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Porto vs Rangers predictions: Hosts to cruise to straightforward win

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Joe CaseyJoe Casey
Francesco Farioli's Porto will hope to secure a top-eight finish in the Europa League league phase.
Francesco Farioli's Porto will hope to secure a top-eight finish in the Europa League league phase.
  • Porto have won ten of their last 11 games

  • Rangers have lost six of their last seven European away games

  • Recommended bet: Porto to win to nil

Rangers are already eliminated from the Europa League knockout stages and, with the Scottish Premiership title race heating up, expect Danny Rohl to have his eye on domestic matters rather than this final league phase match.

Visitors Porto, on the other hand, can give themselves a good chance of finishing in the top eight with a win here, they are currently ninth in the table after picking up 14 points from their first seven matches.

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Team news

Neuhen Perez and Tomas Perez are both out, while Luuk de Jong is a doubt for Porto and Thiago Silva is unavailable after signing for the Portuguese side earlier this month.

Connor Barron, Derek Cornelius, Dujon Sterling, Bailey Rice and John Souttar are ruled out for Rangers, while Youssef Chermiti is a doubt and recent signings Andreas Skov Olsen, Tuur Rommens and Tochi Chukwuani are ineligible.

Djeidi Gassama could be left out as transfer speculation swirls around the winger.

The stats

Porto have been dominant in recent weeks, winning six of their last seven games without conceding.

They have made a habit of grinding out results, five of their last six matches have gone under 2.5 goals and three of their last five matches have ended as 1-0 wins.

The hosts have won all three of their home games in this competition too.

Rangers have lost five of their seven league phase games with goals hard to come by, their 1-0 win over Ludogorets last week was just their fourth time finding the net.

The Light Blues are on a run of five clean sheets in a row in all competitions, however.

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Prediction

Porto have been in fine form recently and are fancied to bounce back from the disappointment of a 1-1 draw with Viktoria Plzen last week by beating Gers without conceding.

With his team already eliminated and the Scottish title race well and truly alive, expect Rohl to field a weakened side who may struggle to lay a glove on their hosts.

Porto's exemplary defensive record has seen them win six of their last seven games without conceding and a repeat of that is fancied against the Light Blues.

Francesco Farioli's men beat Nice 3-0 here earlier in the league phase and, with the visitors having their eyes on other prizes, this should be a comfortable win for the Dragons.

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