Porto vs Arsenal. Will the hosts be able to give a decent fight to the Gunners?

On Wednesday, February 21, the match between Porto and Arsenal in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League will take place at the Dragao Stadium.

• Expert Predictions Analysis
• Porto vs Arsenal facts
• Odds
• Game Totals Prediction

Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Porto vs Arsenal

Porto

Porto reached the playoffs of the Champions League, finishing second in a quartet with Barcelona, Shakhtar and Antwerp. Dragons are traditionally considered a strong European fighter, whose participation in the spring stage of the main European Cup tournament has not been something unexpected for a long time.

In the future confrontation with Arsenal, the Portuguese team is assigned the status of an underdog, but still, in the first home game, the hosts are quite capable of surprising a more status opponent. The Porto players will definitely have their chances in such a game and the only question is whether they will be able to take advantage of them.

Arsenal

The Gunners confidently won their group in the fall, although they were unable to go the tournament distance without defeat, losing to the French Lens in one of the rounds. Now the Londoners will try to go as far as possible in the Champions League in order to please their fans with a good performance in European competition for the first time in a very long time.

Arsenal has a very difficult and busy calendar of matches, as the team continues to fight for the championship title in the English Championship. It will be interesting to see how Gunners head coach Mikel Arteta copes with such a schedule and whether he will be able to correctly distribute the strength of his players.

Porto vs Arsenal facts

• The teams met each other six times in the Champions League: Arsenal won three matches, Porto won two, another game ended in a draw;
• In three of the six matches between teams in the Champions League, the bet was on Overhead (2.5) 1.85;
• Only in one of the six matches between opponents in the Champions League was there a bet on “both teams to score” 1.75;
• The last time the rivals met was in 2010 and Arsenal won with a score of 5:0.

Odds from download 1xbet

The bookmaker company 1xbet, which is very popular among football fans, offers its players the following odds for this first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League: you can bet on a Porto victory for 4.70, on a draw - for 4.00, and on an Arsenal victory - for 1.75. Download 1xbet to your phone and place a bet on the favorite!

Game Totals Prediction

Another interesting confrontation in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, in which the favorite will play the first match away. Arsenal will come to Portugal solely for a winning result and will clearly be motivated to lay the groundwork for the return match. Porto will also try to demonstrate its best football in front of its fans and will definitely not give up without a fight. The most logical option in this case seems to be a bet on “both teams will score” for 1.75.