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FC Porto vs Juventus Prediction & Betting tips
Two teams that have fallen behind considerably in their own country will meet each other in the Champions League on Wednesday. Which team can take the first shot?
FC Porto:
In the last twenty years, the league titles in Portugal have been divided between FC Porto and Benfica, but this year Sporting Lisbon seems to have the best papers. FC Porto played its last three league matches – against Sporting Braga, Belenenses and Boavista – and is therefore already ten points behind Sporting.
The backlog can also be partly explained by the quality of the selection, which is considerably lower than in previous seasons. Prior to the season, Alex Telles, Danilo Pereira, Fabio Silva, Tiquinho Soares and Vincent Aboubakar, among others, left Porto, but no major purchases came back for this. This round is usually Porto’s final destination in the Champions League and it is not expected that this year will be much different.
The group stage was still easily survived, but this was largely due to the status of Olympique Marseille and Olympiacos Piraeus as a weak brother in the championship ball. Manchester City lost 3-0 and drew 0-0. Saillaint detail: FC Porto kept the zero in all group matches except that defeat, while Os Dragoes (the Dragons) in the Primeira Liga have taken considerably more hits than usual this season.
Trainer Sergio Conceicao can dispose of an almost complete selection. Only Zaidu Sanusi and Otavio are missing due to injuries.
Juventus:
Juventus can achieve the unique performance of ten scudettos in a row this season, but the subscription to the league title is in danger of expiring. After the 1-0 defeat to Napoli last weekend, the Old Lady dropped to fourth place in Serie A, seven and eight points respectively behind AC Milan and Internazionale.
In the group stage of the Champions League it went without a hitch. It soon became clear that Barcelona and Juventus were going to fight each other for the lead, because both teams had no child at Dynamo Kiev and Ferencvaros. With a 0-3 victory at Camp Nou, Juve then secured a group win, making FC Porto a relatively easier opponent than the PSG against which Barcelona will play.
Just like FC Porto, Juventus also has few personal concerns. Only Arthur Melo and Paulo Dybala are missing. This means that Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini and Matthijs de Ligt are fighting for two positions in the back.
FC Porto vs Juventus head to head matches
14.03.17 CL Juventus FC Porto 1 : 0
22.02.17 CL FC Porto Juventus 0 : 2
23.10.01 CL Juventus FC Porto 3 : 1
10.10.01 CL FC Porto Juventus 0 : 0
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Prediction: | Juventus to win |
Selection odds: | 2,00 |