FC Porto vs Marseille Predictions

• French sides have never won a European Cup/Champions League game in Portugal (D3 L14)
• Marseille have lost six of their seven trips to Portugal
• Porto have won five of their last six Champions League home games
• Marseille have lost both games in this group to nil

Bitter return for Villas Boas

Andre Villas Boas returns to Porto with a huge job on his hands, following Marseille making a terrible start in the Champions League.

In the history of the European Cup/Champions League, Portuguese teams are unbeaten in every home match against French opponents (W14 D3), winning the last eight matches in a row. With the visitors in need of a victory, that’s not great news for them.

Porto have never lost against Marseille in the Champions League (P4 W3 D1) and they will look to extend that against a side who have a horrible record in this part of the world. Marseille are winless in all seven away European matches in Portugal (D1 L6).

Porto have won five of their last six home games in the Champions League and they meet a Marseille side who have lost to nil in both group games so far. Given that, we think the hosts look good value for the win while a 2-0 victory is our correct score prediction.