Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 367. (Read 141888 times)

You don't expect Arsenal to win? Well, then you are onto something I guess. The odds are pretty good if you want to go with Porto.

But what is the point in your comparison? Porto is playing the worst season in Primeira Liga since a very long time. All the last years they have been far better at this point than they are now and you call the results "outstanding". I am puzzled to be honest.

Arsenal on the contrary is leading the Premier League ahead of Manchester City and Liverpool. I think that says it all. If we consider all these facts, I am pretty sure that Arsenal still has the upper hand. It doesn't mean things can't go wrong, things can go wrong of course. But Porto is out of shape and got a lucky win against Arsenal in the first leg. Let's see how they will play away from home this time.

I doubt this match will present an exciting and interesting battle, because both teams are in an unstable condition. in the first leg match, the match resulted in a draw. in this match, both teams both need to win to ensure they advance to the next phase. since Napoli played Barcelona at the Stadio Diego Armado Maradona, their performance has not been so bad in their Domestic League. in 4 matches, Napoli produced two wins and two draws. however, because this match is being held at Camp Nou, the match will be very tough for them. this match will really drain the players' energy because after all Napoli wants to win and advance to the next phase.

On the other hand, Barcelona as the home team will not waste the momentum of playing in front of their own supporters. playing at Camp Nou, should provide great motivation to beat the match against Napoli. in fact, Barcelona only needs 1 goal to ensure they move to the next phase. however, Napoli will not let Barcelona win this match easily. moreover, several Barcelona players are confirmed to be absent due to injuries. the absence of De Jong, Pedri, made Xavi have to change his strategy. there are no other words, Xavi will rely heavily on Gundohan and his experience as well. On the front line, it seems that Raphina and Lamine Yamal will be used as main starters, including Lewandowski. Well, now we refer to the betting options, Barcelona with @1.76 and Nampoli with @4.30. As a Barcelona supporter, I will obviously support my favorite team in this match between the two teams.

I don't think they will win, many people expect Arsenal will win because they're playing in Premier League i.e. the most popular domestic league, but Porto can't be underestimated because they have an outstanding results in the domestic league.

Porto is really popular with their defense skill, even they lose, they won't let the opponent to score more than 2 goals against them.

I see that the match with Arsenal attracts the most attention, there are a lot of worries that the club that leads the Premier League could be relegated from the Champions League today? In fact, despite the fact that Arsenal lost the first game, they still have a very good chance to beat Porto today. Arsenal just need to play the game as, they know how to play attacking football, because if they continue to play the same way as they did in the first match, then they will not have a chance to win.

Barcelona vs Napoli

The result of first leg is not favourable for Napoli because they were failed to win from Barcelona at their home ground and this make Napoli have to hard struggling for this match and it won't be easy to beat Barcelona because Barcelona too targetting win result from this match and last week Barcelona get the winning result 1-0 from Mallorca in Laliga and some people considers this result is not impressive because Barcelona should be able to win with big scores from Mallorca but i personally know why Xavi didn't targetting win with high scores from Mallorca because before this match Xavi was rested some of Barcelona important players

But i can understand why Xavi did a rotation to Barcelona squad because he want to ensure all of Barcelona key players in the good fitness today and according to the squad conditions i can see some of Barcelona players were got injured but i think it won't have any affect to Barcelona performance today and meetings statistics from both teams has been showing Barcelona have good records from Napoli because since 2020 Barcelona and Napoli have been met several times and Barcelona still unbeatable from Napoli and today too i am sure this match will belongs to Barcelona and probably the final scores is 1-0 or 2-1 for Barcelona and for betting options Barcelona win has good odds @1.76

Porto will have to score against Arsenal at the Emirate if they need to secure a qualification past Arsenal in this stage because just defending alone might not be able to do the work for this porto side in this second leg. Porto holds a slender 1-0 aggregate lead in their first leg following Galeno’s last gasp winner at Estadio do Dragao. They now fAce an informed Arsenal side who now sits pretty top of the League table. This Arsenal side after the loss to Porto have grown fierce and very aggressive than the way they played the first leg against Porto.

 Arsenal who haven’t had a good UCL Round of 16 record after been knocked out in their last 7 appearances at the Round of 16 stage, will be hoping to use this match to reassert their UCL credentials. The team is now very different and also the manager too as a better manager is mow in charge with a young and vibrant squad. Porto would be hoping to come with the mindset of going defensively like they did in the first leg and that might seem a bit risky as this Arsenal team is hungry and they’ve got the energy to be able to match you especially in their ground. They should try to force the pressure on Arsenal and who knows they could be lucky to get the win off this match.

 This matcj will be one major test for Arsenal and how strong their squad is in terms of strength and determination as Porto won’t be coming relaxed. Will Arsenal be able to withstand this pressure and not concede? Then we’ll begin to see them as a major threat in the EPL. Arsenal team has got her weaknesses and iF porto gets serious they’ll be able to hit on those weaknesses and achieve something off this Arsenal side. Still on still, my prediction for this fixture still remains with Arsenal being able to qualify and scoring over 3 goals in this match as they’re sure a better side, no matter how stubborn Porto proves to be.

They must first catch up with the goals they lost in the first leg, because there they had to lose by a narrow score of 1 goal. If you look at some of Arsenal's matches, it looks like they can do it, but they have to play well in this match. What they have to do is try to score quick goals, because if they can do that, then it will increase their chances of playing and they will be more comfortable and that is something Arsenal must master.

There is no other choice for Arsenal in this match apart from attacking, because Porto will definitely have predicted that and it is possible that Porto will play by focusing on defense. If it is true that Porto will play defensively, then Arsenal's midfield must play with high creativity to dismantle the defense built by Porto. Porto will also realize that their chances are no bigger than Arsenal in this match, so they will prepare a strategy that will frustrate Arsenal in breaking down their defense. If Arsenal is provoked and rushes Porto is successful with their strategy, I hope that won't happen.

I believe that the record will end at the Emirate Stadium today. Arsenal will not allow FC Porto to score a goal first, so they will not need to struggle to win against FC Porto. Arsenal will beat FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League last 16 matches, and the match will end 2-0, 3-0, or 3-1.

Arsenal player confidence is in a good enough situation to be able to turn things around. In the EPL at least they have shown positive results, now being behind from Leg 1 requires Arteta to be even more focused. I also hope that Arsenal can qualify, although Porto won't let it be that easy to get. Porto is a club that is quite difficult to predict because there are several players who are still foreign so I can't recognize their abilities. In my opinion, the momentum of Arsenal qualifying will have a big impact on the UCL competition. The rare opportunity where clubs who currently dominate in the Domestic League meet in the top 8 of the UCL is certainly the perfect moment to compete with each other.

Honestly the Gunners have this game on their palm and if Arteta doesn't take advantage of the fact that the Porto side are going to play less and defend more then I see Arsenal losing this game. Last time Arsenal didn't register a single shot on target and it got me worried but tonight I believe we're going to see the Porto side defending till they get tired because I don't see them (Porto) as a very strong defensive side that can play a particular pattern till the end of the game, only [/b]Atletico Madrid[/b] can do that in the Champions League.
I don't know how this game is going to end but this second leg would be the easiest than the first leg, Arsenal struggled to win that crucial game against Brentford and going against Porto wouldn't be that difficult. If the Gunners had won that Brentford game in an easy fashion the Porto game would have been very difficult but it would be a reverse in tonight's game. I'd go for a 3-1 win for the Gunners, no stress.

I thought it was just one goal or nothing. The first leg meeting said it all as for the first time this season Arsenal were unable to make a single shot on target and that statistic appeared against Porto previously. Now do they want to prove that the assumption that in the Champions League they will only be a burden to the English team is right or wrong and they have to break that through this match.

Arsenal can only score so many goals against weak teams in the domestic league and in this case the problem is clearly different when facing strong teams from other leagues. We know that Porto has a history in the Champions League when it was managed by Mourinho in 2004 where at that time they won the Champions League and while Arsenal have been in this competition for decades, even since the Arsene Wenger era they have never won this big trophy. I don't want to make it too long and let's see the results later, hoping there will be surprises beyond everyone's predictions.

The given odds is skewed a lot towards Arsenal but if you are not a fan of FC Porto, will you pick Porto in the next match?

I doubt you will do it because Arsenal can beat Porto at their home stadium and if I bet on Porto, I will use small money to bet, for fun and hope they will make a big shock.

Winning within 90 minutes or 120 minutes is better than joining penalty shootouts because it is very risky and at penalty spot, you can win or lose with odds like 50/50. If you are stronger and think you can beat the opponent without penalty shootouts, you should try hard to win.

At their home stadium, Arsenal will try to more seriously attack Porto but this will open more space for Porto to find their own chances to score goals and even beat Arsenal.

I understand that Arsenal at home may be a different opponent, but I looked at the odds of 1.25 for Arsenal versus 14.00 for Porto, this is somehow too much. Arsenal only needs a victory, but this does not mean that they will win today, it is worth remembering their first match, perhaps it was the most boring match that was in the Champions League playoffs. Maybe this was Arteta’s strategy, and he tried to achieve an away draw in this way, but in the end his strategy was a failure, Arsenal lost. In a home match, Arsenal will definitely attack more, but this also contains certain risks, several good counterattacks and Porto can close tightly in defense.

Given Arsenal's history of playing flawlessly at home, those odds make perfect sense caused by arsenal was always dominating the game at home. So, this makes me wonder if Porto will also lose by large margins against Arsenal but i hope it won't happen soon. It will be extremely bad for Arsenal if they are unable to score against Porto but this can be a very good result me. The club must be capable of outperforming its previous performance and porto should have learned the pattern that was often used by arsenal. I think that it can be easily learned by porto. 

To beat Arsenal, Porto must also be able to defend its one-goal lead against Arsenal soon and this is the most important advantage owned by porto, which appears unlikely to happen anytime soon since the next game is gonna happen away for porto but nothing impossible in the football as long as porto used the right strategy   . Porto must ensure that their right and left backs can prevent Arsenal's wingers. Martinelli has emerged as Porto's most significant threat in the last game. Porto should take care of it. It was so simple to learn from the previous game how to prevent Arsenal from performing well in the next game by playing fully defensive.

In first leg game which was played at the Estádio do Dragão Porto we have defeat for the overconfident Arsenal due to injury time goal, but now we are going to play at the Emirates Stadium London where things will be surely favourable for the home team which is having good quality and their performance is also at their best even mostly are expecting their performance will be at his best, and they will be fightback like we have from the Bayern Munich but still if they lost and eliminated then surely this could be huge disappointment for them and their fans as well because now mostly are looking for the win after having the worst result in last season things are much better, and they also need to be with their best performance which increase their confidence level and give success as well.

Barcelona vs Napoli is going to be another interesting game with in first leg we have draw which was acceptable for the Barcelona due to their internal issues but now in last few games we have good improvement in performance even still consistency is problem but overall they are doing their best for having some positive performance in difficult conditions, and they are capable of beating Napoli in second game even we have good improvement from Napoli in last few games as well specially while they won with the score of 1–6 against Sassuolo as their star player Victor Osimhen back in business is good sign for them.

Barcelona having edge for win with their all players are also doing good and trying their best for achieving something good in this season after problem run, but prediction is not easy while any team can win but Robert Lewandowski vs Victor Osimhen could be amazing in this game.

I wonder how many goals Arsenal can score today... They are constantly scoring a lot in the EPL and I thought in the last game against Porto they could score a lot too, but they took the minimum of shots... Today Arsenal need to score as much as possible, but Porto have the lead and they will be comfortable defensively... I think it will be a very difficult match for Arsenal...

I agree, Arsenal is a far far better team and I am guessing that they are going to end up with a win easily and get ahead. That feels like that would be the most important part of the situation and should not be all that easy to get greater. I get that it is not going to be all that confusing, but it feels as if we are talking about something that would be a lot major. I hope to see something changing eventually, but if we are keeping this situation going then we need to really provide some big betting.

I will bet on Arsenal to win, doesn't mean that I will bet them to go to next stage, but I will just bet on them to win the 90 minutes which is very likely. To be fair, it is also very likely that they will go to quarter finals too.

It would be ridiculous if Porto did not even try to play defensively.against arsenal in this match consider the game is gonna happen at home for arsenal. I understand how good Porto is, now and the club must also ensure that Arsenal's attacking line does not enter the penalty box and it would be very unwise if the club was not to do so. Porto can also play parking bus in this game, hoping that Arsenal will play offensively and focusing too much in attacking its opponent, then forgetting to focus on its defensive line. The key to defeating Arsenal when a team lies in play defensively against them.Arteta is gonna have another hard time gain when his club faced porto which is one of strongest team this time. I'm concerned about Arsenal's performance when facing the defensive club. Arsenal frequently struggled to defeat the club with the best defensive record. I've also noticed that Arsenal is playing even better than last season.

Porto's defensive strategy is the best choice for the upcoming game, but I hope the club will adopt a low block strategy which makes more sense to be implemented in the squad rather than forced to play defnsive strategy. This low block strategy was also very effective in preventing arsenal from winning the game. Porto must wait until the golden momentum arrives in the future and it will give porto a chance to strike.
I don't see a better strategy than implementing the low block strategy. It's strange to see Porto play passive football, but as long as your team wins the game, I don't think it's a major issue for the club. Arsenal has been very dominant in its attacking strategy this season.
Porto must able to exploit the main weakness from arsenal and focusing its attack through that side.

Arsenal get odds @1.20 and Porto @15.00 it seems that the betting market does not see any chance for Porto to make the match later in their favor, even Porto's one goal advantage is not a fact that can make this team from Portugal a favorite.
Seeing Arsenal who are in an upward trend after beating Liverpool is an assessment that Arsenal will win over Porto easily, but I see otherwise Porto still have a chance to be troublesome for Arsenal, maybe they will use the strategy of parking the bus so that Arsenal will have difficulty scoring goals, especially when in the first match the Arsenal players were unable to threaten Porto's goal even once because there was not a single shots on target, so it can be said that there is something different about Arsenal's appearance when playing in the English premier league with when they have to play in the champions league, it could be that Arsenal's young players have difficulty in bearing the pressure in that important match so that their appearance is not like when defeating a big team in the English premier league.