Juventus take on Porto this evening as the teams meet in the last 16 of the Champions League. The first leg takes place in Lisbon, Portugal and marks the fifth clash between the clubs in the tournament.
The last two fixtures between the Portuguese and Italian champions came at the same stage of this competition five seasons ago, with Juve emerging 3-0 aggregate winners thanks to a 2-0 victory and 1-0 win across the two legs. Porto will therefore be out to make amends for those defeats tonight but will know they face a tough task. Sergio Conceicao’s team finished runners-up behind Manchester City in the group stage, while Juventus topped a group including Barcelona.
Many observers will be quick to claim that Juve’s group-stage success is little to go on, following Barca’s crushing defeat by Paris Saint-Germain yesterday evening, but the Serie A giants showed spirit in defeating the Catalan Club 3-0 in the final gameweek of the first round, having been beaten 2-0 by Barca in the reverse fixture after going down to 10 men. Follow all the latest updates from tonight’s Champions League action below, with Sevilla and Borussia Dortmund also going head to head in the round of 16.
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