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FC Porto’s match-day one defeat against tournament contenders Manchester City at the Etihad wasn’t entirely unexpected, though the Portuguese big-hitters were able to take plenty of positives from a competitive performance despite their eventual 3-1 loss. The game in Manchester was the fifth time in seven fixtures so far this season that Porto saw both teams score, as Sérgio Conceição’s side continue to mix defensive lapses with high-class attacking football. Olympiakos meanwhile, started their Group C campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Marseille – a triumph that allowed the Greeks to match their entire haul of victories from this stage of last year’s competition. The Erythrolefki will expect to score again this week against a Porto team struggling for clean sheets, though they could find keeping their hosts out at the other end a trickier task. Porto scored at least once in 22 of their last 25 Champions League home matches, and that in turn alongside their lingering defensive issues makes the both teams to score market worth backing for Tuesday, while our correct score prediction backs the Dragões to eventually carve out a 2-1 victory. With a record of just two defeats in 12 UCL group home games, Porto are formidable on their own patch in continental competitions, and having averaged 2.2 goals per game this term, another brace should be enough to get the Portuguese giants over the line against an Olympiakos team that tends to struggle on the road in Europe.
2020-10-27
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