Deciding who takes a place in the Champions League quarter-finals, Porto and Inter Milan play out the second leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday, at Estadio do Dragao.
The teams’ opening bout in Italy ended with Inter taking the slimmest of advantages, but they have since continued some inconsistent form while their hosts are now back in the habit of winning.
Players to watch: Scorer of the winner against Estoril, Porto’s Mehdi Taremi boasts seven goal contributions (G5, A2) across his six UCL appearances this season.
Lukaku also netted at the weekend and he is now aiming to score what would be his ninth goal from his last 13 UCL matches for Inter.
Hot stat: Only Juventus have been shown more red cards in UCL competition history than Porto (22).
Porto Champions League form:
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Porto form (all competitions):
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Inter Milan Champions League form:
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Porto possible starting lineup:
Costa; Mario, Pepe, Cardoso, Sanusi; Grujic, Uribe; Franco, Pepe, Galeno; Taremi
Inter Milan possible starting lineup:
Onana; De Vrij, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Martinez, Lukaku
Porto 2-1 Inter Milan (2-2 on aggregate; Porto win on penalties)
Even if Porto have suffered a couple of slip-ups recently, Inter’s defensive woes and troubles on the road are major issues ahead of this second-leg decider. The home side can produce goals from several sources, but as they trail before kickoff it could take extra time and penalties to finally get over the line.
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