How to watch Portugal vs Congo DR, team news, predicted line-ups and more | OneFootball

Portugal are set to face the Democratic Republic of Congo in their opening match of the 2026 World Cup.

If Cristiano Ronaldo takes to the stage, he will become just the second player to compete in six World Cups after Lionel Messi becae the first.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the clash…

Kick-off time in the UK

6pm, Wednesday June 17

How to watch in the UK

TV channel: BBC one

Streaming: BBC Iplayer

Team news

Portugal: N/A

Congo DR: N/A

Predicted line-ups

Portugal (4-3-3): D Costa; Cancelo, Dias, Inacio, Mendes; J Neves, Fernandes, Vitinha; Bernardo, Ronaldo, Neto

Congo DR (5-3-2): Mpasi; Wan-Bissaka, Kapuadi, Tuanzebe, Mbemba, Masuaku; Moutoussamy, Sadiki, Mukau; Wissa, Bakambu

Recent form

Portugal won both their World Cup warm-up matches 2-1. Those ties were against Nigeria and Chile.

Congo also played Chile in a World Cup warm up match, but were beaten 2-1, they were also held to a draw by Denmark.

What’s been said?

Ahead of the clash Roberto Martinez hinted that this World Cup would be the last tournament he is in charge of this Portugal side.

“It’s not news. We’ve talked about this many times in Portugal”, Martinez said about the reports of his departure after the World Cup. “Maybe it’s new elsewhere, but in Portugal we’ve discussed it a lot already. The focus remains continuing the work we’ve done over the last three and a half years.”