It's time for episode two of the Porto - Inter Round of 16 battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 14.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 meeting between Porto and Inter. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither Porto nor Inter 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.

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Porto form and stats

Porto was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.

Home games in the Liga Portugal have been a walk in the park for Porto so far, with 30 points won from 12 matches; 10 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Porto has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.

The Porto followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Estoril and win 3-2. The victory against Estoril came after Taremi's winning goal. The Porto manager Conceição was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 69th minute. Defender Cardoso got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Cardoso won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that match, a Liga Portugal win away at Chaves.

Goals are plentiful at Estádio Do Dragão in the league this season as Porto has scored 35 goals here in 12 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Porto are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Do Dragão in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Inter form and stats

Inter's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals against Liverpool.

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Inter have produced an overall stat of 5-2-6 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.

Inter are travelling again after losing away to Spezia in their previous match (1-2). Defender D'Ambrosio was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. D'Ambrosio hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.

Before that, Inter secured a home win against Lecce with the score 2-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Inter's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Inter have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other previously this campaign: Inter - Porto 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Porto one win, zero draws and Inter two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Porto missing players

Inter missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
20 11   Won W   6 17
3 1   Drew D   3 3
2 1   Lost L   4 5
58 37   Scored S   21 46
14 9   Conceded C   14 18
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 64%
56% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 44%
36% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 24%
16% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 12%
40% 46%   BTTS BTTS   46% 36%
56% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 48%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   31% 20%
 
5.9 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   7.5 6.2
4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.4
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
14.8 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   16.6 15
5.9 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5
39% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 33%
 
9.6 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 10
2.8 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.5

  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 23 20 2 1 58 13 12 11 1 0 37 9 11 9 1 1 21 4 45 62
2 Porto 24 18 3 3 55 17 12 10 0 2 35 9 12 8 3 1 20 8 38 57
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 1 5 50 22 11 8 1 2 23 6 12 9 0 3 27 16 28 52
4 Sporting CP 23 15 2 6 46 23 11 9 0 2 29 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 23 47
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 23 12 4 7 24 22 12 8 2 2 14 8 11 4 2 5 10 14 2 40
6 Casa Pia 23 10 5 8 20 23 12 5 3 4 10 9 11 5 2 4 10 14 -3 35
7 Arouca 23 9 7 7 26 31 12 7 1 4 18 15 11 2 6 3 8 16 -5 34
8 Boavista 23 8 6 9 27 35 12 5 5 2 15 15 11 3 1 7 12 20 -8 30
9 Vizela 23 8 5 10 26 23 11 4 2 5 12 9 12 4 3 5 14 14 3 29
10 Gil Vicente 23 8 5 10 25 29 12 4 4 4 11 11 11 4 1 6 14 18 -4 29
11 Rio Ave 23 7 6 10 21 27 11 6 1 4 12 8 12 1 5 6 9 19 -6 27
12 Famalicao 23 8 3 12 22 31 11 6 1 4 12 9 12 2 2 8 10 22 -9 27
13 Portimonense 23 8 2 13 18 29 12 5 2 5 10 11 11 3 0 8 8 18 -11 26
14 Chaves 23 6 8 9 22 31 11 2 5 4 12 15 12 4 3 5 10 16 -9 26
15 Estoril 24 6 4 14 21 37 11 3 2 6 11 20 13 3 2 8 10 17 -16 22
16 Maritimo 23 4 4 15 17 42 11 3 2 6 10 13 12 1 2 9 7 29 -25 16
17 Santa Clara 23 3 6 14 17 35 12 2 4 6 13 23 11 1 2 8 4 12 -18 15
18 Pacos de Ferreira 23 3 3 17 17 42 12 1 2 9 8 23 11 2 1 8 9 19 -25 12
  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 25 21 2 2 58 16 12 10 1 1 31 9 13 11 1 1 27 7 42 65
2 Inter 26 16 2 8 47 30 13 11 0 2 27 6 13 5 2 6 20 24 17 50
3 Lazio 25 14 6 5 41 19 13 7 3 3 22 12 12 7 3 2 19 7 22 48
4 Roma 25 14 5 6 32 21 12 8 1 3 14 5 13 6 4 3 18 16 11 47
5 Milan 25 14 5 6 42 32 12 9 1 2 27 16 13 5 4 4 15 16 10 47
6 Atalanta 25 12 6 7 42 28 12 5 3 4 22 15 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 42
7 Juventus 25 15 5 5 40 20 13 9 3 1 29 10 12 6 2 4 11 10 20 35
8 Bologna 25 10 5 10 31 34 13 6 4 3 17 10 12 4 1 7 14 24 -3 35
9 Torino 25 9 7 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 11 8 13 4 3 6 16 21 -2 34
10 Udinese 25 7 11 7 33 30 12 3 7 2 19 14 13 4 4 5 14 16 3 32
11 Monza 25 9 5 11 30 35 13 5 3 5 18 15 12 4 2 6 12 20 -5 32
12 Fiorentina 25 8 7 10 29 31 13 5 4 4 18 19 12 3 3 6 11 12 -2 31
13 Sassuolo 25 8 6 11 30 37 12 5 2 5 16 15 13 3 4 6 14 22 -7 30
14 Empoli 25 6 10 9 23 33 12 4 4 4 12 14 13 2 6 5 11 19 -10 28
15 Lecce 25 6 9 10 24 29 12 2 6 4 13 15 13 4 3 6 11 14 -5 27
16 Salernitana 25 6 7 12 28 44 13 4 3 6 17 18 12 2 4 6 11 26 -16 25
17 Spezia 26 5 9 12 23 42 14 3 7 4 15 20 12 2 2 8 8 22 -19 24
18 Hellas Verona 25 4 6 15 20 37 13 4 1 8 14 21 12 0 5 7 6 16 -17 18
19 Sampdoria 25 2 6 17 11 39 13 0 4 9 3 18 12 2 2 8 8 21 -28 12
20 Cremonese 25 1 9 15 21 46 12 1 3 8 7 20 13 0 6 7 14 26 -25 12

Inter:
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 Napoli 25 21 2 2 58 16 12 10 1 1 31 9 13 11 1 1 27 7 42 65
2 Inter 26 16 2 8 47 30 13 11 0 2 27 6 13 5 2 6 20 24 17 50
3 Lazio 25 14 6 5 41 19 13 7 3 3 22 12 12 7 3 2 19 7 22 48
4 Roma 25 14 5 6 32 21 12 8 1 3 14 5 13 6 4 3 18 16 11 47
5 Milan 25 14 5 6 42 32 12 9 1 2 27 16 13 5 4 4 15 16 10 47
6 Atalanta 25 12 6 7 42 28 12 5 3 4 22 15 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 42
7 Juventus 25 15 5 5 40 20 13 9 3 1 29 10 12 6 2 4 11 10 20 35
8 Bologna 25 10 5 10 31 34 13 6 4 3 17 10 12 4 1 7 14 24 -3 35
9 Torino 25 9 7 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 11 8 13 4 3 6 16 21 -2 34
10 Udinese 25 7 11 7 33 30 12 3 7 2 19 14 13 4 4 5 14 16 3 32
11 Monza 25 9 5 11 30 35 13 5 3 5 18 15 12 4 2 6 12 20 -5 32
12 Fiorentina 25 8 7 10 29 31 13 5 4 4 18 19 12 3 3 6 11 12 -2 31
13 Sassuolo 25 8 6 11 30 37 12 5 2 5 16 15 13 3 4 6 14 22 -7 30
14 Empoli 25 6 10 9 23 33 12 4 4 4 12 14 13 2 6 5 11 19 -10 28
15 Lecce 25 6 9 10 24 29 12 2 6 4 13 15 13 4 3 6 11 14 -5 27
16 Salernitana 25 6 7 12 28 44 13 4 3 6 17 18 12 2 4 6 11 26 -16 25
17 Spezia 26 5 9 12 23 42 14 3 7 4 15 20 12 2 2 8 8 22 -19 24
18 Hellas Verona 25 4 6 15 20 37 13 4 1 8 14 21 12 0 5 7 6 16 -17 18
19 Sampdoria 25 2 6 17 11 39 13 0 4 9 3 18 12 2 2 8 8 21 -28 12
20 Cremonese 25 1 9 15 21 46 12 1 3 8 7 20 13 0 6 7 14 26 -25 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.