Manchester City get their Champions League campaign underway at Porto tonight.
Enzo Maresca will be keen to make a positive start in a competition that Pep Guardiola struggled in during his decade at the club.
You can catch up with all the team news right here on 101GreatGoals.
Porto team news
Porto starting XI: Costa, Kiwior, Gomes, Veiga, Pepe, Rosario, Perez, Silva, Costa, Varela, Fernandes
Porto substitutes: Ramos, Costa, Hwang, Sainz, Gimenez, Souza, Fofana, Cunha, Silva, Gomes, Moura, Teixeira
Manchester City team news
Manchester City starting XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol, Bouaddi, Fernandez, Foden, Cherki, Semenyo, Haaland
Manchester City substitutes: Bettinelli, Rulli, Anderson, Ndiaye, Kovacic, Ait-Nouri, Reis, Allan, Khusanov, McAidoo, Lewis
Stats for FC Porto v Manchester City
- City have not lost to Porto in four previous Champions League meetings
- Porto have won only two of their last 16 matches against Premier League clubs (D4 L10)
- Porto were unbeaten in their first 11 home games against English visitors (W5 D6) but have lost seven of their subsequent 14 (W4 D3), winning one of the last eight (D3 L4)
- This is Porto’s 28th Champions League campaign – a Portuguese record, eight more than Benfica – but a first in three seasons. Only Real Madrid, Barcelona (both 31) and Bayern Munich (30) have featured more.
- This is City’s 16th successive season in the Champions League proper, the longest current streak by an English team; they have featured in every campaign since 2011/12 and have reached the knockout stages in each of the last 12
- This is Manchester City’s 150th European Cup match
- Each of City’s last 19 Champions League matches has produced two or more goals
Where to Watch FC Porto v Manchester City: TV and online streams
FC Porto vs Manchester City kicks off at 20:00 BST on Tuesday 8 September at the Estádio do Dragão. The match is being shown live on Amazon Prime Video in the UK.
If you live outside the UK, click the LINK HERE to find out where to watch it in your region.
Prediction for FC Porto v Manchester City
It won’t be a straightforward night for City but they are on a roll at the minute as they look to understand the methods of new coach Maresca.
Porto will make it difficult but City have the greater quality.
Match Prediction
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