Porto and Juventus will face off at the Estadio do Dragao in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 round on Wednesday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.

Preview

Despite being the reigning champions of Portugal, Porto have been far from their best form this season so far. Sergio Conceicao's side have all but lost this year's crown in the Portuguese top flight to Sporting as they are now ten points behind the Lisbon giants. What's more, Dragons will host Juventus on the back of a four-game streak without a victory across all competitions as they have drawn each of their last four matches.

Juve, meanwhile, are still fourth in the Serie A, eight points behind league leaders Inter Milan. Andrea Pirlo's men, however, are yet to give up on winning their 10th consecutive title in the Italian top flight as they have a game in hand over the Nerazzurri. The Bianconeri, however, continue to struggle with consistency this term and will travel to Portugal after a bitter 1-0 loss at Napoli over the weekend.

Nanu, Zaidu Sanusi and Otavio are the only confirmed absentees in Conceicao's squad.

Juan Cuadrado and Arthur Melo, meanwhile, won't feature for Juve on Wednesday as the pair remain on the sidelines. Leonardo Bonucci and Paulo Dybala, in turn, remain doubtful.

Prediction

Even though Juve haven't really found their feet under Pirlo this season so far, the Italian giants look as hot favourites to secure themselves a comfortable advantage at the Dragao before the return leg in Turin next month. By the way, it'll also be a special fixture for Cristiano Ronaldo who would want to pour more misery on Sporting Lisbon's rivals in this one.

Tip

Juventus to win at 2.136 with 1XBET.