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WorldWorld Cup
Finished
Wed 17 Jun•13:00 GMT-4
PortugalPortugal
1 – 1HT: 1 – 1
DR CongoDR Congo
Round 1 NRG Stadium, Houston68,777 / 71,795🟡 Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
FootballFinished
Replay6'1-0

GOOOAL!

Portugal

Joao Neves

Portugal

Goals2
1/16

6' - Goal: Joao Neves

Portugal
DR Congo
6' Goal - Joao Neves
13' Yellow card - Bernardo Silva
46' Substitution - Bernardo Silva
Multiple incidents: 72' Substitution - Pedro Neto; 72' Substitution - Nuno Mendes
83' Substitution - Vitinha
Multiple incidents: 88' Yellow card - Nelson Semedo; 90' Yellow card - Tomas Araujo
HT
FT
32' Yellow card - Chancel Mbemba
45' Goal - Yoane Wissa
57' Substitution - Ngal Ayel Mukau
Multiple incidents: 74' Substitution - Edo Kayembe; 74' Substitution - Arthur Masuaku
Multiple incidents: 85' Substitution - Aaron Wan-Bissaka; 85' Substitution - Cedric Bakambu
0'15'30'45'60'75'90'
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HT
0'15'30'HT
Signal

Match insights

POR are hard to beat

POR are unbeaten in 4 of their last 5 matches.

POR scoring trend

POR have scored 8 goals across their last 5 matches.

DR need a response

DR have lost 3 of their last 5 matches.

Head to head

Last meeting

Portugal

1-1

DR Congo

17 Jun 2026 · Ended level

Flow

Match flow

Latest match event

90' · YellowCard · Tomas Araujo

FT

Finished

13:00 GMT-4NRG Stadium, HoustonRound 1
Confirmed

Confirmed lineups

POR

11

4-2-3-1

DR

11

5-3-2

Context

Form & table

Last five

POR

DWDWL

DR

LDLWL
Info

Match info

VenueNRG Stadium, Houston
Capacity71,795
RefereeAbdulrahman Al-Jassim

Timeline

PortugalMinDR Congo
Joao NevesAssist: Pedro Neto⚽
6'1–0
Bernardo Silva🟨
13'
32'
🟨Chancel Mbemba
45'1–1
⚽Yoane WissaAssist: Arthur Masuaku
HT 1–1
↑Bernardo Silva↓Chico Conceicao🔄
46'
57'
🔄↑Ngal Ayel Mukau↓Noah Sadiki
↑Pedro Neto↓Rafael Leao🔄
72'
↑Nuno Mendes↓Nelson Semedo🔄
72'
74'
🔄↑Edo Kayembe↓Charles Pickel
74'
🔄↑Arthur Masuaku↓Joris Kayembe Ditu
↑Vitinha↓Goncalo Ramos🔄
83'
85'
🔄↑Aaron Wan-Bissaka↓Gedeon Kalulu
85'
🔄↑Cedric Bakambu↓Simon Banza
Nelson Semedo🟨
88'
Tomas Araujo🟨
90'

Community pick

Prediction result

About the match

Portugal face DR Congo in World Cup, 1. Kick-off is 13:00 GMT-4. The match is played at NRG Stadium in Houston.

Portugal's last 5: D 1-1 vs DR Congo, W 5-0 vs Uzbekistan, D 0-0 at Colombia, W 2-1 vs Croatia, L 0-1 vs Spain. DR Congo's last 5: L 1-2 vs Chile, D 1-1 at Portugal, L 0-1 at Colombia, W 3-1 vs Uzbekistan, L 1-2 at England.

The H2H section includes the last 1 meetings with date, competition and result.