Portugal 0-2 Cape Verde 

A shadow Seleção team fell to a disappointing defeat against Cape Verde in Estoril tonight. First-half goals from Odair Fortes and Gegé gave the African side a thoroughly deserved victory in front of their partying fans. 

Portugal coach Fernando Santos has been criticised in some quarters for sticking to the old guard in Euro 2016 qualifying matches, but on tonight's showing the young pretenders are still some way short of being fit to replace the veterans. 

It was an encouraging performance from the Seleção in the Portuguese capital last night, defeating Serbia to take top spot until the summer holidays at least.

Here’s a breakdown of how the team played and PortuGOAL’s individual player ratings.

Portugal 2-1 Serbia

The upturn in fortunes for the Seleção since Fernando Santos became head coach continues apace.

Goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Fábio Coentrão in each half gave Portugal a vital 2-1 victory over Serbia in Lisbon tonight. Nemanja Matic scored a superb equaliser for the visitors and briefly threatened to spoil the night of 60,000 Portuguese fans inside the Estádio da Luz, upon his return to his former club's home ground.

But Coentrão's winner soon afterwards sent the Seleção to the top of qualifying Group I at the halfway stage. 

On Sunday the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon will be packed to the rafters for the Euro 2016 qualifier between the Seleção and Serbia. Victory for Portugal will put Fernando Santos’s team top of Group I and well placed to qualify automatically for the tournament in France.

But Serbia, with just one point to their name, will be desperate to get something from the match. With the aid of SerbianFooty, PortuGOAL brings you the low-down on Portugal’s opponents.