Porto and Atletico Madrid will lock horns in a make or break fixture in the final group stage game of the Champions League.
Venue: Estadio do Dragao
Key statistics
- Porto and Atletico Madrid shared the spoils in the reverse fixture at Wanda Metropolitano.
- Porto are currently second in Group B with 5 points while Atletico are at the bottom with 3 points.
- The Portuguese outfit are winless in their last three games against Atletico (L2 D1)
- Porto have qualified for the round of 16 in the last five UCL campaigns.
- Atletico have failed to qualify for the knockouts only once under Diego Simeone, which happened during the 2017/18 season.
Head to Head record
Porto and Atletico are on even footing in terms of head to head records, with each of them winning two out of the seven games played.
Latest performances in all competitions.
Porto: W W L W W
Atletico Madrid: D W L W L
FC Porto
Although Porto’s Champions League campaign has been slightly underwhelming, they have been meticulous in the Portuguese top-flight.
Porto are currently topping Premiera Liga with 35 points and haven’t tasted a defeat in 13 games.
They are currently on an eight-match winning run in the Primeira Liga, with their recent victory coming against Portimonense.
Luis Diaz has been in spectacular form this season and he tops the league’s scoring charts with 10 goals. Iranian star Mehdi Taremi has been equally brilliant, racking up 7 goals and 5 assists in the Portuguese top-flight.
Porto’s confidence is soaring high and they would look to beat Atletico Madrid at home in a crucial game on Tuesday night.
However, the Portuguese should hope for AC Milan to drop points against Liverpool in order to qualify for the round of 16.
Possible Porto line-up
Diogo Costa; Zaid Sanusi, Chancel Mbemba, Fabio Cardoso, Wilson Manafa; Otavio, Sergio Oliviera, Mateus Uribe, Luis Diaz; Mehdi Taremi, Evanilson
Injured: Pepe, Ivan Marcano
Doubtful: Joao Mario
Suspended: None
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid have so far endured a difficult campaign in both La Liga and Champions League.
They have been in and out in the Spanish top-flight this season, as they are currently fourth in the table with 29 points, trailing leaders Real Madrid by 10 points.
Furthermore, their morale has taken a hit after their shock loss to Mallorca in their recent league game.
As far as their Champions League form is concerned, they are currently at the bottom of Group B and need to claim three points against Porto to stay alive in the competition.
Like Porto, Atletico’s chances of making it to the next round also rely on the result of the Milan-Liverpool game.
The worst-case scenario is that Milan would cruise to the knockouts if they manage to beat Liverpool and the game between Atletico and Milan ends in a stalemate.
Possible Atletico Madrid line-up
Jan Oblak; Renan Lodi, Mario Hermoso, Felipe, Marcos Llorente; Yannick Carrasco, Koke, Rodrigo De Paul, Angel Correa; Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez
Injured: Stefan Savic, Kieran Trippier, Ivan Saponjic, Jose Gimenez
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Porto 1 – 1 Atletico Madrid
