Porto vs. Barcelona Betting Tips: 19/2 anytime goalscorer selection features

A set of previous Champions League winners meet in Group H on Wednesday as Porto host Barcelona at the Estadio do Dragao in Portugal.

Both of these teams got off to flying starts in Gameweek 1 of the competition: Porto cruised past Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 and Barcelona blitzed Antwerp 5-0 at their temporary home.

Neither of this pair top their domestic league charts, but they've had reasonably positive starts to the season. Goals have been somewhat of a commodity for Sergio Conceicao's men, who've scored just 10 in seven games, but still boast five wins from seven and just a solitary loss in the Primeira Liga.

Meanwhile, the defending La Liga champions find themselves a point behind eternal rivals Real Madrid. Xavi's team remain undefeated, but draws with Getafe and Mallorca have prevented them from claiming top spot seven games into the new campaign.

Xavi has turned Barcelona's recent squabbles right around, moulding a team firmly in his image, and one that is quite a formidable opponent for any of Europe's elite.

As mentioned, Barca are unbeaten at the moment, winning seven and drawing two of their nine matches in the 2023/24 campaign.

In those games this line has landed six times, including the 5-0 drubbing of Antwerp two weeks ago on match day 1.

The level of competition for Porto makes this particular bet difficult to gauge, but despite that and the Portuguese's home advantage, we fancy the away side to dominate proceedings.

They've faced Benfica - last year's Primeira Liga champions - twice already, suffering a defeat on both occasions and allowing Roger Schmidt's side 15 or more shots in each of the two head-to-heads.

As our long shot we're siding with Joao Cancelo to score in a match we're predicting Barcelona to win convincingly.

Partly a price play - Unibet aren't too shy of almost double the odds than Betfair who go with a lowly 11/2 for the same selection - and partly someone who could contribute more in front of goal than ever before in Xavi's team.

Despite his 20 goals in 387 appearances, there are signs of him evolving into more of a prominent threat in front of goal at Barcelona. He's scored two goals already this season, and provided an attacking return in three of the five La Liga matches he's featured in.

Last time out in the Champions League he registered a shot on target vs Antwerp - available at 2/1 with bet365 for this match for those who are interested - and as we've seen during his time at Man City under Pep Guardiola, the marauding full-back loves to contribute offensively whenever possible.