FC Porto vs Bayer Leverkusen Predictions

• Porto have won all but one of their home games since mid-March.
• Leverkusen failed to win five of their six competitive away games this season.
• Both teams scored in the only two previous meetings between these sides.

Third time is the charm for Porto

With the only previous encounters between these sides seeing Bayer Leverkusen win both legs of a Europa League round of 32 tie back in 2020, Porto seek their revenge in Europe’s premier competition this time around.

While Porto are yet to pick up a point in this group, the hosts may expect to bounce back after winning all but one of their home games this season, a run which culminated in an impressive 4-1 win over Braga last time out.

Porto have progressed beyond the group stage in six of their previous nine Champions League appearances, so getting off the mark seems like an inevitability for them, and what better place to get started than in the fierce atmosphere of the Estadio do Dragao.

A tough trip for Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen head into this game on the back of a humbling 4-0 defeat to ten-time consecutive Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. That result was not a shock, but the manner of it was as they would usually expect to at least put up a fight against the big boys.

That game means that Leverkusen have now won just once away from home this season, although they have scored eight goals across their six trips, suggesting that they may well cause Porto some problems in this encounter.

While Leverkusen won both legs of their previous knockout tie with Porto, we predict that the hosts will flip the script to win this time around. For smaller stakes, we suggest a narrow yet entertaining 2-1 correct score in favour of Porto.