Arsenal are looking to end a record run of seven consecutive defeats in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League when they arrive at the Estádio do Dragão to face a Porto side that have not surpassed that level since 2020/21. Watch the action live on SuperSport.
The Gunners, in their first Champions League campaign in seven seasons, have lost in the round of 16 in every campaign between 2010/11 and 2016/17, with their last aggregate win at this level coming at the expense of Porto in 2009. /10.
Arsenal are in the round of 16 for the 15th time, one more than Porto and Real Madrid (21), Bayern Munich (20), Barcelona (18) and Chelsea (17). The London club’s nine defeats at this level are a Champions League. League record.
Mikel Arteta’s side picked up thirteen points at the organisational level this season to finish fourth ahead of PSV Eindhoven in Group B. Porto controlled just one point less in Group H but missed out on the most sensitive spot due to their head-to-head history. against Barcelona, who have beaten them twice.
MATCH FACTS
FC Porto have been eliminated in seven of their eight UEFA Champions League knockout matches against an English club, with the exception of a 16-out win over Manchester United to win the trophy in 2003-04.
Arsenal have won all 3 of their UEFA Champions League home games against FC Porto with an aggregate score of 11-0, and have not won in their 3 away games (D1 L2).
The last time Arsenal made it past the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, they did so by beating FC Porto 6-2 in the 2009-10 campaign. Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick for the Emirates for the Gunners in the draw. .
Each of the last five teams to knock FC Porto out of the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16 of the festival reached the final that year: Juventus in 2016-17 (16th round), Liverpool in 2017-18 (16th round). ). ) and 2018-19 (quarter-finals), Chelsea in 2020-21 (quarter-finals) and Inter last season (16-year-olds).
Since the advent of UEFA Champions League qualifying in 2003-04, Arsenal have eliminated at this level more than any other team (9), adding their last seven appearances at the festival between 2010-11 and 2016-17. With 8 eliminations in the round of 16, FC Porto is in a common moment in this regard.
FC Porto have scored seven goals in their last two home games in the UEFA Champions League, as many as in their last home games in the combined competition.
Arsenal have scored more goals in the first half than any other team in the UEFA Champions League this season, with 12 of their 16 goals coming at half-time. The Gunners have scored in the first forty-five minutes of their last thirteen Champions League games. , the longest streak in European Cup history.
In the organising phase of this year’s UEFA Champions League, Manchester City (91 per cent) and Real Madrid (89 per cent) recorded a better percentage under pressure than Arsenal (86 per cent).
In a run that dates back to November 2018 with Man City, Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus has been involved in 20 goals in his last 18 starts in the UEFA Champions League (five goals, five assists). He has been involved in six goals in four games as a starter for the Gunners. This is how this season (4 goals, 2 assists).
No player has been involved in more UEFA Champions League goals this season than Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka (three goals and four assists). The young Englishman has been involved in an average goal every four eight minutes at the festival so far.
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