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A look ahead to the crucial Champions League round of 16 second-leg at Estadio Dragao

Dane Massey
Wednesday 06 March 2019 12:39 GMT
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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 ​

Teenage starlet Nicolo Zaniolo shone in the first-leg in Rome (Reuters)
Teenage starlet Nicolo Zaniolo shone in the first-leg in Rome (Reuters) (REUTERS)

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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