FC Porto v Manchester City Betting Tips February 16th 2012

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FC Porto

FC Porto did not manage to handle Champions League, without top striker Falcao and manager Villas-Boas and finished third in Group G. The team managed to stay unbeaten at home, recording one victory over Shakhtar Donetsk with 2:1 and two draw games against APOEL and Zenit. Their inability to do well away from Portugal however, caused them to lose a lot of points and acquire a total of eight in six games. FC Porto has met English opposition 28 times, record W6 D8 L14 (W6 D6 L2 at home). The team has no away victory in England, therefore this first match is quite important if they want to advance in the next round. Striker Hulk, is favored by the books as first goalscorer priced at 6.00 or to score at anytime @ 2.40

Manchester City

Manchester City, much like Manchester United failed to advance from Group A, where Bayern Munich and Napoli surpassed them. The Citizens managed to get a total of 10 points in 6 games, losing two of the three away games. Despite their great performance in Premier League, the team could not transfer the great synchrony in Europe. This is the third time City reaches Round of 32, in four seasons, managing to eliminate FC København in 2008/9 and Aris in 2010/11. A lot is expected from City’s strikers on Thursday night, Aguero priced as first goal scorer @ 6.00 or at anytime @ 2.40 followed by Edin Dzeko priced to score at anytime @ 2.75.