Porto vs Roma predicted line-ups: What time, what channel, how can I watch online, team news, h2h, odds and more
A look ahead to the crucial Champions League round of 16 second-leg at Estadio Dragao
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Your support makes all the difference.AS Roma take a slender 2-1 lead to the Estadio Dragao where they face FC Porto in the Champions League round of 16 second-leg.
The first leg at the Stadio Olimpico was a tense affair, until the game burst into life in the last 20 minutes when Italian teenager Nicolo Zaniolo scored a brace before Adrian Lopez pulled one back for Porto.
Roma reached the semi-finals of the competition last season, but the season before they didn’t even qualify for the group stages as they suffered a two-legged playoff defeat at the hands of Porto.
Porto go into the game off the back of a home defeat to Benfica which seen the Lisbon club leapfrog them at the top of Liga Portuguesa.
Roma also suffered a weekend defeat, losing 3-0 at the hands of city rivals Lazio which means Eusebio di Francesco’s side are currently situated fifth in the Serie A table 28 points behind league leaders Juventus.
What time does it start?
FC Porto vs. AS Roma kicks off at 8pm (GMT) on Wednesday 6 March.
Where can I watch it?
The game at the Dragao will be shown on BT Sport 3, live on air from 7:45pm (GMT).
Predicted Line-ups
FC Porto: Casillas, Militao, Felipe, Pepe, Telles, Corona, Danilo, Hector Herrera, Brahimi, Marega, Adrian Lopez
AS Roma: Olsen, Florenzi, Fazio, Juan, Kolarov, Cristante, De Rossi, Pellegrini, Zaniolo, Dzeko, El Shaarawy
Form Guide
FC Porto: DLWWWL
AS Roma: DWWWWL
Head to Head
FC Porto 1 (Andre Silva) AS Roma 1 (Felipe OG), Champions League Play-off tiebreaker, August 2016
AS Roma 0 FC Porto 3 (Felipe, Layun, Corona), Champions League Play-off tiebreaker, August 2016
AS Roma 2 (Zaniolo 2) FC Porto 1 (Adrian Lopez), Champions League Round of 16, February 2019
Odds
FC Porto: Evens
AS Roma: 11/4
Draw: 14/5
FC Porto to go through: 8/15
AS Roma to go through: 11/8
Prediction
FC Porto 1-0 AS Roma
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