UCL Preview: Liverpool vs Porto – key stats, H2H, Line-ups, Prediction

Henderson, Salah and Mane of Liverpool against Porto
Henderson, Salah and Mane of Liverpool against Porto -

Liverpool host Porto in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.

Venue: Anfield

Key statistics

Liverpool have managed to win five of their last six matches against Porto in all competitions.

Liverpool are coming into this game on the back of four wins in their last six matches across all competitions.

Liverpool have managed to win all four Champions League group games this season.

Porto have picked up just one win in the Champions League so far.

Head to head

These two sides have met each other six times since 2007 and Liverpool have managed to pick up five wins and a draw.

Latest performances in all competitions.

Liverpool: WWDWLW

Porto: WLWDWW

Liverpool

The Reds managed to pick up a 4-0 win over Arsenal at the weekend and they will be full of confidence heading into this contest.

Jurgen Klopp’s men have managed to win all four group games so far and they will be hoping to extend that run with another comfortable win at home.

The Reds have an exceptional head to head record against Porto and they will be firm favourites to secure all three points here.

Possible Liverpool starting line-up

Alisson; Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold; Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson; Takumi Minanimo, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah

Porto

The Portuguese outfit will be looking to salvage some pride here and it remains to be seen whether they can pull off an upset.

They are currently second in their group just one point ahead of Atletico Madrid and they cannot afford to slip up here if they want to make it to the knockout stages of the competition.

Possible Porto starting line-up

Diogo Costa (GK); Zaid Sanusi, Chancel Mbemba, Pepe, Joao Mario; Mateus Uribe, Sergio Oliveira; Otavio, Luis Diaz, Jesus Corona; Mehdi Taremi

Prediction

Liverpool 2-0 Porto