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February 18 2025, 14:05 · Alex Lawes

Roma vs Porto Preview: Team News & Prediction

Roma vs Porto Preview: Team News & Prediction
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As expected, it was quite a delicately poised and hostile first-leg in Portugal last week with Bryan Cristante sent off as Porto and Roma shared a 1-1 draw at the Estadio do Dragao.

Kick-off date/time: Thursday 20th February, 2025: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Key Stats

  • Roma have won six of their last eight UEFA club competition matches at home against Portuguese teams (D1 L1). They have won each of the last three.
  • Roma have won 13 of their last 16 UEFA club competition matches at home (D2 L1).
  • Roma have lost only two of their last 37 UEFA club competition matches at home (W27 D8).
  • None of Roma’s last 24 UEFA club competition matches finished without a goal being scored.
  • Roma have kept 13 clean sheets in their last 20 UEFA club competition matches at home.
  • Roma have lost only two of their last 14 matches in all competitions (W8 D4).
  • Roma have won seven and drawn one of their last eight home matches in all competitions.
  • Porto won the previous three UEFA club competition two-legged ties between these two teams.
    • 1981/82 Cup Winners’ Cup second round
    • 2016/17 UEFA Champions League qualifying play-off round
    • 2018/19 UEFA Champions League round of 16.
  • Porto have lost only one of their previous seven UEFA club competition matches against Roma (W3 D3).
  • Porto have lost only two of their last eight UEFA club competition matches against Italian teams (W2 D4).
  • Porto have won only one of their last 13 UEFA club competition matches away from home against Italian teams (D4 L8).
  • Porto are unbeaten in their last six competitive matches (W2 D4).

Roma vs Porto Prediction

At the Dragao last week, Roma took the lead in first-half stoppage-time via Turkey international right-back Zeki Celik before Francisco Moura equalised mid-way through the second-half and then that aforementioned Cristante red card in the 72nd minute of the match.

Claudio Ranieri has helped Roma become much-improved since he came out of retirement to become their third permanent manager of the campaign in November. The Giallorossi have since edged past Parma by a goal to nil at the Ennio Tardini thanks to a stunning 33rd minute red card scored by Matias Soule.

Porto, on the other hand, continued their underwhelming campaign in the first season of the Andre Vilas-Boas presidency. The Dragons were most recently edged past ten-man strugglers Farense at Estadio Algarve at the weekend to mean they have only scored more than one goal in a game on just one occasion in ten matches across all competitions in 2025.

Roma, as mentioned, have been much-improved of late and they will expect to overcome what is a Porto side approaching something of a crisis at the Stadio Olimpico this week.

Roma vs Porto Tip: Roma to win