FC Porto vs AS Roma
Uefa Champions League 2018-19 | Round of 16, second leg
Venue: Estadio do Dragao, Porto
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Kick-off: 8pm GMT
It is advantage Roma as the Serie A outfit travel to Portugal on Wednesday evening for the second leg of their competitive Champions League last-16 tie against Porto.
Impressive teenage midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo netted a brace in the first meeting at the Stadio Olimpico to condemn Porto - unbeaten during the group stage - to a rare defeat, though Sergio Conceicao's side did manage to grab a potentially important away goal through Adrian Lopez.
It has been a disappointing domestic campaign for Group G runners-up Roma, who languish fifth in the Italian top-flight and suffered a comprehensive 3-0 loss to Lazio in the Rome derby over the weekend.
Porto, meanwhile, were knocked off the top of the Primeira Liga by Benfica following a 2-1 defeat to their biggest rivals at the Estadio do Dragao on Saturday.
Porto vs Roma team news and predicted lineups
For Porto, Moussa Marega should have a chance to add to his tally of five Champions League goals this term after returning from a thigh injury earlier than expected with a 90-minute outing against Benfica.
Fellow striker Vincent Aboubakar has been sidelined since undergoing surgery on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in September.
Porto XI: Casillas, Pepe, Telles, Felipe, Herrera, Militao, Pereira, Otavinho, Brahimi, Tiquinho, Marega
Roma's Greek defender Kostas Manolas is said to have recovered from an ankle injury, though was not risked against Lazio due to a stomach bug as Juan Jesus took his place in defence.
Winger Cengiz Under also missed the derby with a thigh injury.
Roma XI: Mirante, Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov, Cristante, De Rossi, Pellegrini, Zaniolo, Dzeko, El Shaarawy
Score prediction: Porto 1-1 Roma
Porto boast a formidable home record, though will no doubt have been rocked by that potentially pivotal defeat to Benfica on their own patch.
It should be another evenly-matched contest and Roma, Champions League semi-finalists last season, are certainly enduring a lot of disappointment in Serie A, though they should have enough quality to defend their slender advantage and squeeze through to the last eight.
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Match odds
- Porto to qualify: 7/5
- Roma to qualify: 1/2
First goalscorer
- Tiquinho Soares: 7/2
- Moussa Marega: 11/2
- Fernando: 11/2
- Adrian Lopez: 11/2
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
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Head to Head history and results (h2h)
The two sides have met on five previous occasions in Uefa competition, with Porto having claimed two wins to Roma's one. There have been two draws.
Porto beat Roma 4-1 on aggregate in the Champions League play-off round in 2016-17 and 2-0 in the second round of the 1981-82 Cup Winners' Cup.
