Portugal 7s vs Italy 7s Prediction: Bet on over in this contest

This opening round of the Sevens Europe Series takes place in Germany and features a matchup between Portugal 7s and Italy 7s. In spite of the fact that they have not been playing particularly well, the Portugal 7s are the favorites to win this matchup, while the Italy 7s are the underdogs, having won only one of their most recent matches.

Portugal 7s - favored but not a special team

Since they come into this competition as the favorites, the Portugal 7s will be hoping for a better outcome here. The Portugal 7s have not been in their finest form in recent matches leading up to this competition, and leading up to this, they have lost two straight matches, the first being against the Ireland 7s and the second coming against the Spain 7s in games that ended 24-0 and 0-42, respectively. In the meantime, having a look at their overall performance over the course of their most recent five matches, Portugal 7s have won two matches, coming against Romania 7s and Georgia 7s, concluding with scores of 45-7 and 5-31, respectively, but they have also lost one match to Great Britain 7s in a match that ended with a score of 31-5.

Italy 7s - heavily struggling

The Italy 7s team are having a lot of trouble, and the fact that they are the underdogs in this competition is quite reasonable given the fact that they have not been turning in particularly strong performances. Italy 7s came into this match having lost their previous three matches in a row. These losses came against Spain 7s, Germany 7s, and Georgia 7s, with respective scores of 36-7, 19-21, and 19-7. In the meantime, they have already suffered defeat in four of their most recent five matches, with one of those matches against Ireland 7s ending with a score of 38-7. In spite of this, Italy 7s prevailed over Poland 7s by a score of 50-0 in their lone victory from their most recent matches.

Head-Head Highlights

Both the Italy 7s and Portugal 7s have competed against one another five times in recent history, with the first match taking place in May of 2018. Although the Italy 7s team won their first contest, which had a score of 7-14, the Portugal 7s team won each of their remaining four matches. When you take a look at the results of their most recent three contests, you'll notice that the winning score always includes at least 39 points.

Expert Betting Tips

When I consider how their most recent matches have been decided, I have no doubt that this match will result in a high number of points being scored. Also, considering how poorly Italy 7s has been playing, I believe that history has a chance to repeat itself, which is why I will place a wager on Portugal 7s running riot.