{"id":5323,"date":"2026-06-23T07:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2026-06-23T07:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:45:15","slug":"portugal-vs-uzbekistan-prediction-odds-picks-for-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5323","title":{"rendered":"Portugal vs. Uzbekistan Prediction, Odds, Picks For World Cup Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Portugal and Uzbekistan are set to face off in a historic 2026 FIFA World Cup matchup on June 23, 2026, at Houston Stadium on FOX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This marks the first-ever World Cup meeting between the established European powerhouse and the Central Asian debutants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Portugal opened its World Cup campaign with a disappointing 1-1 draw against DR Congo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Despite dominating control with 75% of possession and 724 passes, Portugal was outshot 8-7 by DR Congo and went nearly half an hour without a shot from the 40th to 67th minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Cristiano Ronaldo played 90 minutes and took three of Portugal\u2019s seven shots. However, his 25 touches were the fewest in any of the 43 major-tournament games he\u2019s played at least 70 minutes in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Meanwhile, Uzbekistan lost its World Cup debut 3-1 to Colombia. While Abbosbek Fayzullaev scored Uzbekistan\u2019s first-ever World Cup goal, the White Wolves finished with just five touches in the penalty area, the second-fewest of any team in the first set of group games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Let\u2019s check out the odds for the Portugal vs. Uzbekistan Group K matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><i>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <\/i><i><u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Cristiano Ronaldo is -165 to score against Uzbekistan (Photo by Lars Baron\/Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>From FOX Sports Wagering Analyst, Chris \u2018The Bear\u2019 Fallica:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Let&#8217;s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Portugal and Uzbekistan are set to face off in a historic 2026 FIFA World Cup matchup on June 23, 2026, at Houston Stadium on FOX. This marks the first-ever World Cup meeting between the established European powerhouse and the Central Asian debutants. Portugal opened its World Cup campaign with a disappointing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}