Arsenal could be favorites to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday evening, however there shall be work for them to do on the Emirates Stadium as they bid to beat a 1-0 first leg deficit to Porto. Galeno’s beautiful strike in added time inflicted defeats on the Premier League leaders within the Estadio do Dragao final month and has Mikel Arteta’s facet going through the very actual prospect of an eighth straight exit from the spherical of 16 in Europe’s premier membership competitors.

Nonetheless, they’ve responded to their first leg setback in model, successful all three Premier League video games since by an mixture margin of 12-2. Porto, nonetheless, have discovered type of their very own as nicely and crushed rivals Benfica 5-0 earlier this month. Right here is how one can watch the match and what you’ll want to know:

Viewing data

• Date: Tuesday, March 12 | Time: 4 p.m. ET
• Location: Emirates Stadium — London
• Watch: Paramount+
• Odds: Arsenal -500; Draw: +550; Porto +1200

Storylines

Arsenal: A house spherical of 16 tie on this competitors is often sufficient to deliver the Emirates Stadium trustworthy out in nervous rashes. Earlier than their six yr absence from this competitors, the likes of Bayern Munich and Barcelona would normally roll into city to crush Arsene Wenger’s spirits, his stadium often empty lengthy earlier than the ultimate whistle had been blown. Arteta has made it his mission to vary the ambiance in a fanbase whose help he’ll want in what may nicely be a making an attempt encounter with a Porto facet not averse to a little bit of sportsmanship.

“For 96 minutes deliver your vitality, deliver your noise and let’s do it collectively,” stated Arteta. “I believe the impression they [the supporters] could make tomorrow is unbelievable. I do not suppose that they actually understand, so we want that noise and we want them enjoying each single ball with us.”

His facet’s process shall be all of the more durable with Gabriel Martinelli set to overlook out with a reduce on his foot that’s but to heal. Takehiro Tomiyasu may return to strengthen protection whereas there may be the opportunity of Gabriel Jesus beginning after two appearances off the bench since overcoming his newest knee problem.

Porto: Sergio Conceicao’s males are as spectacular as any workforce with regards to the darkish arts and the primary leg noticed them showcase some distinctive cynicism, drawing 19 fouls from the Gunners and creating the higher of the probabilities even earlier than Galeno’s one in 100 winner. It appears they may work to repeat that trick in London.

“The gamers should be pleased with what they did [in Porto],” stated Conceicao. “There was little time to work, however there was numerous willpower. The workforce understood completely the areas they needed to step into to situation our opponents and in addition what we needed to do up entrance to harm them. It was a great recreation, a Champions League recreation. Our opponents had extra of the ball, however Porto have been all the time extra harmful.”

Prediction

You would not comprehend it from their first leg efficiency however Arsenal have been top-of-the-line groups in Europe and, in the event that they play at something like their potential stage, they need to have few issues overturning their deficit. PICK: Arsenal 2, Porto 0