Preview Barcelona Vs Porto: Secures Group Champion

Frenkie de Jong will lead Barcelona when he meets Porto in the 2023/2023 Champions League (Instagram/@fcbarcelona).

JAKARTA - Barcelona will host Porto on the fifth matchday of Group H of the 2023/2024 Champions League at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, Wednesday, November 29, 2023, early morning WIB.

Barcelona and Porto both packed nine points from four matches. They are perched in rank one and two.

Azulgrana certainly has the ambition to get the perfect points as in the first meeting. You see, the additional three points will have a great chance of securing the Group E winning post as well as qualifying for the last 16.

That too with Shaktar Donetsk's record of being able to beat Royalikarp. Well, on Shaktar paper it seems that the caretaker easily bends the caretaker.

If the scenario goes well, Xavi Hernandez's men just have to play the group's last match againstikarp, of course with a big chance to win it.

Barca had a slick record when they met The Dragons. At the first meeting in the group, they managed to win 1-0 at home to Porto.

Not to mention priorizing the previous four encounters where Azulgrana always won. In detail, one clash in the European Super Cup and the remaining three in the Champions League.

No wonder, Porto's target to reap tripoin will be difficult to realize. Motivation away from Shakhtar's pursuit while making it easier for them to go to the knockout stages will encounter a stumbling block.

Formation Forecast

Barcelona (4-3-3): Inaki Pena; Joao Cancelo, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Alejandro Balde; Frenkie de Jong, Badminton Gundogan, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Joao Felix, Robert Lewandowski

Coach: Xavi Hernandez

Porto (4-4-2): Diogo Costa; Joao Mario, Jorge Sanchez, Pepe, Zaidu Sanusi; Stephen Eustaquio, Alan Varela, Francisco Conceicao, Andre Franco; Evanilson, Mehdi Taremi

Coach: Sergio Conceicao