Match Report
13 points and 2 places separated them: Liverpool 1st with 18, Porto 3rd with 5. Porto had been under-performing their position — 23rd on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Liverpool were scoring 2.83 and conceding 1, Porto 0.67 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Porto in 8 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Liverpool 5, draws 2, Porto 0, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host.
Anfield in Liverpool staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,725. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.