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FC Porto take on Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League, Round of 16 knockout stage hoping to repeat the success that they had against the Gunners of December 2008 when they won that match 2-0.

The Portuguese champions are in very good form presently, particularly at home where they have only lost one game this season which came against Chelsea in the Group Stage of this competition.

The Bookmakers in fact have the betting very close with Bet365 for instance, quoting Porto at 13/8 and Arsenal at 7/4 to win the match. They have the draw as a 9/4 option.

Arsenal who have played some exceptionally good football this season are still yet to find the ruthless streak needed by top clubs to win tournaments like this, but they will travel to Portugal confident that they should have enough in their armoury to outgun Porto, certainly over the two legs.

Porto v Arsenal Champions League Odds

Overall Porto has a good record over English clubs on home soil. As already mentioned they were beaten by Chelsea earlier this season and Manchester United won here in the quarter final last season by 1-0. Prior to that however they had been unbeaten in 11 games, winning six and drawing five, including a 0-0 against Arsenal in 2006/7.

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Apart from their 1-0 win over Liverpool last week, Arsenal’s form has been shaky to say the least. They suffered successive defeats against Premier League rivals, Man Utd and Chelsea, which effectively ended their Premier League challenge Before that they could only manage a draw against Aston Villa and the week before that they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Stoke City. That run of poor form probably leaves Arsenal with only the Champions League as a trophy they can still realistically win.

We like the look of the Porto home record this season however and believe that they should at least force a draw in this match. We think a 0-0 is possible but would prefer to bet on a 1-1 outcome with odds of 11/2 with Bet365. Other Correct Score betting options are listed below.

Match Betting

13/8 Porto
7/4 Arsenal
9/4 Draw

Correct Score Betting

1-1 Draw – 11/2
1-0 Porto win – 13/2
1-0 Arsenal win – 13/2
0-0 Draw – 15/2
2-1 Porto win – 17/2
2-1 Arsenal win – 9/1
2-2 Draw – 12/1

Odds Courtesy of Bet365..

Posted: Monday, 15th February 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: champions league, portugal, fc porto, arsenal, bet365,

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