This will be the first ever encounter between Portugal and Uzbekistan. Portugal are winless in their last two World Cup matches against teams from the AFC confederation – a 1-1 draw v Iran in 2018 and a 2-1 defeat v Korea Republic in 2022.

Uzbekistan have won just one of their last 23 meetings with UEFA nations in all competitions (D10 L12), beating Kazakhstan 2-0 in a friendly in November 2022.