Leicester City vs Porto 27/9 – Betting Tips Champions League
Leicester Aim to Build on Great Start
LEAGUE: Champions League
GAME: Leicester City vs Porto
LOCATION: King Power Stadium
DATE: Tuesday 27/9
TIME: 20:45
This will be the first time Leicester City and Porto have met in a competitive competition.
The second round of fixtures in Champions League Group G, sees Porto travel to England, to play Premier League champions, Leicester City. Claudio Ranieri will be delighted with how his team have started their first ever Champions League campaign, as they defeated Club Brugge 3-0 away from home. The early goal gave them the confidence to play their own game and they picked Brugge off a couple of times as the match went on, to seal the points.
Things did not start so well for Porto, as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Copenhagen. Having opened the scoring through Otavio after 13 minutes, the home fans were expecting to see their team push on and claim a comfortable victory. However, Copenhagen had other ideas and just 7 minutes into the second half, the Danes equalised and saw the match out, to claim an unlikely point.
Tips
We have looked closely at the following aspects of this match, which offer good betting value:
- Winner
- Result and Both Teams to Score
- Winning Margin
Leicester Strong at Home
Leicester City will be buoyed by their first match in the Champions League and will be looking forward to playing in-front of their home fans in the competition for the first time. Leicester have lost only 1 of their last 19 matches at the King Power Stadium and although Porto have a good away record in the Champions League, Leicester have the edge.
Game Tip: Leicester to Win is 2.25 at 888sport
Porto an Attacking Threat
Although Leicester are favourites to take maximum points from this match, Porto should not be underestimated following their 1-1 draw at home with Copenhagen. In their last 10 matches away from home in the Champions League, Porto have scored in all but one of them and will really test Kasper Schmeichel in the Leicester goal.
Game Tip: Leicester to Win and Both Teams to Score is 4.7 at 888sport
A Good Outside Bet
Leicester got their Champions League campaign off to the much better start but one glance at Porto’s away record in the competition, gives them a glimmer of hope. If the Portuguese club can get the first goal of the game, they could go on to win the game by a couple of goals, as they have done recently in Roma, Maccabi Tel Aviv and BATE.
Game Tip: Porto to Win by 2 Goals is 11 at Ladbrokes
