FC Porto vs Juventus Prediction 17.02.2021

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Here's our FC Porto vs Juventus Prediction analysis: After snatching Group G’s top-spot from Barcelona at the very end, Juventus will be playing to make a statement of their Champions League-winning pedigree as they take on FC Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday night. 

Porto are struggling. Though they are sitting in second place in the NOS League, they are 10-points adrift of 1st place and are probably not capable of catching the presently unstoppable Sporting Lisbon. Finishing second - comfortably - in Group C, just below Manchester City, Porto will be looking to go as far as they can in this edition of the UCL.

In true football fashion, theBiaconeri finished on top of their group in the very last group match but haven’t had similar fortunes domestically. Coming off a loss against Napoli, Juve are also currently 4th in the Serie A standings and 9 points below league leaders, Inter Milan, though with a game in hand. They will be surely looking to make this Champions League run count.

FC Porto vs Juventus Team News

Following four wins on the bounce in Europe, Juventus are in good European form and will be buoyed by their performance at Camp Nou last time out. Boasting the all-time and current goal-stats leader in Europe’s premier competition, Ronaldo and Morata respectively will be looking to add to their goal count and continue their current form.

On the flip side, Porto are yet to concede a goal at home in this year’s UCL. Going over 400 minutes of sturdy defensive showings, Pepe and co. will be looking to continue this run despite the presence of arguably the greatest of all time squaring them in the face. This individual battle between countrymen should be thrilling to watch.

Juventus’ maestro-cum-manager, Andrea Pirlo, has struggled to find consistency in this Juventus team. His highly experimental and adaptive tactics has seen Juventus struggle to find their feet in Serie A.

Plagued with an under-firing Paulo Dybala, he will be looking to rely on his other frontmen to find him a way past this Porto team. Playing against this Portuguese side with an unbeaten streak, he’ll be looking to get in front with a valuable away goal or two.

Ironically, these two teams are current title-holders domestically that are currently adrift of their perceived rightful place at the summit of their respective leagues. Both coaches are under pressure to take both teams back where they belong. Each team will absolutely be looking to get a result on Wednesday night.

Similarly, Juventus and Porto are coming off poor games by their standards. Juventus losing 1-nil against Napoli last time out, with a first-half penalty from Lorenzo Insigne being the decider. Juventus will be looking to bounce back from that uncharacteristic defeat and prove a point to the rest of the cast.

Porto drew at home to Boavista last Saturday which proved to be their fourth successive stalemate, pulling them even more adrift on that coveted top spot. Although, they will be looking to at least replicate that against a Juventus team with this kind of firepower minus the away goals, of course.

The last time they met, four years ago, at this very same stage, Juventus ran out 3-0 winners on aggregate. With their current strong defensive outings and comparable goal output, FC Porto have a better chance of putting the pressure on Juve this time and taking the game to them but they do have their work cut out for them.

Injured or Suspended Players

FC Porto: Ivan Marcano, Otavio and Nanu.
Juventus: Paulo Dybala, Aaron Ramsey, Arthur and Juan Cuadrado.

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FC Porto vs Juventus Predictions

Despite Juve’s current struggles domestically, they do boast a gem in Ronaldo and they’ll be looking to him to lead the team to victory in his homeland. Pirlo will also be looking to, at least, go far in this edition of the UCL and will be expected to field a strong lineup.

Defensively, FC Porto are on fire and will be looking - or hoping at least - to stop a team with an array of attacking talents. We should expect Pepe and co. to thrive in situations like this and show Juventus why they are the current title-holders in the top division of Portugal.

FC Porto should put up a brave fight but we believe Portuguese talisman, Ronaldo will be hoping to dent the hopes of the archrivals of his boyhood club Sporting Lisbon. Juventus should take this one. It won’t be goals galore but we believe that Juve’s experience against Europe’s big hitters will take them past this Porto team.

Our Betting Tip:
Juventus Win @ 2.13

Correct Score:
FC Porto 0-2 Juventus @ 9.00

Predicted Score-Related Betting Tips

Both Teams To Score:
BTTS - No @ 1.72

Match Winner:
Juventus Win @ 2.13

Double Chance:
X2 @ 1.28

Over/Under:
Under 2.5 @ 1.72

Team Goals:
Away Over 1.5 @ 2.22

Goalscorer:
Ronaldo to Score @ 1.90

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