If Brazil had problems breaking down the People's Republic on Tuesday, then the same must surely apply to a Portugal team who always seem to arrive at major tournaments without a decent striker. Bet365 offer a best price 4/11 that Carlos Queiroz's team land a maximum haul, although we have already seen odds-on selections like England and Spain fail to oblige and the Portuguese showed many aspects of vulnerability as they struggled to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Perhaps it shouldn't have been so surprising that North Korea were able to hold Brazil at bay for so long and we should also consider that Maicon probably didn't mean to score from out wide. Jong-Hun Kim's team are well-drilled and they have a diamond in attack by the name of Tae-Se Jong. The key objective will be keeping Cristiano Ronaldo quiet from the early stages and, although Portugal also have Deco and Raul Meireles to call upon, the latter of which scored in that crucial play-off against Bosnia.

PREDICTION: DRAW HT PORTUGAL FT @ 4.33 with Ladbrokes