After an exhilarating and exhausting season of domestic football ended with Real Madrid lifting the Champions League, attention turns to the highly-anticipated summer of international action.
Euro 2024 is just days away and England have been revealed as the favourites to win the summer tournament in Germany.
Excitement is building ahead of the opener as the Three Lions look to avenge their defeat to Italy in the final three years ago at Wembley and there is good news for Gareth Southgate’s men.
According to the Opta Supercomputer, the 2021 finalists are most likely to dethrone reigning champions Italy.
The 17th edition of the European Championships will see Georgia compete for the first time alongside 23 returning nations who will battle it out for the honour of winning a major trophy on their country’s behalf.
Ahead of the tournament, Stats Perform have been putting in the research alongside Opta to simulate Euro 2024 10,000 times and decipher which teams have the highest chance of coming out on top.
Read on to discover the five favourites and why they will fancy their shot at glory.
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Portugal – 9.2%
Coming in at No.5 is Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal.
Their record at the Euros is quite impressive and while they did not challenge in the last tournament, they will fancy their chances in Germany.
As the strongest team in Group F, it would not be a surprise to see Roberto Martinez’s side breeze past Georgia, Turkey and the Czech Republic.
They have progressed from the first round in each of their last eight attempts and despite his new adventures in Saudi Arabia, Portugal have one of the best players in the world lining up for them.
Ronaldo has 14 goals at the Euros, no player has scored more than the 39-year-old.
With a perfect record in qualifying too, Portugal will be full of confidence and aiming to repeat their triumph from 2016.
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Author : Mitch Fretton
Publish date : 2024-06-04 16:18:11
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