FC Porto vs Leicester (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

FC Porto – Leicester


FC Porto will receive champion Wednesday evening visit England, Leicester City, in a match crucial for the Portuguese in terms of final ranking in Group G of the UEFA Champions League. Match scheduled to be played on stadium Do Dragao, will begin at 19:45.

FC Porto

The band led by Nuno Espirito Santo on the bench has really need all three points from this match to be sure of qualification into the knockout stages of the Champions League and not dependent on the outcome of the match between Club Brugge and Copenhagen.
A draw is not enough for the Portuguese, who are at a disadvantage in case of equal points with the band in Denmark, since the direct results (Copenhagen 0-0, 1-1 to Porto respectively).
Midfielders Sergio Ruben Oliveira Neves and are unavailable in the long term and will not be able to help the team extremely important match at home to Leicester.
Probable team: Casillas, Pereira, Ivan Marcano, Alex Telles, Felipe Danilo Pereira, Oliver Torres, Otavinho, Diogo Jota, Jesus Corona, Andre Silva

Leicester City

Champion of England fails to repeat the good season domestically, but during the group stage of the UEFA Champions League was a near perfect with four wins and a draw from the first five matches, one false step being recorded away to FC Copenhagen ( 0-0) so the team coached by Claudio Ranieri has already secured first place in the group.
Given the stakes least important of the three points, the English could align to start a team without many people base such as Riyad Mahrez Jamie Vardy.
Probable team: Zieler, Huth, Fuchs, Simpson, Morgan, King, Mendy, Drinkwater, Okazaki, Schlupp, Musa

Direct meetings

Previous match, played in late September and won by Leicester City at home 1-0, is the only previous confrontation played so far between the two teams.


Prediction: Under 2,5 goals
Odds: 1,65