FC Porto vs Royal Antwerp FC, Champions League 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Porto vs Royal Antwerp FC — Champions League at Estadio Do Dragao.
- FC Porto 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Royal Antwerp FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Maurizio Mariani
- Assistant 1 Daniele Bindoni
- Assistant 2 Alberto Tegoni
27 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Nov Royal Antwerp FC H 2–0 W 03 Nov GD Estoril Praia H 0–1 L 29 Oct FC Vizela A 2–0 W 25 Oct Royal Antwerp FC A 4–1 W 08 Oct Portimonense SC H 1–0 W 04 Oct FC Barcelona H 0–1 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Estadio Do Dragao that hosts another battle between FC Porto and Royal Antwerp FC.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 20' Royal Antwerp FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 20.
- 25' Diogo Costa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 30' It’s high time Sergio Conceicao made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 32' What a strike from Evanilson! The score is 1-0.
- 37' FC Porto is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 42' Pepe needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Red cards this season.
- 45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Arthur Vermeeren on 45.
- 46' The Royal Antwerp FC manager makes a substitution. Ritchie De Laet departs to be replaced by Jelle Bataille.
- 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 52' Royal Antwerp FC receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 52.
- 57' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jelle Bataille, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Do Dragao with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 58' FC Porto receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 58.
- 62' Owen Wijndal is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
- 67' Royal Antwerp FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 67.
- 68' It is a substitution in FC Porto team. Mehdi Taremi is replaced by Francisco Conceicao on 68 minute.
- 69' Another substitution for Royal Antwerp FC to replace Michel-Ange Balikwisha by Arbnor Muja on 69 minute.
- 74' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Porto needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 75' Vincent Janssen has so much to prove this time. He replaces George Ilenikhena on 75 minute.
- 80' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jurgen Ekkelenkamp suffering a number of foals already.
- 82' FC Porto manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Loader is hanging Andre Franco on the field on 82 minute.
- 83' Jorge Sanchez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zaidu Sanusi on 83 minute.
- 84' Francisco Conceicao is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
- 89' FC Porto is showing some good football. However, FC Porto are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for FC Porto players.
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Lineups
FC Porto Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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12
Zaidu Sanusi ↓ Jorge Sanchez 83'
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30
Evanilson ↓ Fran Navarro 83'
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- 22
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20
Andre Franco ↓ Daniel Namaso 82'
Bench
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19
Daniel Namaso ↑ 82'
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- 14
- 2
- 29
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21
Fran Navarro ↑ 83'
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15
Jorge Sanchez ↑ 83'
- 28
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Francisco Conceicao ↑ 68'
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Coach Sergio ConceicaoRoyal Antwerp FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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5
Owen Wijndal ↓ Kobe Corbanie 69'
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7
Gyrano Kerk ↓ Chidera Ejuke 75'
- 24
- 2
- 91
- 8
- 10
- 44
- 33
- 48
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Bench
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18
Vincent Janssen ↑ 75'
- 26
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34
Jelle Bataille ↑ 46'
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19
Chidera Ejuke ↑ 75'
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11
Arbnor Muja ↑ 69'
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Kobe Corbanie ↑ 69'
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Coach Mark van Bommel -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Evanilson 4 Alhassan Yusuf 1 Stephen Eustaquio 1 Pepe 1 FC Porto Form
Royal Antwerp FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.75 FC Porto xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.83 Royal Antwerp FC xGI would bet for: FC Porto to win 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Porto winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.58Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
FC Porto or Draw 84%Draw or Royal Antwerp FC 40%FC Porto or Royal Antwerp FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Porto win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.5%1 – 1 11.8%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 9.5%2 – 1 9.3%3 – 0 6.5%3 – 1 5.5%0 – 1 5.4%1 – 2 4.4%2 – 2 3.9%4 – 0 2.8%0 – 2 2.5%Asian Handicap — FC Porto
Handicap FC Porto covers Push Royal Antwerp FC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 18% 67% -1.5 33% — 67% -1 33% 24% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 11% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
FC Porto keeps clean sheet 44% ✗Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.