Juventus vs Porto Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 07/03/2021, 04:49  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 08/03/2021 at 10:08 in Champions League Prediction

Porto were the only winners at home in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League. They beat Juventus 2-1 and will be hoping to hold off for a place in the quarter finals when they travel to Italy for the return leg. However, they’ll find a much improved Juventus side that hasn’t lost since their meeting in Portugal. Juventus have also turned on their scoring form as Porto tour, hoping to protect their slim advantage. The Italians have scored three goals in three of their last four matches and needing just a 1-0 win to advance, they’ll be firing from all cylinders in this clash. Juventus showed the fight in them after coming from down to beat Lazio 3-1 in their last Serie A match. That was the fourth time in five matches that their games hit over 2.5 goals. The hosts have four wins in their last five Champions League matches and each of the five matches has produced over 2.5 goals. At home, they have eight wins in the last 10 Champions League matches.

Porto’s win over Juventus in the first leg of this tie was their first ever over the Italians in the five matches they’ve met. While they lead, this tie is still tight and they’ll be hoping to score in Turin to secure their advantage. They were recently eliminated from the Portuguese Cup and trail Sporting by 10 points in the Portuguese league, which leaves this as a very key competition for them. Three of their last five matches have had over 2.5 goals scored and they have just one loss in the last 12 matches, across all competitions. Porto haven’t lost a match in this competition in the last six, and pack up five wins and as many clean sheets. They have back to back away wins in this competition, but those were against Olympiakos and Marseille. It is going to be tougher here.