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Possession after 20

Arsenal 42-57 Porto.

Sérgio Conceição's side still bossing possession

Goal flash!

Barcelona 2-0 Napoli

Cancelo and Lopez have the Catalan side in control.

Porto chance !

Evanilson is gifted a stray header and the striker flashes the ball just wide of the Arsenal goal.

A foul throw which is a bit of a collectors item at this level is not given by the French referee.

Arsenal starting to secure a foothold on the action now as Porto are pressed deep.

We've yet to see Rice and Odegaard start to get a grip of the game ... the former West Ham man needs to watch his step as a further yellow would see him suspended should the Gunners advance.

Possession after ten

Arsenal 38-62 Porto (%)

Incredible to see Pepe still going at the ripe old age of 41!

Still captaining the Porto side and full of running so far.

Porto in no hurry to take their throw-ins and kick-outs... that too will be a pattern of the game whilst the scoreline remains at 0-0 and the policy gets a round 'boo' from the Arsenal fans.

Ben White nods over after Wendell leaves a marker on Saka.

Arsenal holding the ball and this will certainly be the pattern of the game.

Don't forget, Arsenal have to win, a draw would see Porto progress and any one goal margin win would see the tie being resolved with extra time.

Arsenal in their classic red and white, Porto too in their blue and white stripes, blue shorts and off we go.

Clement Turpin (France) is our match official tonight in North London.

No rain forecast with a crisp 13C-55F temperature.

Flares blaze from the FC Porto end and that will ensure a UEFA fine for the Portuguese side !

Nervous anticipation on the faces of the 22 players as the Champions League anthem plays over the stadium PA.

The teams tale to the pitch at the Emirates.

Kicking off at the same tonight in the Catalan capital is FC Barcelona taking on Napoli with that game tied at 1-1 from the first leg.

We'll bring you the goal news and HT & FT from Montjuic.

Who can forget the famous FC Porto side under Jose Mourinho who lifted the Champions League trophy in Germany with a 3-0 win over Monaco in 2004.

The Dragoes became the last side outside of the 'big' Euro leagues (Germany, Spain, Germany & Italy) to scoop Europe's biggest domestic footballing prize.

Full house at the Emirates Stadium with all 60,000 seats sold out.

3,500 away fans roughly have made the journey from Portugal and other parts of Europe hoping that the Dragoes can pull off a shock and dump the Premier League leaders out of the Champions League,

ARS-FCP: recent meetings

Both the Gunners and the Dragons have met five times in the Champions League since 2008 with the Portuguese outfit recording three wins to the two of Arsenal. 

Arsenal shirts at the ready

As the teams begin their pre-game warm-up routine, tonight's match jerseys are primed for action.

The good news for Arsenal fans is the return to the squad of Tomiyasu after recovering from his injury.

Impressive rearguard record from the Gunners

Arsenal have seven clean sheets in their last eight UEFA competition matches at home.

Porto fans creating a pre-game racket

The Travelling blue and white FC Porto fans are making plenty of noise as they await the arrival of the teams for the pre-Game warm-up drill.

...and for those who like traditional team sheets

.... UK based journalist Henry Winter is on hand with the UEFA distributed team sheet.

Arsenal XI confirmed

Kai Havertz, Saka and Trossard form the attack for Arsenal with Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice set to pull the strings in the heart of midfield.

Porto XI named

Sérgio Conceição has named his side with veteran Pepe the cornerstone of the defence and all eyes on striker Evanilson.

Team news should be with us in the next five minutes with sides having to submit to UEFA their starting XI's at least 60 minutes prior to kick-off.

Porto on track for UEL

Should Porto finish third in the Portuguese league, a place in the 2024-25 UEFA Europa League would await.

The Dragons need to finish in the top two, or indeed win this year's competition to secure Champions League football next season with the new 'Swiss Model' set to be employed by UEFA.

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Porto in blue and white

With betting firms banned from bearing sponsorship on jerseys in UEFA games, the Dragons have been forced to amend Betano for Herois.PT on their shirt ... the 'Heroes' initiative is sponsored by ... Betano....

Circumnavigating I believe it's called with the run of the Herois.PT shirts selling out !  

Porto fans present in London

Plenty of FC Porto fans have made the trip to the English capital as the supporters make their way to the Emirates Stadium hoping for a positive result and passage into the quarerfinals.

One yellow card away from UCL suspension

The following players will need to watch their step tonight with a further yellow card ensuring suspension and missing the next round/next UEFA match.

Francisco Conceição (FC Porto)

Joao Mario (FC Porto)

Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Pepê (FC Porto)

ARS-FCP: injury news

Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli picked up a foot injury in a 6-0 victory over Sheffield United on March 4 and has not featured since then and is not expected to feature tonight.

Jurrien Timber is still out as he recovers from his early season ACL tear with Japanese player Tomiyasu a doubt.

Zaidu and Marcano are the long term absentees for the Portuguese side.

Arsenal-Porto: global kick-off times

What time is the Champions League clash where you are in the world ?

Those nice folk at the Arsenal social media dpt. have created this handy guide.

Porto are somewhat off the pace in the Primeira Liga but were delivered a huge boost as they destroyed arch rivals Benfica with a 5-0 home win at Do Dragao.

Sérgio Conceição's men trail table topping Sporting by seven points with nine games remaining in the season.

Apart from the defeat in Northern Portugal two weeks ago, the Gunners have been flying in the Premier League with their last domestic loss coming in early January in the FA Cup at the hands of Liverpool. 

Mikel Arteta's men top the Premier League table with just ten Games to play in the 2023-24 season.

What time does Arsenal vs Porto start?

Tonight's Champions League Game at the Emirates Stadium in London gets underway at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

The Portuguese side come into the Game with a 1-0 lead following a late goal from Galeno at the Estadio do Dragâo.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Champions League Round of 16 second leg clash as Arsenal face FC Porto.