Porto-Bayer Leverkusen is a match valid for the third day of the Champions League: live TV, streaming, likely formations, predictions
PORTO – BAYER LEVERKUSEN | Tuesday 21:00
To win in order not to immediately say goodbye to the possibility of continuing their path in the Champions League. Conceicao’s Porto, after two consecutive defeats – resounding, the last one, against Club Brugge at home – host Bayer Leverkusen, who, after losing in Belgium, defeated Atletico Madrid in Germany and are currently second in the group. Of course, in the league, the Aspirins took four from Bayern Munich last weekend and must try to put this heavy defeat behind them immediately. But it will not be easy.
Porto, for their part and as mentioned earlier, have only one useful result to win: a victory to get themselves back on track, and to try to get through the round in a group that does not look so complicated. On the last day of the championship, the Lusitanians destroyed Braga showing that they are mentally free of fear, and the coach at the end of the match even made an appeal to the fans to stand by the team at such a delicate moment of the season. Meanwhile, Conceicao, after being disqualified, has recovered Taremi and will obviously send him out from the start on the front line. A fundamental pawn in the chessboard of the former Lazio and Inter player, who has always done well in Europe during these seasons. Finally, there is also a statistic to reverse: in the last three meetings, Porto has never beaten Leverkusen. One draw and two defeats for the Portuguese. But that was definitely a different Bayer.
The prediction
With only one result at stake, and with a crowd that should be pushing hard as well, Porto are the clear favourites to take an important and decisive victory for their European journey.
The Porto-Bayer Leverkusen matchday squad
- PORTO (4-4-2): Diogo Costa; Rodrigo Conceição, Pepe, David Carmo, Wendell; Uribe, Eustáquio, Otávio, Pepê; Taremi, Evanilson.
- BAYER LEVERKUSEN (4-2-3-1): Hradecky; Kossounou, Tah, Tapsoba; Frimpong, Andrich, Demirbay, Hincapie; Diaby, Hudson-Odoi; Schick.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
