Cristian Ronaldo and Portugal face Croatia in their firs knockout match in the 2026 World Cup on Saturday, in Miami, FL.
Portugal tied DR Congo 1-1 in their opening match, but defeated Uzbekistan 5-0 to clinch a spot in the knockout stage of the 2026 World Cup. They then drew 1-1 with Colombia in the final match of the group stage.
41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo played all 90 minutes of each group stage match for Portugal, but was unable to get on the scoresheet against DR Congo or Colombia. CR7 did score a brace against a weak Uzbekistan team on five shot attempts.
Ronaldo will be eager to score again after watching his rival Lionel Messi score six goals in three games for Argentina while breaking the World Cup goal scoring record.
The Portuguese attacker has competed against Lionel Messi for nearly his entire career, and although he has scored more goals than the Argentinian legend, Ronaldo has not been quite as successful as his counterpart.
Ronaldo does hold the record for the most international goals scored (145) and was the first player to score in six consecutive World Cup tournaments, but despite this milestone, criticism often points to the fact that all ten of his World Cup goals have been scored during the group stage.
The legendary forward will have an opportunity to score his first World Cup knockout round goal against Croatia on Thursday in the round of 32.
Cristiano Ronaldo is priced at +110 to score against Croatia.
Score | Assist | Score or Assist |
+110 | +550 | -125 |
2+ Goals | +650 |
3+ Goals | +2800 |
Ronaldo First Goalscorer | +375 |
Ronaldo First Portugal Goalscorer | +200 |
3+ Shots | -400 |
4+ Shots | -163 |
5+ Shots | +125 |
6+ Shots | +275 |
7+ Shots | +500 |
1+ SOT | -500 |
2+ SOT | -110 |
3+ SOT | +300 |
4+ SOT | +900 |
5+ SOT | +2000 |
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Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.