Pepe, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida.
One thing that definitely needs to change for Portugal in this match is a steady stream of service to their front pairing. Cristiano Ronaldo will be looking to see a lot of the ball, but he can't waste chances in this one. I actually think that Ronaldo's distribution is a potential ace up the sleeves of the Portuguese.
The bookmakers don't fancy a huge amount of goals in this one, but I think that if Portugal score first then this one will open up- big time. Spain have the players and the attacking swagger to handle the Portuguese, but it's fairly apparent that a big team performance from Portugal would swing the match in their direction.
There are a lot of different variables here, but I am tempted to think that this one will be a bit more open than many people, bookmakers included, might expect.
David Villa is favoured to score first in the match with a 4.0 price at Ladbrokes. Fernando Torres can be backed at 6.0 while Cristiano Ronaldo is priced at 6.5 to open the scoring. Fernando Llorente is listed at 8.0 while Pedro trades at 9.0.