It's only the second fixture in the UEFA Youth League for these sides. and there's points to play for here at Centro de Treinos e Formação Desportiva PortoGaia as Porto U19 receive Liverpool U19. Get smart with this preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Porto U19 form and stats
Porto U19 haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Lokomotiv Moskva U19, 1070 days ago.
Porto enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atl. Madrid U19's place. The match ended 2-1 with Rodrigo Pinheiro and Diogo Abreu scoring.
Before that, Porto drew at home versus Salzburg U19 (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties).Liverpool U19 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Liverpool U19 performed last season in the UEFA Youth League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total they scored 17 and conceded 6 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 6/3 goals scored/conceded.
Liverpool had fun at their own home (Centro de Treinos e Formação Desportiva PortoGaia) last time out, beating Milan U19 1-0. M. Woltman scored.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Benfica U19 wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.Head 2 Head
Porto U19 missing players
Liverpool U19 missing players
| Porto U19 | Liverpool U19 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Porto U19 | Last season | Liverpool U19 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 7 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 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 | Porto U19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Liverpool U19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Atl. Madrid U19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Milan U19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |