FC Porto – Manchester City PREDICTION (01.12.2020)

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FC Porto – Manchester City SOCCER PICKS

Porto and City will fight the next European round for that first place in group C. For now, the English lead it with a 3-point advantage over the Portuguese. However, a local victory would tie both with 12 points and leave everything for the last day.

Both arrive in good time, perhaps Porto being somewhat more regular by linking 5 consecutive victories.
After the draw at Liverpool and the loss to Spurs, City won against Olympiakos and Burnley.

As for the pick, the two are the least thrashed in the group. City has only conceded one goal, precisely in the 3-1 vs Porto in J1. Since then, 3 games with a victory and a 0-0 goal. Away from Etihad they have not yet conceded a goal (0-1 vs Olympiakos and 0-3 vs Marseille).
Porto has conceded 2 more goals than its rival (3), also precisely in the match before. From there, 3 games with wins and a 0-0 goal. Olympiacos and Marseille have passed through Do Dragao, 2-0 and 3-0 respectively.

For this reason, the defensive part seems to be the most ‘reliable’ in the pick. However, the offensive potential of both is quite high, personally that of City much more. They have 8 and 10 goals respectively, with City being one of the top achievers so far in the group stage.

In our favor, and in relation to the defensive aspect, we find that Porto has been leaving a clean sheet in their last 3 games and City in the last 2.
I think the defensive aspect will be key in the match, and more so taking into account what is at stake.


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