Porto vs Arsenal: Analysis and Prediction of the Champions League match

Arsenal will head to Portugal on Wednesday night for the first leg of the round of 16 against Porto. The Gunners topped Group B, while Porto reached the knockout stage by securing the second spot in Group H behind Barcelona.

Let's analyze the statistics of the two teams:

Porto:
- In the last match on February 17, 2024, they defeated Estrela Amadora 2-0. 
- In the last 5 matches, they won 3 times, lost once, and drew once. They scored an average of 2.4 goals per game and conceded 0.8 goals. 
- In this Champions League season, they won 4 times and lost 2 times. They scored an average of 2.5 goals per game and conceded 1.33 goals. 
- They haven't lost in the last 9 home matches. 
- In the last 6 Champions League matches, at least 1 goal was scored in the first half. 
- They kept a clean sheet in the last 5 home matches.
- In the last 5 home matches, at least one team failed to score.
- They scored at least 1 goal in 8 of their last 9 matches 
- They scored at least 2 goals in 6 of the last 7 matches. 

Arsenal:
- In the last match on February 17, 2024, they defeated Burnley 5-0. 
- In the last 5 matches, they won all 5 times. They scored an average of 4.2 goals per game and conceded 0.4 goals. 
- In this Champions League season, they won 4 times, lost once, and drew once. They scored an average of 2.67 goals per game and conceded 0.67 goals. 
- They scored at least 1 goal in the last 6 away matches. 
- In the last 6 Champions League matches, at least 1 goal was scored in the first half. 
- They scored at least 2 goals in the last 5 matches.
- More than 2.5 goals were scored in the last 5 matches.
- They won the last 5 matches.

Head-to-head:
In the last direct confrontation on March 9, 2010, Arsenal defeated Porto at home with a score of 5-0. In the last 5 direct clashes, Porto and Arsenal both won 2 times and drew once. The average goals scored per game were 0.8 for Porto and 2 for Arsenal in these encounters.

PROBABLE LINEUPS
PORTO
Costa; Mario, Pepe, Otavio, Sanchez; Pepe, Varela, Gonzalez, Galeno; Taremi, Evanilson
ARSENAL
Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Odegaard, Rice, Havertz; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

BetMines predictions indicate an Arsenal victory and a final result with more than 2.5 goals scored.

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