Porto Vs Manchester City 2012 Europa League Preview

Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 12:24 pm , filed under UEFA Euro by Alex Callos

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FC Porto will play host to Manchester City tonight in the first leg of their 2012 UEFA Europa League last 32 tie football game kicks off 20:05 GMT on 16 February 2012 at Estadio do Dragao, Portugal.

Porto did not manage to hold UEFA Champions League, without top striker Falcao and manager Villas-Boas and completed third place in Group G stage. The side handled to stay unbeaten at home ground, recording one win against Shakhtar Donetsk with 2-1 goal-score and two draw games over Zenit and APOEL.

FC Porto has played 9 Portugal Super Liga games this season on Estadio do Dragao. On home ground, Porto has won 8, drawn 1 and lost 0 games, and this ranked Porto 2nd in home side performance in the Portugal Super Liga.

Porto squad is without new signing Marc Janko as he is ineligible for the match having already played in this season’s rivalry with FC Twente. The hosts will also have worries over Kleber (illness injury), while Emidio Rafael is a long-term injury.

Manchester City is much like Manchester United failed to precede from Group A stage, where Bayern Munich and Napoli exceeded them. The Citizens managed to get a total of ten points in 6 games, losing two of the three away matches.

Man City has played 13 English Premier League games this season away from home. On away ground, Manchester City has won 7, drawn 3 and lost 3 games, and this ranked the Citizens 2nd in away side performance in the English Premier League.

Manchester City will travel to Portugal with manager Roberto Mancini able to select from a fully fit team. This game is the first ever aggressive meeting between the two squads.

Probable Starting Line-Up:

Porto: Helton, Danilo, Rolando, Maicon, Pereira, Fernando, Moutinho, Lucho, Varela, Hulk and J. Rodriguez.

Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Milner, Barry, Nasri, Silva, Balotelli and Aguero.

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