Juventus vs FC Porto Betting preview [UEFA Champions League]

yinka ogunlami 15:51 - 13 March 2017

The Old Lady are unbeaten at home in all competitions this season with an impressive record of nineteen wins and two draws from twenty-one matches.

Serie A champions Juventus are sitting in the driving seat for the return leg of the UEFA Champions League last-16 tie against Porto, as they carry a two-goal lead into Tuesday’s match at their own stadium in Turin.

The Old Lady are unbeaten at home in all competitions this season with an impressive record of nineteen wins and two draws from twenty-one matches. However, the two draws came in the Champions League group stage matches, which implies they've won just one of their three matches in the tournament this season.

Allegri's men head into this game on the back of their Serie A victory over AC Milan, which was achieved in an electrifying manner, thanks to a late penalty Dybala converted for a 2-1 win.

Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves scored for the Old Lady in the first leg of this tie which saw Porto reduced to ten men in the 27th minute after Alex Telles was sent-off. Juventus should have no trouble with Porto in the second leg, as they are favourites to with SportyBet at odds of (1.65).

No team has managed to come back from a 2-0 home defeat in the first leg of the knockout stages ever, since the European Cup became the Champions League in 1992/93. The Portuguese giants are expected to build up on a fine form of late.

Porto have won their last nine league games without conceding in their last five. Nuno Espirito Santo will be hoping to see a better response from his team in Turin, in an attempt to progress into the final eight of the competition. FC Porto are underdogs in this clash for an unlikely victory at (5.59) with SportyBet.

A stalemate in Turin is available at a price of (3.79) with the same betting firm.

The Serie A titleholders are unbeaten at home since August 2015, which makes for an incredible run of 45 matches. Furthermore, Juventus have not lost one of their 20 home matches in Europe, ever since losing 2-0 against Bayern Munich in April 2013 and can be backed at (2.41) to win to nil.

Porto won their three league matches in a remarkable fashion, after the disappointing home loss to Juventus in Champions League. They scored 12 goals during the period and kept clean sheets in all of the three Primera Liga matches. As a defensively solid unit that they are known for, even though Juventus is another level of opposition compared to clubs faced in the Primera Liga, Porto are (1.55) to keep a cleansheet in this tie.

Juventus have scored thirteen goals in their last seven games in all competitions and have also won five of their last nine home games in all competitions by at least a two goal margin. Backing the same outcome here in the second leg of this tie is offered at (1.77).

Over 2.5 match goals is available at (2.05) with SportyBet .

To have any chance of qualifying for the Champions League quarter finals, Porto will need to score twice in Turin and keep a clean sheet; that’s a tall order. Both teams are (2.00) with SportyBet to score in this tie. The last time that these two teams met, Juventus won 2-0 and the odds of the same results are (6.95).

Young Argentine forward Paulo Dybala has scored five goals in his last five home matches and netted the winner against AC Milan on Friday in Serie A, so he looks like a good choice for anytime goalscorer at odds of (2.25), with SportyBet. Francisco Soares has scored nine goals in six league games since joining Porto in January. He is tipped to score anytime for the away team at odds of (3.75).

The first goalscorer odds for Juventus are Gonzalo Higuain at (3.70) and Paulo Dybala at (4.63) with SportyBet, while for Porto, Francisco Soares, Andre Silva and Laurent Depoitre are at (8.60), (7.64), (10.80) respectively to score for the away team.

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