This will only be the seventh meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City in their history; the French giants boast a pretty underwhelming record in this fixture (W1 D2 L3).
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PSG extended their unbeaten streak to seven games, winning five of them, with a 3-1 victory over Nantes, though the Parisian giants have only won two of their last six away games and have also lost their last two visits to the Etihad.
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Man City have netted at least twice in ten of their last twelve Champions League games while they have kept a clean sheet in all three of their last three home games against PSG.
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Liverpool vs Porto
Despite having had to deal with threats from AC Milan and Atletico Madrid along the way, Liverpool have done exceptionally well to cruise through to the Round of 16. The Reds booked their place in the next stage with a 2-0 win over Atleti earlier this month. Having lost their subsequent match to West Ham United in the Premier League, they bounced back in style to beat Arsenal 4-0 this past weekend and will be looking to carry that momentum forward.
Porto, meanwhile, are second in the group, with five points from four games. The Portuguese giants have picked up just one win in Europe this term – a 1-0 victory over AC Milan last month. Following that, they were held to a 1-1 draw by the Rossoneri in the previous game. With third-placed Atletico Madrid just a point shy, Sergio Conceicao’s men will be gunning for all three points at Anfield ahead of their showdown against Atleti on the final matchday.
The reverse fixture played at Estadio do Dragao saw Liverpool annihilate FC Porto 5-1 with their terrific trio of Mohamed Salah (2), Roberto Firmino (2) and Sadio Mane getting into the goalscoring act.
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Liverpool vs Porto team news
Jordan Henderson and Andy Robertson are not necessarily injured but may not start with the frantic festive fixture schedule in mind.
While there could be changes, Klopp has stressed that any team he sets out will be one capable of winning the game and was keen to talk up the respect he has for the competition.
“We always respect the competition and but we have to think about ourselves, our schedule and the situation of our players first,” he said.
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Liverpool are unbeaten in their nine meetings with FC Porto in European competition (W6 D3), with five of those games coming during Jürgen Klopp’s reign (W4 D1).
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This will be the fifth time that FC Porto have travelled to face Liverpool at Anfield in European competition, while they’ve lost three of their previous four (D1) and only scored one goal. That lone strike came in a 4-1 defeat in November 2007 under Jesualdo Ferreira.
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Should Liverpool avoid defeat in this game, FC Porto will be the first side they’ve faced on 10 occasions in European competition without suffering a single loss (currently W6 D3 in nine meetings).
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FC Porto have only won one of their 22 away games against English teams in European competition (D3 L18), however that victory did come in their most recent one - 1-0 v Chelsea in the quarter-final second leg last season. The Portuguese side have only scored two goals in their last nine away games versus English opposition.
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Liverpool have only lost two of their 23 home games in the UEFA Champions League under Jürgen Klopp (W16 D5). Among managers to have taken charge of 20+ home games in charge of a club in the competition, Liverpool under Klopp are one of only four sides to have lost fewer than 10% of their home games (along with Barcelona under Frank Rijkaard, Juventus under Marcello Lippi and Barcelona under Pep Guardiola).
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Mbappe scores to give PSG the lead at the Etihad 
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Kylian Mbappé’s last 11 apps for club & country:
v Belgium
v Spain
v Angers
v RB Leipzig
v Marseille
v RB Leipzig
v Bordeaux
v Kazakhstan
v Finland
v Nantes
v Man City
What. A. Player.
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Raheem Sterling’s last 3 appearances for Manchester City:
vs Club Brugge
vs Everton
vs Paris Saint-Germain
This is the first time he’s scored in three consecutive matches for The Citizens since February! 
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Only four players have scored in all of their first five Champions League appearances.
Sebastian Haller
Erling Haaland
Diego Costa
Alessandro Del Piero
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530 teams have competed in the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo has more UCL goals than 488 of them 
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