The Euro 2016 semi-finals get up and running this evening as Wales take on Portugal in Lyon at 8pm.
After drawing all three of their Group F fixtures, Portugal squeezed past Croatia in extra-time before seeing off Poland on penalties in the previous round.
Wales, on the other hand, have won four of their five matches, culminating in a stunning 3-1 victory over Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Despite failing to win any of their five matches in 90 minutes, Fernando Santos’ side are regarded as favourites to clinch a place in Sunday’s final against France or Germany.
Certainly, in terms of shot count, Portugal have boasted the greater threat and fired 95 attempts to Wales’ 60, though they’ve failed to take their chances and trail their opponents by six goals to ten.
Ultimately, tonight’s match could come down to the battle between Real Madrid team-mates Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
The former has fired more attempts than any player in the tournament, yet has scored just two of his 36 attempts, whilst Bale leads the way for shots on target (14) in Euro 2016 and will be looking to compensate for the loss of the suspended Aaron Ramsey to fire his country into the final.
