Porto and Manchester City get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
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 Manchester City.
It's quite the trip for Manchester City when visiting Porto as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Porto form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Porto have collected 9 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 3-0-1. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Two home wins in a row for Porto bring valid hopes of a third.
Porto are returning here after visiting Santa Clara in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. L. Díaz scored the goal(s). Before that match, a Champions League win away at Olympique Marseille.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Porto, as the Primeira Liga home game vs Tondela is only four days away.
Goals decide football matches and Porto are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Porto's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City was sent out of Champions League in the quarter-finals last season.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Manchester City have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
The supporters enjoyed Manchester's previous game versus Burnley, a Premier League 5-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Manchester City won their away game at Olympiakos Piraeus in the Champions League. The scoreline was 1-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Manchester was very dominant against Burnley, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Ferrán Torres, Benjamin Mendy and Riyad Mahrez (3) providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Riyad Mahrez's lethal finishing against Burnley. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A quick return to home after this game, as Manchester City are hosting Fulham in the Premier League only four days away.
Manchester have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Manchester have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Manchester City - Porto 3-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Porto wins - draws - Manchester City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Relvas de Oliveira 4 goals |   R. Mahrez 4 goals |  O. da Silva Monteiro 2 goals |
Porto missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Porto | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 56 | 33 | Scored | S | 22 | 58 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.7 | 17.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Porto | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Porto | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Benfica | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Nacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Tondela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Boavista | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Farense | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Southampton | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Everton | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | Manchester City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Burnley | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 5 |
| 18 | Fulham | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 3 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
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