Coach Enzo Maresca once helped Chelsea win the Conference League in the 2024-2025 season. After that, he led the London team through 6 Champions League matches in the second half of 2025, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Among them was a 3-0 victory over Barcelona.
The Citizens started the season with a 0-3 defeat to Arsenal in the English Super Cup match. However, Maresca's team quickly responded with a 3-match winning streak in the Premier League against Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Coventry City.
On the other side, Porto returned to the Champions League after 2 years of absence. The last time the Portuguese team participated in the tournament was in the 2023-2024 season, when they were eliminated by Arsenal in the round of 16 after a penalty shootout.
This is Porto's 28th time participating in the Champions League group stage. Only Bayern Munich with 30 times, Real Madrid and Barcelona with the same 31 times have more participation times.
The away team is also in very good form under Francesco Farioli. After defeating Torreense 1-0 in the Portuguese Super Cup, they won all 5 of their first matches in Primeira Liga, scoring 11 goals and conceding only 1 goal against Alverca, Rio Ave, Arouca, Viseu and Moreirense.
However, head-to-head history is not on Porto's side. The Portuguese team has never defeated Man City in an official match.
In the last 4 encounters in European competitions, Porto lost 3 matches and only had 1 draw. That draw took place in December 2020 in the Champions League group stage with a score of 0-0.
Link to watch Porto - Man City match live:
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