FC Porto vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th October 2023
The match between FC Porto and Barcelona will kick off this coming Wednesday at Estadio do Dragao. This is a match in round two of the Champions League group stage this season.
FC Porto sit as number two with three points following their opening group match, with Barcelona having three points as number one.
FC Porto will be hoping once again to go deep in the Champions League and they were off to a good start. Their toughest opponent in the group awaits here, and first place could be settled already on Wednesday.
Barcelona once again make a strong bid to claim first place in the group phase of the Champions League. They could also be among a handful of teams actually strong enough to also challenge for the title come spring time.
When it comes to goal-scoring FC Porto could be more prolific, scoring 16 in their previous ten games in this tournament. That is an average of 1.6 per game in which, they conceded 12. This is an average of 1.2 a game, achieving a clean sheet four times.
Barcelona head into their next match this coming Wednesday having performed a tolerable average of 1.8 in ten matches in this tournament. They scored a total of 18 , whilst shipping 15 against. An average of 1.5 against a game. They hung on to a clean sheet three times in this streak.
FC Porto vs Barcelona Prediction
FC Porto Form
FC Porto hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Shakhtar Donetsk by 1-3, before winning 2-1 against Gil Vicente. The streak ended in a recent 1-0 defeat against Benfica. In their last six Champions League home matches, FC Porto have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored six and conceded eight goals.
Barcelona Form
In their last three matches, Barcelona beat Celta Vigo 3-2, drew 2-2 with Mallorca and beat Sevilla by 1-0. In their last six away matches in the Champions League, Barcelona won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 11 goals conceded and five scored.
On the back of their recent run of results, we expect Barcelona to claim another win, when they travel to face FC Porto.
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FC Porto vs Barcelona Stats
- FC Porto have not lost 26 of the last 28 matches
- FC Porto have not lost 24 of the last 26 home matches
- FC Porto have scored in 24 of the last 26 home matches
- FC Porto have scored in 22 of the last 24 matches
- In 7 of the last 9 matches FC Porto played, both teams scored
- Barcelona have scored in 19 of the last 20 matches
- Barcelona have won 8 of the last 9 matches
- Barcelona have won the last 5 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Barcelona have not lost the last 9 matches in a row
- Barcelona have won the last 4 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
FC Porto vs Barcelona Team News
Going into their next game this coming Wednesday, Barcelona have almost all their players available for selection, with only two of them seemingly unable to play.
Names like Frenkie de Jong and Pedri most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play FC Porto.
FC Porto vs Barcelona H2H
The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Barcelona came away as 2-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Wednesday. Barcelona claimed three win from their previous three encounters against FC Porto, while the latter came out as winners in zero of these.
FC Porto vs Barcelona Results
FC Porto vs Barcelona Betting Tips
FC Porto against Barcelona is also a battle between Mehdi Taremi and Robert Lewandowski with both in decent form. The former scored six while the latter has three Champions League goals in their last six games respectively.
FC Porto were able to win six of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing three of the games. They suffered defeat in one of these outings. Barcelona won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and suffered defeat in three of them. FC Porto managed twowins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches at Estadio do Dragao.
In the past three encounters between FC Porto and Barcelona over 2.5 goals came out one time, with FC Porto scoring an average of 0.67 goals per game. Barcelona averaged 2.67 goals, while both teams scored one time. FC Porto saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Barcelona, who managed to score 2.8 times in those matches.