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FC Porto vs Lokomotiv Moscow Prediction & Betting tips
In order to achieve a victory that will allow him to take hold in the first place of Group D of the UEFA Champions League, on Tuesday the Portuguese champion FC Oporto jumps to the gramado of the Do Dragao Stadium to receive the visit of the group’s colero as is the cast Russian of Lokomotiv of Moscow.
FC Porto:
Those led by Sergio Conceicao are in an excellent moment, so the Dragons come to win 0-2 in their visit to Marítimo by the Primeira Liga de Portugal and in this way they are in the first place of the Portuguese League with 21 points, sharing said box with Sporting de Braga.
So with the victory against Marítimo, the FC Porto team added a streak of five consecutive victories in all competitions and here we included 1-3 in their visit to the RZD Arena two weeks ago, where they beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1-3. the European Champions League.
This victory allows the Portuguese champions to remain unbeaten in their three UEFA Champions League games with two wins and one draw, and thus are the leaders of Group D with 7 points, two points more than Schalke 04 and three points more than Galatasaray of Turkey, and is aware that adding a win here will put practically a foot and a half in the next round of the European Champions League and for that it relies on its strength at home where FC Oporto where they come to win their last four games.
Lokomotiv Moscow:
On the other hand, the ones directed by Yuri Semin are the opposite side to the Lusos, and that is that the Russian champion does not know of points in his three games for the UEFA Champions League and even in three games he has only scored one goal, being of the worst teams of the competition.
Despite this the Russian team is not demotivated and aims to change the landscape in these last three days and for it Lokomotiv Moscow is motivated with the results achieved in their last games where they have added three consecutive victories, two over Yenise and one per League and another by Cup, in addition to Arsenal Tula, with these victories where he scored ten goals, has allowed him to recover positions in the Premier League of Russia and so are seconds with 24 points, seven points less than the Zenit leader.
But now it’s time to take this performance to the UEFA Champions League where he urgently needs to win in Portugal to try to finish at least in third place and thus reach the UEFA Europa League, while a different result leaves him out of all fight .
Possible alignments:
FC Porto: Casillas; Pereira, Militao, Felipe, Telles; Brahimi, Herrera, Torres, Otavio; Marega, Soares.
Lokomotiv of Moscow: Guilherme; Ignatyev, Höwedes, Corluka, Lysov; Barinov, Krychowiak, Aleksey Miranchuk, Farfan, Fernandes; Eder.
FC Porto vs Lokomotiv Moscow head to head matches
24.10.18 CL Lokomotiv Moscow FC Porto 1 : 3