The two co-favorites in Group B square off against each other on Friday as the 2018 World Cup play gets underway in Russia. Portugal look to improve on their performance in a group play opener; in 2014, Portugal took a 4-0 thrashing from Germany, losing defender Pepe because of a red card in the process. That contributed to Portugal’s failure to reach the round of 16 because of goal differential. Spain are also looking for redemption, as they took a 5-1 rout at the hands of The Netherlands in their group play opener, and they also failed to make it out of group play. So we have two sides looking to get over history and advance into the knockout rounds. Portugal enter as the winners of Euro 2016 — albeit without winning any matches in regulation. Spain ride in on the momentum of a 6-1 shellacking of Argentina in a spring friendly. Take a look at our World Cup betting preview of this marquee matchup.
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