19th Feb 2013 | Football
Porto v Malaga: Odds and Analysis
The hosts are unbeaten in 19 while the visitors haven't even been behind in the Champions League yet.
Porto:
To win home leg: 3/4 StanJames
To qualify: 9/10 StanJames
To win Champions League: 66/1 Bet365
Group Stages: W4 D1 L1 Pts 13
Current Primeira Liga position: 1st
League form: WDWWWW
Verdict: Champions League veterans who line-up at Estadio do Dragao on a 19-match unbeaten run. Won all their home matches in the group stages, including against PSG 1-0, and they conceded fewer goals (4) than everyone bar the French outfit across Europe. The Portuguese have only ever lost 1 of 11 home knockout games in this competition.
Malaga:
To win away leg: 9/2 Bet365
To qualify: 11/10 Sportingbet
To win Champions League: 66/1 WilliamHill
Group Stages: W3 D3 L0 Pts 12
Current La Liga position: 4th
League form: WWDWDL
Verdict: Excelling as debutants having not only gone unbeaten in the group stages but also never so much as even falling behind. They generally have a proud European record having only lost 1 of 24 games at the continental level. Though that defeat came in Boavista, Porto’s neighbours. Have held their own in La Liga again; they are currently unbeaten in 5 since Barca came to town.
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Odds correct at time of publishing: 16:28 19th Feb, 2013 but subject to change
