Already-qualified Portugal will bring a hugely impressive Euro 2024 qualification campaign to a close with a contest against Iceland in Lisbon on Sunday night.
Roberto Martinez's side have a perfect record in Group J, winning all nine of their games to collect 27 points, and they have already guaranteed themselves a spot in Pot 1 for the finals draw, but Iceland have missed out on the chance to qualify from this section, sitting down in fourth position.
The Iberian nation were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup courtesy of a 1-0 loss to Morocco, but they have not been beaten since that clash last December, sailing through their Euro 2024 qualification campaign with nine straight wins.
Portugal have scored 34 times and conceded just twice in the section, and they will enter this match off the back of a 2-0 success over Liechtenstein on Thursday night.
Martinez's side have already guaranteed a spot in Pot 1 for the finals draw, and it will be fascinating to see how this hugely talented group performs next summer; Portugal won Euro 2016, but they only reached the round of 16 at Euro 2020, which went down as a disappointing tournament.
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