Porto demeanour for initial Liverpool success
FC Porto have never beaten Liverpool FC in 4 prior attempts though exaggerate some-more new UEFA Champions League knockout knowledge as a teams replenish familiarity in a turn of 16 initial leg during a Estádio do Dragão.
• While a Portuguese side have available dual draws and dual defeats in their 4 games opposite a Merseyside club, they are in a turn of 16 for a second year in a quarrel and done a many new of their 5 UEFA Champions League quarter-final appearances in 2014/15. Liverpool, by contrast, were final in this theatre in 2008/09 – nonetheless they did go on to a final 8 in that season.
• Porto progressed to a 2017/18 knockout rounds by finishing second in Group G, while Liverpool remained dominant (W3 D3) in winning Group E.
• This is one of usually dual turn of 16 ties this deteriorate to underline dual former European champions: Chelsea FC’s assembly with FC Barcelona is a other.
Previous meetings
• There have been 4 prior matches between a teams, all in a 21st century. Their initial encounters came in a quarter-finals of Liverpool’s winning 2000/01 UEFA Cup campaign; Gérard Houllier’s side drew a initial leg 0-0 in Portugal before first-half goals from Danny Murphy and Michael Owen cumulative a 2-0 second-leg, and aggregate, feat during Anfield
• The other matches came in a 2007/08 UEFA Champions League organisation stage. Dirk Kuyt’s 17th-minute idea warranted Liverpool a 1-1 matchday one pull during Jesualdo Ferreira’s Porto, who had left in front by Lucho González’s eighth-minute penalty. The visitors played a infancy of a second half with 10 organisation following Jermaine Pennant’s 58th-minute red card.
• The teams during a Estádio do Dragão on 18 Sep 2007 were:
Porto: Nuno, Bosingwa, João Paulo, Bruno Alves, Fucile, Lucho, Assunção, Meireles (Mariano González 64), Sektioui (FarÃas 64), Lisandro, Quaresma.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeola, Hyypiä, Carragher, Finnan, Mascherano, Gerrard, Pennant, Babel (Crouch 85), Kuyt, Torres (Voronin 76).
• At Anfield, Lisandro (33) cancelled out Fernando Torres’ 19th-minute opener for Rafael BenÃtez’s Liverpool, before late goals from Torres again (78), Steven Gerrard (84pen) and Peter Crouch (87) gave a home organisation a points. Porto and Liverpool both went by to a final 16, a Portuguese side winning a section.
Match background
Porto
• Porto’s record in a turn of 16 is W3 L6, and they have won usually one of their final 4 ties. In 2016/17, they bent out during this theatre opposite contingent runners-up Juventus (0-2 home, 0-1 away).
• Their altogether home record opposite English clubs is W8 D6 L3. Their final diversion opposite Premier League visitors brought a 5-0 win opposite already-qualified organisation winners Leicester City FC on matchday 6 final season.
• Porto picked adult 6 points during home in this season’s organisation stage. The Portuguese side suffered a 3-1 detriment opposite BeÅŸiktaÅŸ JK on matchday one, though recovered to beat RB Leipzig by a same scoreline in their second home diversion before sealing second place in Group G with a 5-2 matchday 6 improved of AS Monaco FC.
• Porto have won usually 4 of their final 10 home matches in European competition, also losing four.
• Porto had mislaid their prior 3 UEFA Champions League fixtures, home and away, before winning during Monaco on matchday two; they have now won 3 of their final 8 matches in a competition.
• Last deteriorate was a third time in a final 6 campaigns that Porto had progressed from their group. This is a initial time they have reached a turn of 16 dual seasons in a quarrel given removing into a knockouts any year between 2006/07 and 2009/10.
• Porto’s record in two-legged ties with English clubs is W3 L7. They have mislaid a final four, many recently 6-1 on total to Manchester City FC in a 2011/12 UEFA Europa League turn of 32 (1-2 home, 0-4 away). They have not beaten English antithesis in a knockout tie given José Mourinho’s side separated Manchester United FC in a 2003/04 UEFA Champions League turn of 16 (2-1 home, 1-1 away) en track to lifting a trophy.
Liverpool
• Liverpool have not reached a turn of 16 in 9 years, their many new tie a 5-0 win opposite Real Madrid CF in a 2008/09 foe (1-0 away, 4-0 home). That left them with a altogether record of W4 L1 during this stage; a solitary improved came during a hands of Portuguese opponents as holders in 2005/06, SL Benfica winning 1-0 during home and 2-0 away.
• That Benfica retreat is Liverpool’s usually detriment during home to Portuguese visitors (W6 D2).
• Liverpool’s many new outing to Portugal brought a 1-0 detriment during SC Braga in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League turn of 16 initial leg. That was also a total score, giving Liverpool a record W5 L2 in two-legged contests opposite Portuguese sides.
• The Reds have a record W2 D3 L4 in Portugal; they won on any of their initial dual visits though have triumphed in nothing of their final 7 trips.
• Liverpool were 7-0 winners during NK Maribor on matchday three, their bar record European divided victory. They have but won only 3 of their final 16 divided games (D8 L5), carrying drawn 1-1 during FC Spartak Moskva in their initial Group E divided compare and let trip a 3-0 half-time lead to pull 3-3 during Sevilla FC. Before triumphing during TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in their play-off initial leg, a Merseysiders’ final divided success had been a 1-0 UEFA Europa League organisation theatre win during FC Rubin Kazan on 5 Nov 2015.
Coach and actor links
• Iker Casillas was in a Real Madrid organisation beaten by Liverpool during this theatre of a 2008/09 competition. He did get a improved of a Reds in a 2014/15 organisation stage, appearing in Madrid’s 3-0 win during Anfield and 1-0 success in Spain.
• Mohamed Salah’s AS Roma were knocked out of a 2016/17 UEFA Champions League by Porto, losing 4-1 on total improved in a play-offs (1-1 away, 0-3 home).
• Maxi Pereira played in Benfica’s 2-1 home win opposite Liverpool in a 2009/10 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals initial leg. He was an new surrogate in a return, a 4-1 Liverpool victory.
• Ricardo Pereira and Sérgio Oliveira were in a Portugal organisation that kick Emre Can’s Germany 5-0 in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship semi-final; Ricardo scored a second goal.
• Lazar Marković spent 2013/14 during Benfica, with a record W2 D1 L2 opposite Porto. He spent a initial half of 2016/17 during Sporting.
• Has played in Portugal:
Lazar Marković (SL Benfica 2013/14, Sporting Clube de Portugal 2016/17)
• Has played in England:
Miguel Layún (Watford FC 2015)
• International team-mates:
Iker Casillas Alberto Moreno (Spain)
Óliver Torres Alberto Moreno (Spain Under-21s)
• James Milner scored in England’s 2-2 pull opposite hosts Portugal in a 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship semi-final. Portugal won 3-2 on penalties and went on to lift a trophy.