Porto face Herculean task away to Juventus
Bet365Juventus welcome back striker Mario Mandzukic (illness) and winger Juan Cuadrado (suspension) as they take a 2-0 lead into the second leg of the last-16 Champions League tie with Porto.
Centre-back Giorgio Chiellini and midfielder Claudio Marchisio are both doubtful for the Italian champions.
Porto are looking to become the first team to progress in a Champions League tie after a 2-0 first-leg home defeat.
Left-back Alex Telles is suspended after being sent off in Portugal. Juventus are heavy favourites to reach only their second quarter-final in four years after goals from Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves in Porto. The Serie A leaders are on course to win a sixth successive Scudetto but have struggled to replicate that domination on the European stage.
The 1996 winners last reached the last eight in 2015 on their way to a 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in the final.
| Only two sides have even managed to overcome a single-goal deficit away from home in the past 25 years – Ajax against Panathinaikos in the 1995-96 semi-finals and Inter Milan against Bayern Munich in the last 16 in 2010-11. |
Porto face a Juve side that has not lost at home since August 2015, a run spanning 46 matches.
The Portuguese leaders, who have won their past nine league matches, have won only one of their previous nine Champions League second-leg matches away from home.
Juventus vs Porto: Prediction
It is home record that stands tall for Juve. Coupled this with their 2-0 advantage from the away leg, it is hard to see this match ending in anything other hand a comfortable win for Allegri’s men. Meanwhile, Porto might come with good fighting spirit. Because they knew their chances of progressing to the next round is pretty slim. Therefore, expect this to be a open contest and we might well see both teams scoring and over 2.5 goals.
