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The group stage at Euro 2016 concludes with Group F, which is headed by Portugal (-140 to win the group). Portugal usually performs as a good-but-not-great team in these international tournaments, but should still be a cut above Austria, Iceland and Hungary in this group.

 

Austria (-145) vs Hungary (+450) – Tuesday, June 14, 12 PM ET

Austria didn't qualify in 2012, but they come into this tournament with a strong defense led by captain Christian Fuchs and Aleksandar Dragovic. Marc Janko is their best option up front while the wild card is David Alaba, who plays left back at Bayern Munich, but will be a midfielder here.

Hungary is qualifying for the European Championships for the first time since 1972, and it’s their first major tournament since the 1986 World Cup. There aren't a lot of names here that you would recognize outside of midfielder Zoltan Gera, who is now 37 years old, but Hungary plays with good team spirit. Out of the last five meet-ups, Hungary has one twice and drawn twice.

 

Portugal (-175) vs Iceland (+575) – Tuesday, June 14, 3 PM ET

Portugal made it to the semifinals in 2012 and they've reached that point in three of the last four editions of this tournament, although they have yet to win. Their loss in the final to Greece in the 2004 edition continues to haunt them; although that was Cristiano Ronaldo's first major tournament. Now, Ronaldo is the captain of Portugal and without him, they're an average team. He might not feature in the group stage because of injury, so keep an eye on that.

Meanwhile, Iceland is playing in their first-ever major tournament and the midfield duo of Gylfi Sigurdsson and captain Aron Gunnarsson is their best bet for success. Thirty-seven-year-old Eidur Gudjohnsen, Iceland’s biggest name from his time at Chelsea, probably won't play a lot (if at all). Portugal has won both meetings with Iceland, which came from qualifiers for Euro 2012.

 

Hungary (+500) vs Portugal (-170) – Wednesday, June 22, 12 PM ET

Portugal will be hoping that they're playing for first in the group, while Hungary could have a chance to get to the next round. If needed, Ronaldo would probably play for Portugal in this spot as he has been playing through a thigh problem for the month and even though he scored the winning penalty in Real Madrid's Champions League Final, he didn't look like himself. Hungary will be sitting back and trying to hit Portugal on the counter-attack. That could work as Portugal's Pepe has been prone to making big mistakes in the middle of the back four. Portugal has won their last four meetings with Hungary.

 

*Odds as of June 9, 2016