Arsenal and Porto will play tonight in the Champions League.
Barcelona, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich (again), Monaco, Barcelona (again) and Bayern Munich (again) have all been Arsenal’s past winners through the knockout stages, contributing to a painful run that has dogged Arsene Wenger. years at the club.
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However, the year before this curse began, it was Porto where the inhabitants of North London met at this exact point.
Despite the 2-1 defeat in Portugal, Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick for the Emirates to seal a five-goal defeat and take Arsenal to the quarter-finals.
Arteta will be desperate to repeat such feats this season to end only his personal struggles in knockout football, but also an unfortunate skill that has plagued the club for more than a decade.
Porto vs Arsenal is scheduled to kick off at 8 p. m. GMT tonight, Wednesday 21st February 2024.
The match will take place at the Estadio do Dragao.
TV channel: In the UK, the match will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 from 19:00.
Live streaming: Subscribers can also watch the contest online through the Discovery app and website.
Live Blog: You can follow all of tonight’s action on Standard Sport’s live blog, featuring specialist research from our journalist Simon Collings on the pitch.
Porto XI: Costa, Mario, Pepe, Octavio, Wendell, Varela, González, Conceição, Pepe, Galeno, Evanilson
Substitutes: Eustaquio, Grujic, Ramos, Sánchez, Jaime, Loader, Franco, Baró, Martínez, Borges, Zé Pedro, Cardoso
Arsenal XI: Rayá; Blanc, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior, Rice, Odegaard, Havertz, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli
Substitutes: Ramsdale, Hein, Cedric, Heaven, Sweet, Elneny, Nwaneri, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Jorginho, Nelson, Nketiah
Porto is in its race for the national title, but it performed well in the organizational stages. In the end, his team is not fit for Arsenal, who are on a five-game winning streak.
It’s conceivable to see the Gunners even finish the draw in the first leg, if they manage to maintain their recent goalscoring bonanza.
Arsenal win 3-0.
Both have scored just one goal in their six games in total.
Porto winner: 2
Arsenal win: 3
Draws: 1
Porto: 19/4
Arsenal: 8/13
Draw: 14/5
Bet 365 odds (subject to change).
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