Portugalians sits in 3rd place with a record of 9-4-1. Up against a Q80 opponent I am not expecting much from my team, so I played them a bit hard in friendlies & saw nice gains. I averaged 2.25 att/friendly so that was worth it in my opinion. 

Portugalians has been active through the season but it seems he's playing 4-3-3 mixed exclusively so I'm going to mix things up & take the tactics advice & play 4-5-1 continental. This doesn't look too bad for me matching up the lines. 

My Offense:       I don't match up well here. Although this is the strength of my team, he has a keeper Q85 & all four defenders Q77-79. So limiting my offense is ok. 

Midfield:             Here's my best chance to control the match. His middies are Q 82, 82 & 81. While mine are much worse individually, there are 5 above 71 with comparable passing stats to his big boys. 

My Defense:     Need a big day from my defense to get a draw but I doubt that will happen. He's got a Q 82, 79 & 73 attackers but two of his midfielders have scored 5 times each. My defense stacks up with Q 76, 73, 73, 71 & a keeper @ 75. 

Prediction: 5-0 loss. 1 shot, not on target. MOM: Zachary Marshall