Porto-Man. 2020/21 UEFA Champions League City

Porto welcomes Manchester City, already classified, to Portugal knowing that one point would allow it to sign its visitors in the circular of 16.

Porto welcomes Manchester City, already ranked, to Portugal, knowing that one point would allow it to sign for its visitors in the circular of 16.

The Portuguese have nine editions in four Group C matches, 3 City who secured a elimination spot with their fourth win in so many games last time. Porto are six transparent editions of the third-placed Olympiacos, which eliminated Marseille in the fifth round, and they will be guaranteed a place between the first two if they avoid defeat or if Olympiacos does not win.

City suffered an early effect on the first day when Luis Daaz gave the advantage to visitors in the 14th minute, but Sergio Aguero tied from the penalty spot seven minutes later and the second half moved from Elkay Gondo-an (65) and Ferran Torres (73) sealed the score. None of the teams have been in Group C since that match.

Previous meetings

Before this season, the groups were paired for the only time in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League circular of 16, a City team led through Roberto Mancini facing comfortable winners against Porto de Vator Pereira. winner in City’s 2-1 win at East-dio do Drago in the first leg, and the Argentine also scored in City’s 4-0 win, scoring a game in the first minute.

Shape classification. Sérgio Oliveira scored in all three victories.

This is the campaign of organization of the UEFA Champions League of porto, less than Real Madrid and Barcelona (both 25).

The Portuguese team has qualified for the last 16 games in their last 3 appearances at the organization level.

Porto’s 2019/20 UEFA Champions League crusade lasted a draw, however, Krasnodar beat them in home goals in the third qualifying round (1-0 a, 2-3pm). They then finished first in a UEFA Europa League segment with Rangers, Young Boys and Feyenoord, however, they were defeated by Bayer Leverkusen in the 16-2 a, 1-3pm circular).

Porto have lost four of their last 8 UEFA Champions League (G4) matches, but has been defeated once in thirteen matches at the festival’s organizational level (G10 D2), winning 4 in a row before the defeat on the first day of this season.

The Dragons have won 4 of their last 8 European home games (D1 L3), but have won their last seven home games in the UEFA Champions League organizing phase.

Sérgio Conceiçao’s team won the club’s eighth national double in 2019/20, winning Porto’s 29th league name and a 17th Portuguese Cup.

The first day had three consecutive losses to Porto’s English matches, and four in their last matches.

His overall house record against English clubs is W8 D6 L5; the five losses have occurred in his last eight matches, most recently a 4–1 loss to eventual champions Liverpool in the 2018/19 quarter-final lap (total 1-6).

Manchester City scored 3 goals in their first 3 Group C victories, following Porto’s 3-0 defeat at home to Marseille and at home to Olympiacos. A 1-0 win over Olympiacos last time secured progress.

• City finished moment in the 2019/20 Premier League, finishing season 18 with Liverpool after winning the name in each of the last two campaigns.

Josep Guardiola retired from the UEFA Champions League in the quarter-finals for the third consecutive season, losing 3–1 to Lyon in his singles match in Lisbon.

City finished first in their organization with 14 problems (G4 D2) before defeating Real Madrid in the last matches, winning 2-1 home and at home against 13-time European champions.

This is the tenth campaign of the UEFA Champions League of the Cityzens; have participated at the organization level in each and every season since 2011/12 and have now reached the circular of 16 in 8 successive campaigns.

City has scored forty-five goals in their last 17 UEFA Champions League matches; in more than two seasons, his record is 17 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses with 61 goals scored and 22 received.

Guardiola’s team has won nine of their last thirteen European away matches (two draws and two losses), either defeats in England; The last away match they lost was at Shakhtar Donetsk (1-2) in the sixth round of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League.

City’s functionality in the UEFA Champions League reached the semi-finals of 2015/16.

• This is City’s eighth game against Portuguese opponents; before beating Porto this season, he had not faced one since that 2011/12 UEFA Europa League campaign. After overtaking Porto in the 16th round, he lost in the eighth round to Sporting CP in the eighth round (0-1 a, 3-2 h) despite Aguero’s double in the stretch of the moment.

This defeat at Sporting caused City in Portugal to win 1 draw, 1 loss.

Links and curiosities • Coaches Guardiola and Sérgio Conceiao were on opposite sides once in their playing careers, and Internazionale de Conceiao won Brescia 2–1 at home on 14 April 2002 despite Guardiola’s penalty in the first half.

Played in England: Chancel Mbemba (Newcastle 2015-18) Marko Gruji (Liverpool 2016-17, 2020; Cardiff 2018) Felipe Anderson (West Ham 2018-20) Toni Martinez (West Ham 2016-19, Oxford 2017)

Played in Portugal: Raben Dias (Benfica 2014-20) Ederson (Benfica Youth 2009-11, Ribeiro 2011/12, Rio Ave 2012-15, Benfica 2015-17) Joel Cancelo (Benfica 2011-14) Bernardo Silva (Benfica 2011- 2014)

Bernardo Silva’s only league game for Benfica’s senior team as a substitute, defeated in a 2-1 loss to Porto on the last matchday of the 2013/14 season.

• Moussa Marega scored two Ederson goals in Marítimo’s 4-0 win in the Portuguese League over Rio Ave on 17 May 2015.

International colleagues: Pepe, Sérgio Oliveira and Raben Dias, Joel Cancelo, Bernardo Silva (Portugal) Felipe Anderson and Ederson, Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus (Brazil) Aguston Marcheson and Sergio Aguero (Argentina)

Bernardo Silva and Nano were benfica’s under-13 teammates in 2006/07.

Torres and Toni Martínez were young players in Valencia between 2013 and 2016 who have never played for the same team.

Sérgio Oliveira scored a penalty in Portugal’s 2-0 win over Holland in the qualifying play-off for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship; Bernardo Silva is on track in Portugal’s 5-4 win in the stretch of the moment despite Aké’s two goals for the Dutch.

• Torres scored the two goals with which Spain won the final of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship against a Portuguese look that included Fábio Vieira and Joao Mário.

Latest news

Porto – Pepe made his 100th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, from the organization level to the top tier on the day of the moment, being the number 40 player to achieve that goal.

Porto have won 15 of their 20 matches in all competitions (D1 L4).

The Dragons have lost 4 of their last 17 games in Portuguese La Liga (S11 D2), as much as in their last league outings (S41 D7). *

Fourteen other players have scored Porto’s 28 goals in all competitions this season, with Zaidu Sanusi last in the fourth round.

Porto reached the last 32 goals of the Portuguese Cup with a 2-0 win in Fabril’s 3rd apartment on 21 November and will be measured by Tondela from fourth place next December.

Sérgio Oliveira has scored in five of his last six games at Porto and is the club’s most sensible goalscorer this season with seven goals in all competitions, adding 3 in the UEFA Champions League. *

• Oliveira gave a hand in Portugal’s 7-0 win over Andorra on 11 November.

• Diogo Costa, Diogo Leite, Fábio Vieira and Joao Mário were all Portuguese who booked their places at the UEFA European Under-21 Championships next year with home victories over Belarus (3-0), Cyprus and -1).

Vieira has scored 3 goals in Portugal’s last 3 under-21 qualifiers, adding either in the final win over holland.

• On November 2, Pepe was injured in education and has not played since.

Two days later, the 37-year-old defense extended his contract until June 2023.

Matheus Uribe has played since Colombia’s 6–1 defeat in Ecuador in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on 17 November; suffers from an abscess. *

Goalkeeper Mouhamed Mbaye faces a long time on the sidelines after suffering a serious knee injury in early September.

Marko Grujio suffered a concussion with Serbia on foreign break, returning to Marseille on the fourth day to start his first UEFA Champions League match; was evicted by two reserves at this time of year.

Manchester City – On 19 November, City announced that Josep Guardiola had signed a new two-year contract with the club, until 2023.

City has had 12 problems in their first eight Crusade Premier League games (W3 D3 L2). *

1-0 home win over Arsenal on 17 October in Guardiola’s 500th place as a manager; he has now recorded 176 victories with City. *

The Cityzens were defeated 5–2 at home via Leicester on 27 September, the first time they conceded five home goals since February 2003 against Arsenal. as a coach.

City, who has won the English League Cup in each of the last three seasons, will arrive at Arsenal in the quarter-finals on 22 December.

Riyad Mahrez scored in Algeria’s 2–2 draw with Zimbabwe on 16 November to verify his position in the 2021 CAF African Cup of Nations. He also made a 3–1 home win over the same warplanes four days earlier.

A hat-trick by Ferran Torres gave Spain a 6-0 home win over Germany in the UEFA Nations League on 17 November, and Rodri also placed it when the home team reached next year’s final.

Also in the UEFA Nations League on 17 November, Dias scored his first two goals abroad, the winning moment at the last minute, while Portugal won 3–2 in Croatia.

Phil Foden scored two goals in England’s 4-0 UEFA Nations League win over Iceland on 18 November, his first goals.

Bernardo Silva won his 50th international match in Portugal’s 1-0 loss to France on 14 November.

• Kevin De Bruyne scored his 20th goal in a 4–2 home win over Denmark on 18 November, which secured Belgium’s position in the UEFA Nations League final.

He returned to action on 17 October after being absent from 22 June from a knee injury. The Argentine penalty opposed Porto on the first day his first goal since the 4th of March; This 231-day hole between moves is the longest in Agero’s race.

He started the 1–1 draw at West Ham on October 24, but retired at halftime due to a thigh injury and ruled until his replacement on the fourth day.

Benjamin Mendy (knee, absent since 3 October) and Fernandinho (leg, absent since 21 October) have returned to Olympiacos, the first as a starter and Fernandinho as a substitute.

Nathan Aké, whose third-round appearance is the first since 17 October, led with a hamr tendon injury five minutes from the Dutch 1–1 friendly against Spain on 11 November and has not played since.

Subject to weekend updates

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