Manchester City Vs FC Porto Europa League Preview

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 12:12 pm , filed under UEFA Euro by Craig Farrell

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The UEFA Europa League football match between Manchester City and FC Porto (2nd Leg: 2 – 1 (Agg)) kicks off 17:00 GMT on 22 February 2012 at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini side, much like Manchester United failed to advance from Group A stage, where Napoli and Bayern Munich beaten them. The clash will be City’s 50th UEFA Cup/Europa League match, at that time they have conceded 48 goals.

Manchester City has played 12 Premier League games this season on City of Manchester Stadium. On home ground, Manchester City has won 12, drawn 0 and lost 0 games, and this ranked the Citizens 1st in home side performance in the English Premier League.

FC Porto did not manage to hold UEFA Champions League, without top striker Falcao and manager Villas-Boas and completed third in Group G stage. The visitor has won the Europa League the last 2 times, and later on in was re-named to UEFA Cup in the 2002/03 season.

Porto has played 8 Super Liga games this season away from home. On away ground, Porto has won 4, drawn 3 and lost 1 game, and this ranked Porto 2nd in away side performance in the Portugal Super Liga.

The side managed to stay unbeaten at home ground, recording one win against Shakhtar Donetsk with 2-1 score-goal and two draw matches over APOEL and Zenit.

Probable Starting Line-Up:

Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Savic, Kolarov, Milner, Toure, Barry, Johnson, Aguero and Dzeko.

Porto: Helton, Maicon, Otamendi, Rolando, Pereira, Gonzalez, Moutinho, Fernando, J. Rodriguez, Hulk and Varela.

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