Portugal vs. Turkey - prediction, team news, lineups

Portugal and Turkey will both aim to move one step closer to World Cup 2022 qualification when they do battle in Thursday's playoff semi-final at the Estadio do Dragao.

Fernando Santos's side are forced to go down the playoff route after finishing second in Group A, while Turkey finished as runners-up to the Netherlands in Group G.

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Portugal fans cannot forget the name Aleksandar Mitrovic quickly enough, as with the Euro 2016 champions and Serbia level pegging at 1-1 in their final group encounter, the Fulham forward dramatically headed home in the 90th minute to send his side into the finals.

A goalless stalemate with the Republic of Ireland . . .