It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Inter and Porto

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 22.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as Inter host Porto. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Porto, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Inter form and stats

Inter participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Liverpool.

10-0-2 is the performance here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza so far in the Serie A, giving Inter a total of 30 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.

The Inter followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Udinese and win 3-1. Midfield player Barella got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Barella hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

0-0 away at Sampdoria before that.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Inter as they are travelling to their away game against Bologna in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

Inter can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Inter have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Porto form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

Porto have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 7-3-1 from 11 games. Total Champions League statistics for Porto: 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Porto are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Rio Ave. The attacker Martínez got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Martínez scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sporting CP.

A quick return to home after this game, as Porto are hosting Gil Vicente in the Liga Portugal only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Porto's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Inter victory, zero draws and one Porto win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
13 goals
PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
11 goals
PortoW. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
8 goals

Inter missing players

Porto missing players

Inter Porto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
18 11   Won W   11 21
4 0   Drew D   2 3
3 1   Lost L   0 1
55 28   Scored S   31 64
21 4   Conceded C   3 9
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
72% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
52% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 56%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 36%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
40% 25%   BTTS BTTS   23% 28%
48% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   77% 68%
16% 8%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.7
4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.5
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.5 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 15.1
5.4 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.9 6.4
38% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 40%
 
10.5 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 9.6
3.8 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 23 20 2 1 56 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 12 10 1 1 25 7 41 62
2 Inter 23 15 2 6 44 27 12 10 0 2 25 6 11 5 2 4 19 21 17 47
3 Milan 23 13 5 5 39 30 11 8 1 2 25 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 9 44
4 Atalanta 22 12 5 5 41 24 10 5 2 3 21 13 12 7 3 2 20 11 17 41
5 Roma 22 12 5 5 29 19 10 6 1 3 12 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 10 41
6 Lazio 22 11 6 5 37 19 12 6 3 3 21 12 10 5 3 2 16 7 18 39
7 Bologna 23 9 5 9 30 33 12 5 4 3 16 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -3 32
8 Udinese 23 7 9 7 31 28 11 3 6 2 17 12 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 30
9 Torino 22 8 6 8 22 23 10 4 3 3 8 6 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 30
10 Juventus 22 13 5 4 34 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 10 5 2 3 9 9 17 29
11 Monza 23 8 5 10 28 31 12 4 3 5 16 14 11 4 2 5 12 17 -3 29
12 Empoli 22 6 9 7 21 28 11 4 4 3 12 12 11 2 5 4 9 16 -7 27
13 Lecce 22 5 9 8 22 25 11 2 6 3 13 14 11 3 3 5 9 11 -3 24
14 Fiorentina 22 6 6 10 23 29 11 4 3 4 15 17 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 24
15 Sassuolo 23 6 6 11 26 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 12 2 4 6 13 22 -9 24
16 Salernitana 22 5 6 11 25 42 11 3 3 5 14 16 11 2 3 6 11 26 -17 21
17 Spezia 22 4 7 11 19 37 11 2 6 3 13 17 11 2 1 8 6 20 -18 19
18 Hellas Verona 22 4 5 13 20 33 12 4 1 7 14 18 10 0 4 6 6 15 -13 17
19 Sampdoria 23 2 5 16 11 38 12 0 3 9 3 18 11 2 2 7 8 20 -27 11
20 Cremonese 22 0 8 14 15 40 11 0 3 8 5 19 11 0 5 6 10 21 -25 8
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 20 17 2 1 51 12 10 9 1 0 32 8 10 8 1 1 19 4 39 53
2 Porto 21 16 3 2 48 12 10 9 0 1 31 5 11 7 3 1 17 7 36 51
3 Sporting Braga 20 15 1 4 45 20 9 6 1 2 19 6 11 9 0 2 26 14 25 46
4 Sporting CP 20 12 2 6 40 21 10 8 0 2 27 7 10 4 2 4 13 14 19 38
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 20 10 3 7 19 20 11 7 2 2 12 7 9 3 1 5 7 13 -1 33
6 Casa Pia 20 9 4 7 18 20 10 4 2 4 8 8 10 5 2 3 10 12 -2 31
7 Arouca 20 8 6 6 24 29 11 6 1 4 16 15 9 2 5 2 8 14 -5 30
8 Vizela 21 7 5 9 23 21 10 4 2 4 12 7 11 3 3 5 11 14 2 26
9 Chaves 20 6 8 6 19 24 9 2 5 2 9 9 11 4 3 4 10 15 -5 26
10 Boavista 20 7 5 8 23 31 11 5 4 2 15 15 9 2 1 6 8 16 -8 26
11 Portimonense 21 8 2 11 18 27 11 5 2 4 10 10 10 3 0 7 8 17 -9 26
12 Rio Ave 21 6 6 9 20 25 10 5 1 4 11 8 11 1 5 5 9 17 -5 24
13 Gil Vicente 21 6 5 10 21 28 11 3 4 4 9 11 10 3 1 6 12 17 -7 23
14 Estoril 21 6 4 11 19 29 10 3 2 5 11 17 11 3 2 6 8 12 -10 22
15 Famalicao 20 6 3 11 18 28 10 5 1 4 11 9 10 1 2 7 7 19 -10 21
16 Santa Clara 20 3 6 11 14 26 10 2 4 4 11 17 10 1 2 7 3 9 -12 15
17 Maritimo 21 3 4 14 14 39 10 2 2 6 7 12 11 1 2 8 7 27 -25 13
18 Pacos de Ferreira 21 3 3 15 15 37 11 1 2 8 7 20 10 2 1 7 8 17 -22 12

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.