Porto vs Barcelona match facts

Porto and Barcelona will be jostling for early supremacy in UEFA Champions League Group H as they meet in Portugal with both looking to build on Matchday 1 victories.

While Porto were beating Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 in Hamburg, Galeno scoring twice, two goals from Portuguese international João Félix were helping Barcelona open with a 5-0 victory at home to Belgian title holders Antwerp.

Previous meetings 

Porto wins 3
Barcelona wins 5
Porto goals 9
Barcelona goals 15

The sides' last meeting came in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup in Monaco, Barcelona claiming the trophy for the fourth time with a 2-0 victory courtesy of goals late in each half from Lionel Messi (39) and Cesc Fàbregas (88). Porto ended with nine men after late red cards for Rolando and Fredy Guarín.

That made it four successive victories against Porto for Barça, who had lost three of the teams' first four meetings.

Porto won home (3-1) and away (1-0) in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup first round, and also triumphed 3-1 at home in the 1985/86 European Cup second round second leg – but lost the tie on away goals having gone down 2-0 in Spain.

Barcelona were 3-0 winners at home to Porto in the one-off Champions League semi-final in 1993/94, Hristo Stoichkov scoring twice in the first half and Ronald Koeman wrapping up the win in the second.

Barcelona beat Porto 4-2 at home and 2-0 away in the 1999/2000 Champions League second group stage, Rivaldo scoring twice in the first game – when Frank de Boer and Patrick Kluivert were also on target and Mário Jardel got two for the visitors – and once in the second.

Form guide

Porto

Record vs Spanish clubs: W17 D6 L26 F59 A74
Home record vs Spanish clubs: W11 D3 L9

Porto have been paired with Atlético de Madrid in the group stage in each of the last two campaigns, losing 3-1 at home in 2021/22 but winning 2-1 on Matchday 6 last season.

The Dragons have won five of their last seven games against Spanish visitors, losing the other two – both to Atlético.

Porto are appearing in the Champions League group stage for the 27th time, level with Bayern München and one behind the competition record held by Barcelona and Real Madrid.

This is the Portuguese club's 12th appearance in the last 13 seasons, with five of their last six campaigns having extended into the knockout rounds.

The Dragons were edged out by eventual runners-up Inter in the 2022/23 round of 16, losing 1-0 in Milan before a 0-0 draw in Portugal. Porto had finished first in Group B ahead of Club Brugge, Bayer Leverkusen and Atlético de Madrid.

The Matchday 1 victory against Shakhtar made it 13 Porto wins in their last 29 matches in the Champions League proper (D4 L12).

A 4-0 Matchday 2 loss to Club Brugge last season is one of only three defeats in Porto's last 14 home games in the Champions League group stage, with ten victories in that sequence.

Porto were European champions in 1987 and 2004. They are the only Portuguese side to reach the Champions League final.

Barcelona

Record vs Portuguese clubs: W17 D5 L7 F50 A26
Away record vs Portuguese clubs: W5 D3 L5

Barcelona's last games against Portuguese opponents came in the 2021/22 group stage, when they lost 3-0 at Benfica on Matchday 2 before a goalless draw at the Camp Nou on Matchday 5. Those results played a decisive role as they finished third in the section behind the Lisbon club.

The defeat at Benfica ended the Blaugrana's 16-match unbeaten run against Portuguese opponents, home and away (W13 D3), since a 1-0 loss at Belenenses in the 1987/88 UEFA Cup first round.

This is Barcelona's 28th Champions League group stage campaign, a competition record they share with Real Madrid. They have featured every season since 2003/04.

Barcelona have twice won the European Cup at Wembley, the venue for this season's final; they beat Sampdoria 1-0 after extra time in 1992 to take the trophy for the first time, and also defeated Manchester United 3-1 in 2011.

The five-time European champions reached the quarter-finals or better every season between 2007/08 and 2019/20, winning the title in 2009, 2011 and 2015, but have failed to make the round of 16 in each of the last two campaigns.

Xavi's side were third in their section for the second season running in 2022/23, winning only two of their six games – both against Viktoria Plzeň – and losing three to finish behind Bayern München and eventual runners-up Inter Milan. Barcelona failed to score in three of their Group C games.

Barça's subsequent UEFA Europa League campaign lasted only one tie, Manchester United eliminating them 4-3 on aggregate (2-2 h, 1-2 a) in the knockout round play-offs.

Barça have won only 13 of their last 31 away matches in European competition (D9 L9), although they were unbeaten in eight (W5 D3) before losing at Benfica on Matchday 2 in 2021/22. Their away record since is W4 D1 L4.

The Catalan club claimed their 27th Liga title, and a first for four seasons, in 2022/23, finishing ten points ahead of Real Madrid at the top of the standings.

Links and trivia

Nico González joined Porto from Barcelona this summer. Having signed for Barça in 2013, he made his first-team debut in August 2021, going on to play 37 games in all competitions that season, scoring twice. He spent 2022/23 on loan at Valencia, scoring once in 26 La Liga games.

Have also played in Spain:
Pepe (Real Madrid 2007-2017)
Iván Marcano (Racing Club 2006–09, Villarreal 2009/10, Getafe 2010/11)
Iván Jaime (Málaga 2018–20)
Fran Navarro (Valencia 2014-21)
Toni Martínez (Valencia B 2013–16, Valladolid 2017/18, Rayo Majadahonda 2018, Lugo 2019)

Pepe was part of the Madrid side that won the UEFA Champions League in 2013/14, 2015/16 and 2016/17, the 2014 UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2014 and 2016, and also added three Liga titles and two Copas del Rey during his time in Spain.

Have played in Portugal:
Raphinha (Vitoria SC 2015–18, Sporting CP 2018–19)
João Félix (Benfica 2015–19)
João Cancelo (Benfica 2007–14)

João Félix, who was part of the Porto youth academy between 2008 and 2015 before moving to Benfica, scored against the Dragons in Benfica's 2-1 away victory on 2 March 2019.

Raphinha faced Porto seven times while playing in Portugal and never won, drawing three and losing four of those matches. He did score in a 4-2 defeat for Vitoria SC in January 2018, and two of those draws ended up with Raphinha lifting trophies, his Sporting side beating Porto in penalty shoot-outs in the finals of both the League Cup and the Portuguese Cup in 2018/19.

Cancelo's only Portuguese Liga match for Benfica came against Porto, a 2-1 defeat at the Estádio do Dragão on the final day of the 2013/14 season with the Lisbon side already crowned champions.

International team-mates:
João Cancelo, João Félix & Pepe, Diogo Costa (Portugal)

Ferrán Torres scored both goals for Spain in a 2-0 win against a Portugal side featuring Porto's João Mario in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final.

Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munchen beat Porto 6-1 in the second leg of the 2014/15 Champions League quarter-finals.

İlkay Gündoğan found the net in Manchester City's 3-1 home win against Porto on Matchday 1 of the 2020/21 Champions League.

Wendell was in the Bayer Leverkusen side that lost 2-1 in Barcelona before a 1-1 home draw in the 2015/16 Champions League group stage. Sergi Roberto scored Barcelona's equaliser at the Camp Nou.

Andreas Christensen was in the Chelsea side that won 2-0 in Porto in the 2020/21 Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Porto coach Sérgio Conceição came off the bench in Inter's 0-0 draw against Barcelona in Milan in the 2002/03 Champions League second Group stage. Xavi played the 90 minutes for the visitors.

Vítor Baía and Deco won European trophies with both clubs and are now part of the board of directors at Porto and Barcelona respectively.

Latest news

Porto

Summer transfers
In: Fran Navarro (Gil Vicente), Nico González (Barcelona), Alan Varela (Boca Juniors), Jorge Sánchez (Ajax, loan), Iván Jaime (Famalicão), Francisco Conceição (Ajax, loan)

Out: Diogo Leite (Union Berlin), Mateus Uribe (Al-Sadd), Fernando Andrade (Casa Pia), Wilson Manafá (released), Nanu (Samsunspor), Mamadou Loum (Al Raed, loan), Rodrigo Conceição (Zürich), Otávio (Al-Nassr), Carraça (released)

Porto suffered their first league defeat of the season on Friday, going down 1-0 at Benfica in a game in which they were reduced to ten men from the 19th minute thanks to Fábio Cardoso's red card.

That ended Porto's seven-match unbeaten run in all competition (W6 D1).

The Dragons won five of their first six league matches this season, drawing the other 1-1 at home to Arouca on 3 September.

Stephen Eustáquio scored an added-time goal to earn a 2-1 home win against Gil Vicente on 23 September.

Summer signing Iván Jaime scored his first goal for Porto in that same match.

Four of Porto's five wins in the Portuguese Liga have been secured with stoppage-time goals.

Sérgio Conceição's side started their season by losing 2-0 against Benfica in the Portuguese Super Cup on 9 August, with captain Pepe sent off late on.

Pepe was a late withdrawal for the match against Gil Vicente due to a calf injury and also missed the Benfica match on Friday.

Iván Marcano injured his right knee during the 1-0 win at Estrela da Amadora on 15 September and was diagnosed with a damaged cruciate ligament, meaning he will be sidelined for several months.

Marcano was named the Portuguese Liga's defender of the month for August.

On 28 August, aged 40 years 183 days, Pepe became the oldest outfield player to feature in the Portuguese top flight against Rio Ave.

João Mário made his 100th Porto appearance in a 1-1 home draw against Arouca on 3 September.

Porto will face Estoril and Leixões in Group D of the Portuguese League Cup. The holders' first match, away to Estoril, will take place on 6 December.

Barcelona

Summer transfers
In: İlkay Gündoğan (Man City), Iñigo Martínez (Athletic Club), Oriol Romeu (Girona), João Félix (Atlético, on loan), João Cancelo (Man City, on loan)

Out: Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami), Jordi Alba (Inter Miami), Pablo Torre (Girona, on loan), Francisco Trincão (Sporting CP, buy option undertaken), Samuel Umtiti (LOSC Lille), Chadi Riad (Betis, on loan), Àlex Collado (Betis), Nico González (Oporto), Julián Araujo (Las Palmas, on loan), Franck Kessie (Al-Ahli), Ousmane Dembélé (Paris), Sergiño Dest (PSV, on loan), Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa, on loan), Ansu Fati (Brighton, on loan), Eric García (Girona, on loan), Ez Abde (Betis)

Aged 16 years 68 days, Lamine Yamal became the second youngest player in UEFA Champions League history on Matchday 1 and is behind only Youssoufa Moukoko (16 years 18 days). Yamal took Ansu Fati's record (16 years 321 days) as the youngest Barcelona player to appear in the competition.

Barcelona's La Liga record this season is W6 D2. A Sergio Ramos own goal gave them a 1-0 home win against Sevilla on Friday.

A 3-2 home win against Celta Vigo on 23 September made it six straight wins in all competitions.

Three days later Xavi Hernández's side dropped points for the first time since the opening day of the Liga season, drawing 2-2 at Mallorca.

Robert Lewandowski is Barcelona's top scorer with five goals in eight La Liga games. He has six in his last seven club matches in all competitions.

João Félix has scored three goals in his last five games for Barcelona, including two against Antwerp on Matchday 1.

Academy graduate Fermín López scored his first Liga goal against Mallorca.

Raphinha went off injured shortly before half-time on Friday.

Frenkie de Jong is facing a spell on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury against Celta.

Pedri has been out since August with an injury to his right hamstring.

Ronald Araújo returned to action against Celta having been sidelined since 13 August with a muscle injury.

Yamal became Spain's youngest player and scorer, aged 16 years 57 days in a 7-1 win at home to Georgia on 8 September. He is also the youngest EURO goalscorer, beating Gareth Bale's record (17 years 83 days).

İlkay Gündoğan and Lewandowski are on the shortlist of 30 Ballon d'Or nominees with the winner to be announced on 30 October.

Pedri, Gavi and Alejandro Balde are nominated for the Kopa Award for the best young player while Marc-André ter Stegen is among the nominees for the Yashin Award for best goalkeeper.