Juventus v Porto Betting Preview – UEFA Champions League 14th March 7.45pm
The Italians are firmly in the driving seat for this one having posted a 2-0 win out in Portugal in the first leg. So they are expected to go marching on towards the next round as they are a formidable home side in Europe. Porto have nothing to lose in this one then, they have to come out and press and push and they may take some quiet confidence from the 3-0 win at Roma that they posted in the Champions League Play-Offs this season. That’s exactly the result that they need to upset the odds in this one in Turin.
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Juventus v Porto Betting Tips
This looks as if it will be something of a comfortable ride for Juventus then. They have faced up to Porto four times before and they have posted a W3 D1 record from those meetings. They are likely to remain undefeated against the Portuguese side after this one in Turin. Juventus have suffered just the one defeat in their last eleven home games in the Champions League Knockout Stages (W6 D43) and they are going to be backed heavily therefore. They have all of the aces in the tie after substitutes Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves scored their two goals just 141 seconds apart in the first leg. The last six goals that Juventus have scored in the Champions League have all come in the second half of matches and a Draw/Juventus Half Time/Full Time at Bet365 which is a price of 3/1.
The last dozen encounters that Juventus have had against Portuguese sides have ended W6 D2 L4; at home it is W3 D1 L1 and each of the four defeats in that sequence all came against Benfica. Juve are unbeaten in their last 20 matches in UEFA competitions (W11 D9) at home, going back to a defeat against Bayern Munich in April 2013. That loss against Bayern is their only defeat in their last 40 European home games. On top of that, Juventus have won each and every one of their 26 UEFA ties in which they won the first leg away from home. They have only ever lost twice at home after an away victory in the first leg. Gonzalo Higuain is 20/21 anytime goal scorer favorite for the second leg. Juventus have conceded just two goals in the Champions League this season and are a price of 8/5 to win to nil at Bet365 which his value considering that Porto didn’t get a single shot on target in the first leg.
Never before has a team (13 previous instances) has ever progressed having lost the 1st leg of a Champions League knockout tie by a scoreline of 0-2 (at home). From their last six UEFA Champions League campaigns, Porto have been past the round of sixteen just once. Also, they have also only won only one of their last nine 2nd Leg Champions League knockout matches away from home (D2 L6) conceding, conceding 18 times in their last five such fixtures. Andre Silva has had a good season for the Portuguese club and he has netted four Champions League goals this season and is running as a 21/10 anytime goalscorer option. Porto have won only one of the six UEFA competition ties in which they lost the home first leg and overall hold a W8 D9 L12 record against Italian opposition.
Juventus v Porto Betting Odds
Juventus 4/6, Draw 14/5, Porto 21/4
Juventus v Porto Predictions
Porto didn’t do much on home soil to suggest that they can to go Turin and overturn this deficit. They barely made a mark on the Juventus backline and therefore you would just have to roll with Juventus who are a formidable home side. Look for Juventus to win to nil again and to sail through to the quarter finals.
