FC Porto vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st February 2024

Arsenal swing by FC Porto this coming Wednesday for at first leg Champions League round of 16 match at the Estadio do Dragao.

FC Porto could present an argument of being a tad unlucky not to finish first, since they claimed 12 points during their group phase. However, they were stung by two disappointing defeats and now face a group winner like Arsenal.

A single defeat in the group phase proved to be just a bump in the road for Arsenal on their way to first place. Of the six matches they claimed four wins and collected 13 points to keep any challengers at bay.

FC Porto will be focusing on what brought on their four group wins when welcoming Arsenal for the first leg. They need a strong showing and not a performance like the ones which resulted in two defeats in their group.

Arsenal will be hopeful of extending their so far good run in the Champions League to the quarter-finals. They had a strong showing in the group, but also dropped five points and such dips in performance will be costly at this stage.

In this tournament, FC Porto managed to score an average of 21 goals in their ten previous matches, hitting the target 21 times. They also conceded ten goals, for an average of one per match, and achieved three clean sheets.

The Gunners go into the next Champions League match with an average of 2.4 a game from their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored an highly presentable total of 24 goals, while also conceding 17. This is a total average of 1.7 per game, in which they managed a clean sheet three times.

FC Porto vs Arsenal Prediction

FC Porto Form

FC Porto hope for some consistency, as their last three matches added four points to their account. A meeting with Rio Ave resulted in a 0-0 draw, followed by a 3-2 defeat against Arouca, before beating Estrela da Amadora by 2-0. FC Porto won four of their previous six Champions League games at the Estadio do Dragao. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded five and scored 11 goals.

Arsenal Form

Arsenal are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Liverpool got left behind in a 3-1 win, before West Ham got hammered in a 0-6 victory. Burnley was the most recent victim in a 0-5 win for Arsenal. Arsenal managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Champions League away matches, in which they scored 12 while also conceding 12 times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

Arsenal picked up some decent results recently, which makes them our preferred pick, when they turn up at Estadio do Dragao to challenge FC Porto.

FC Porto vs Arsenal Team News

Worst-case scenario, Arsenal have a total of six players out for their next match.

Emile Smith Rowe, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus, Fabio Vieira, Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber all face a spell on the sidelines for Arsenal due to various injuries.

FC Porto vs Arsenal H2H

The last time these two teams clashed, Arsenal emerged victorious with a 5-0 scoreline and will be looking for something similar on Wednesday.

Of the last four encounters between FC Porto and Arsenal, three saw over 2.5 goals scored, making us hopeful of an entertaining encounter this coming Wednesday.

FC Porto vs Arsenal Results

FC Porto vs Arsenal Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Gabriel Jesus has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Wednesday, it is because Arsenal bank on him to build on these numbers against FC Porto. The latter relies on Wenderson Galeno, who found the target four times in six games.

FC Porto have been pretty scary at home, winning nine of their last 10 home games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw one of the games in the process. They were defeated in zero of the games in this run. Arsenal won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost all points in three of those matches along the way. FC Porto were able to win sixof their matches at Estadio do Dragao without conceding a goal. A number worth keeping in mind for an accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

In the past six encounters between FC Porto and Arsenal over 2.5 goals came out three times, with FC Porto scoring an average of 0.66 goals per game. Arsenal averaged two goals, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for FC Porto, who scored an average of 2.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Arsenal, who managed to score 2.5 times in those matches.