Arsenal vs Porto lineups, starting 11, team news for UEFA Champions League Round of 16: Martinelli to return?

Dom Farrell

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Arsenal are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League but have a fight on their hands to stay in Champions League contention.

The Gunners were frustrated during the first leg of their Round of 16 clash with Porto before Galeno scored a superb winner for the hosts deep into stoppage time.

It was an unusually shot-shy performance from Mikel Arteta's side, who have been in free-scoring form domestically over recent weeks.

They will hope to bring that form to bear against Porto and banish an awful record at this stage of the Champions League.

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Arsenal vs Porto lineups, starting 11s, team news

Arteta recalled David Raya to the starting XI after the goalkeeper was ineligible to face his parent club in the 2-1 Premier League weekend win over Brentford.

Gabriel Martinelli remains out with a foot injury, while fellow Brazil attacker Gabriel Jesus is among the substitutes with fit-again defensive duo Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Arsenal (4-3-3, right to left): Raya (GK) — White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior — Rice, Jorginho, Odegaard — Saka, Havertz, Trossard.

  • Injured: Timber, Martinelli
  • Suspended: None.

Mehdi Taremi could add extra firepower to the Porto attack after returning from a thigh complaint to take a place on the bench.

Left-back Wendell has recovered from the knock that forced him off during the first leg. meaning Sergio Conceicao has been able to go with the same XI that started the initial match.

Porto (4-2-3-1, right to left): Costa (GK) — Mario, Pepe, Otavio, Wendell — Valera, Gonzalez — Conceicao, Pepe, Galeno — Evanilson.

  • Injured: Sanusi, Marcano, Veron
  • Suspended: None.

Arsenal vs Porto live stream, TV channel

Here's how to watch this Champions League match across selected areas of the world's major regions:

Region TV Streaming
USA — Paramount+,
ViX, 
Canada —

DAZN
UK TNT Sports 1 discovery+
India — JioTV, Sony LIV

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ViX is the place to go for Spanish) subscribers.

Canada: Every Champions League game streams live on DAZN.

UK: This match will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and streamed on discovery+.

India: JioTV and Sony LIV are the live streaming options for this game.

Dom Farrell

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.