Juventus take on Porto in the knockout rounds of the Champions League this week and they will be hoping to pick up a healthy lead in the first leg with a win away from home.
Stadium: Estadio do Dragao
Key Statistics
Porto have kept a clean sheet in their last 5 matches (Champions League).
Juventus have won 6 of their last 7 matches (Champions League).
Juventus have scored at least 2 goals in 6 of their last 7 matches (Champions League).
Porto are undefeated in their last 5 matches (Champions League).
Porto
Porto are in outstanding form right now and they have lost just one of their last 25 matches in all competitions.
With just one defeat at home this season the Portuguese side will certainly fancy their chances of beating the Italian giants this week.
Possible Porto line-ups
Agustin Marchesin; Wilson Manafa, Chancel Mbemba, Pepe, Malang Sarr; Jesus Corona, Sergio Oliviera, Mateus Uribe; Luis Diaz, Moussa Marega, Mehdi Taremi
Juventus
Juventus have been slightly inconsistent the seasons but their form has improved in the recent weeks.
They have a better set of players and they should be able to grind out all three points here.
The Italian giants have an impressive record against Porto as well and they have managed to beat the Portuguese opposition in the last three meetings.
Leonardo Bonucci, Paulo Dybala, Arthur and Aaron Ramsey are ruled out of the game for Juventus due to injuries.
Possible Juventus line-ups
Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo, Merish Demiral, Matthijs De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Federico Chiesa, Rodrigo Bentancur, Adrien Rabiot, Weston McKennie; Cristiano Ronaldo, Alvaro Morata.
Betting Odds
Porto : Draw : Juventus :: 3.90 : 3.20 : 2.05
Prediction
This should be a close contest between two impressive sides but Juventus are likely to edge this one due to the sheer Gulf in class between the players.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been unplayable in the European competitions over the last few years and he will be hoping to guide his side to the quarter-finals of the competition now.
Porto 1-2 Juventus
