Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Porto - Juventus clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 8th Finals between Porto and Juventus. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Porto and Juventus.

These teams have little in common geographically as Juventus have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Porto form and stats

Porto participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.

Porto have performed here at Estádio Do Dragão this season with 7 wins from 9 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.

Porto's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Boavista. Before that, Porto played out a Taça De Portugal draw 1-1 when visiting Sporting Braga.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Porto's attacking play is working. Porto's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Juventus form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals.

The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

Juventus are travelling again after losing away to Napoli in their previous match (0-1). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Inter in the Coppa Italia.

Juventus are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Juventus have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Porto won zero, Juventus won two and zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JuventusC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
16 goals
PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
9 goals
PortoS. Relvas de Oliveira
S. Relvas de Oliveira
8 goals

Porto missing players

Juventus missing players

Porto Juventus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
18 9   Won W   7 18
5 2   Drew D   2 4
2 1   Lost L   2 3
49 24   Scored S   23 53
19 9   Conceded C   9 19
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 92%
44% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 56%
24% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 32%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 12%
44% 42%   BTTS BTTS   55% 48%
52% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 40%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   18% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
6 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.5 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.8 15.8
4.8 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 6.4
41% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 18 15 3 0 38 10 8 6 2 0 16 5 10 9 1 0 22 5 28 48
2 Porto 18 12 4 2 41 19 9 7 1 1 21 9 9 5 3 1 20 10 22 40
3 Benfica 18 11 4 3 32 16 10 7 2 1 18 8 8 4 2 2 14 8 16 37
4 Sporting Braga 18 12 1 5 32 18 9 7 1 1 14 6 9 5 0 4 18 12 14 37
5 Pacos de Ferreira 18 10 5 3 26 14 9 6 2 1 14 7 9 4 3 2 12 7 12 35
6 Vitória SC 18 9 4 5 22 17 9 4 0 5 9 13 9 5 4 0 13 4 5 31
7 Santa Clara 18 7 4 7 20 21 8 2 2 4 7 10 10 5 2 3 13 11 -1 25
8 Moreirense 18 6 6 6 17 22 9 3 4 2 11 12 9 3 2 4 6 10 -5 24
9 Rio Ave 19 5 7 7 16 22 9 3 3 3 9 9 10 2 4 4 7 13 -6 22
10 Nacional 19 5 6 8 18 24 10 3 3 4 13 15 9 2 3 4 5 9 -6 21
11 Belenenses 19 3 9 7 9 15 10 2 5 3 8 9 9 1 4 4 1 6 -6 18
12 Tondela 18 5 3 10 17 29 9 5 2 2 10 8 9 0 1 8 7 21 -12 18
13 Maritimo 18 5 2 11 17 26 9 2 2 5 6 12 9 3 0 6 11 14 -9 17
14 Farense 18 4 4 10 20 27 10 3 3 4 14 13 8 1 1 6 6 14 -7 16
15 Gil Vicente 18 4 4 10 14 22 9 2 2 5 7 10 9 2 2 5 7 12 -8 16
16 Portimonense 18 4 4 10 14 23 8 3 2 3 7 7 10 1 2 7 7 16 -9 16
17 Famalicao 19 3 6 10 17 32 10 1 4 5 9 19 9 2 2 5 8 13 -15 15
18 Boavista 18 2 8 8 17 30 9 1 2 6 6 16 9 1 6 2 11 14 -13 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 21 15 4 2 45 23 11 6 3 2 24 15 10 9 1 0 21 8 22 49
2 Inter 21 14 5 2 51 23 10 8 1 1 29 13 11 6 4 1 22 10 28 47
3 Juventus 21 12 6 3 41 19 10 7 2 1 20 8 11 5 4 2 21 11 22 42
4 Napoli 21 13 1 7 45 21 11 7 1 3 28 10 10 6 0 4 17 11 24 40
5 Roma 21 12 4 5 44 35 11 8 3 0 28 13 10 4 1 5 16 22 9 40
6 Lazio 21 12 4 5 36 27 11 6 2 3 17 14 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 40
7 Atalanta 21 10 7 4 48 29 11 5 3 3 26 16 10 5 4 1 22 13 19 37
8 Sassuolo 21 8 7 6 34 32 10 3 4 3 14 14 11 5 3 3 20 18 2 31
9 Hellas Verona 21 8 6 7 26 23 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 3 4 4 11 13 3 30
10 Sampdoria 21 8 3 10 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 16 11 4 2 5 14 16 -1 27
11 Genoa 22 6 7 9 24 31 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 2 5 4 8 14 -7 25
12 Udinese 21 6 6 9 23 28 11 3 3 5 9 12 10 3 3 4 14 16 -5 24
13 Bologna 22 6 6 10 29 36 11 4 3 4 19 20 11 2 3 6 10 16 -7 24
14 Benevento 22 6 6 10 25 42 11 2 4 5 12 21 11 4 2 5 13 21 -17 24
15 Fiorentina 21 5 7 9 21 33 11 4 4 3 11 11 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 22
16 Spezia 21 5 6 10 28 38 10 1 3 6 10 19 11 4 3 4 18 19 -10 21
17 Torino 22 2 11 9 32 41 11 0 7 4 14 19 11 2 4 5 18 22 -9 17
18 Cagliari 21 3 6 12 24 39 10 2 3 5 13 19 11 1 3 7 11 20 -15 15
19 Parma 21 2 7 12 14 41 11 1 4 6 3 18 10 1 3 6 11 23 -27 13
20 Crotone 21 3 3 15 22 50 10 3 1 6 13 20 11 0 2 9 9 30 -28 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.