Anfield Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Liverpool - Porto action

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 24.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Champions League betting and spectator preview: Liverpool and Porto meet at Anfield to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

It's no vacation for neither Liverpool nor Porto as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Porto, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.

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Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Champions League. Real Madrid was too strong.

Liverpool have performed here at Anfield this season with 3 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The Liverpool fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Anfield and will expect new points from this game. Liverpool has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

A nice win for Liverpool last time playing, versus Arsenal. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Diogo Jota and Takumi Minamino scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Liverpool played a great game against Arsenal and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The striker Sadio Mané won the honour of being "man of the match" for Liverpool with the rating of 8.65/10. Mané scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Ham United (2-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Liverpool have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost one.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Southampton in only three days. This game is also played here at Anfield.

Goals decide football matches and Liverpool are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Liverpool have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Porto form and stats

Porto's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Chelsea.

Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Total Champions League statistics for Porto: 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. Things are running smoothly for Porto who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 39 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Pacos de Ferreira.

Porto go into this game after a win, the home game against Feirense that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Porto was the only team on the pitch versus Feirense in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Santa Clara.

Porto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

After this away game Porto return home for a Primeira Liga game against Vitoria Guimaraes. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Porto have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 6 away matches. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other before this campaign: Porto - Liverpool 1-5. Stats for the last seven meetings involving these two teams are: five wins for Liverpool, two draws and zero wins for Porto. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
11 goals
PortoL. Díaz Marulanda
L. Díaz Marulanda
9 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
7 goals

Liverpool missing players

Porto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool Porto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
18 8   Won W   6 18
5 4   Drew D   4 5
2 0   Lost L   1 2
68 26   Scored S   22 65
23 9   Conceded C   9 24
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
96% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 92%
72% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 68%
48% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 44%
32% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 32%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   64% 60%
52% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 40%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   9% 4%
 
7.8 8.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.7
3.4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.5
1 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.6
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
18.6 18.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.4 15.4
6.8 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.6
40% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 46%
 
8.6 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   6.6 7.5
3.3 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.4 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 4 4 0 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 8 12
2 Porto 4 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 5
3 Atlético Madrid 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 4
4 Milan 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 12 9 2 1 30 4 6 4 1 1 17 3 6 5 1 0 13 1 26 29
2 Manchester City 12 8 2 2 25 6 6 4 1 1 15 2 6 4 1 1 10 4 19 26
3 Liverpool 12 7 4 1 35 11 6 3 3 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 21 6 24 25
4 West Ham United 12 7 2 3 23 14 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 4 1 1 11 5 9 23
5 Arsenal 12 6 2 4 13 17 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 2 1 3 3 11 -4 20
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 6 1 5 12 12 6 3 0 3 5 6 6 3 1 2 7 6 0 19
7 Tottenham Hotspur 12 6 1 5 11 17 6 4 0 2 6 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -6 19
8 Manchester United 12 5 2 5 20 21 6 2 1 3 10 11 6 3 1 2 10 10 -1 17
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 4 5 3 12 14 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 2 3 1 6 6 -2 17
10 Crystal Palace 12 3 7 2 18 17 6 2 4 0 9 4 6 1 3 2 9 13 1 16
11 Everton 12 4 3 5 16 19 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 1 2 3 6 11 -3 15
12 Leicester City 12 4 3 5 16 21 6 2 1 3 7 10 6 2 2 2 9 11 -5 15
13 Southampton 12 3 5 4 11 14 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 1 2 3 6 10 -3 14
14 Brentford 12 3 4 5 16 17 6 1 1 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 9 8 -1 13
15 Aston Villa 12 4 1 7 16 20 6 3 1 2 11 8 6 1 0 5 5 12 -4 13
16 Watford 12 4 1 7 16 20 6 2 1 3 8 12 6 2 0 4 8 8 -4 13
17 Leeds United 12 2 5 5 12 20 6 1 3 2 6 9 6 1 2 3 6 11 -8 11
18 Burnley 12 1 6 5 14 20 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 0 3 3 6 12 -6 9
19 Norwich City 12 2 2 8 7 27 6 1 1 4 5 11 6 1 1 4 2 16 -20 8
20 Newcastle United 12 0 6 6 15 27 6 0 3 3 10 16 6 0 3 3 5 11 -12 6
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 11 9 2 0 28 7 5 5 0 0 16 2 6 4 2 0 12 5 21 29
2 Sporting CP 11 9 2 0 17 4 6 5 1 0 9 1 5 4 1 0 8 3 13 29
3 Benfica 11 9 1 1 27 7 5 4 0 1 13 4 6 5 1 0 14 3 20 28
4 Estoril 11 5 5 1 16 9 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 20
5 Sporting Braga 11 5 4 2 17 14 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 3 2 1 8 9 3 19
6 Portimonense 11 5 2 4 10 9 6 2 1 3 4 5 5 3 1 1 6 4 1 17
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 11 4 4 3 13 10 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 16
8 Gil Vicente 11 3 4 4 13 13 6 1 2 3 7 8 5 2 2 1 6 5 0 13
9 Tondela 11 4 0 7 17 21 6 3 0 3 12 12 5 1 0 4 5 9 -4 12
10 Pacos de Ferreira 11 2 5 4 9 14 6 1 3 2 5 7 5 1 2 2 4 7 -5 11
11 Boavista 11 2 5 4 14 20 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 5 13 -6 11
12 Famalicao 11 2 4 5 16 17 5 0 3 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 12 11 -1 10
13 Arouca 11 2 4 5 11 17 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 0 3 3 4 10 -6 10
14 Vizela 11 1 7 3 9 16 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -7 10
15 Moreirense 11 1 5 5 12 20 5 1 2 2 8 9 6 0 3 3 4 11 -8 8
16 Belenenses 11 1 5 5 7 15 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 0 3 3 2 8 -8 8
17 Maritimo 11 1 4 6 10 17 5 0 3 2 4 7 6 1 1 4 6 10 -7 7
18 Santa Clara 11 1 3 7 7 23 6 1 2 3 4 13 5 0 1 4 3 10 -16 6

Liverpool:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 4 4 0 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 8 12
2 Porto 4 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 5
3 Atlético Madrid 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 4
4 Milan 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 1

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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.