Champions League Prediction: Chelsea Vs Fc Porto Preview

chelsea vs fc porto champions league group matchday 6 will be held on chelsea's stamford bridge stadium dec.9th,2015. chelsea and porto are joint group leaders on 10 coins, but neither feel secure in their standing with dynamo kyiv two coins back and heavy favourites at home against maccabi tel aviv.chelsea only get one coin can progess to the knockout stage of this season's champions league.





chelsea vs fc porto: team stats

chelsea:

1.chelsea have progressed to the knockout stage as group winners in nine of the past 12 campaigns

2.the blues have finished as runners-up twice, being eliminated in the group stage only once - in 2012-13

3.chelsea have only lost twice in 12 matches against portuguese opposition, winning nine and drawing one

4.mourinho is aiming to become the first manager to win the champions league with three different teams, after winning with porto (2004) and inter milan (2010)

porto have only lost three of their past 14 away european games, winning five

5.the portuguese runners-up reached the quarter-finals last season, losing 7-4 on aggregate to bayern munich



fc porto:

1. porto has beaten chelsea at home

2. chelsea's performance in recently is so bad



qualifying situation



in the last round,chelsea get victory over rivals, and porto lost the game based on a good situation

win or draw, chelsea qualify to the next round. however, mourinho will want to ensure his side win the group to avoid meeting any of the group winners in the next round.



injuries:



chelsea: radamel falcao

fc porto: osvaldo



possible lineups:



chelsea(4231): thibaut courtois,branislav ivanovic,john terry,gary cahill,cesar azpilicueta,nemanja matic,cesc fàbregas,pedro rodriguez ledesma,willian,eden hazard,diego costa



fc porto: iker casillas,miguel layun,martins indi,ivan marcano,maxi pereira,giannelli imbula,ruben neves,danilo pereira,yacine brahimi,andre silva,vincent aboubakar