FC Porto v Arsenal: What the stats say

Arsenal are bidding to end a record run of seven successive Uefa Champions League round of 16 defeats as they travel to the Estádio do Dragão to take on a Porto side who themselves have not progressed beyond this stage since 2020/21. Catch the action live on SuperSport.

The Gunners, in their first Champions League campaign for seven seasons, lost in the last 16 in every campaign between 2010/11 and 2016/17, their last aggregate victory at this juncture coming at Porto's expense in 2009/10.

Arsenal are in the round of 16 for the 15th time, one more than Porto and behind only Real Madrid (21), Bayern München (20), Barcelona (18) and Chelsea (17). The London club's nine losses at this stage is a Champions League record.

Mikel Arteta's side picked up 13 points in this season's group stage to finish four above runners-up PSV Eindhoven in Group B. Porto managed only one point fewer in Group H but missed out on top spot by virtue of their head-to-head record against Barcelona, who beat them twice.

MATCH FACTS

FC Porto have been eliminated from seven of their eight Uefa Champions League knockout ties against English opposition, with the exception being a round of 16 victory over Manchester United en route to winning the trophy in 2003-04.

Arsenal have won all three of their home Uefa Champions League games against FC Porto by an aggregate score of 11-0, but are winless in all three away games (D1 L2).

The last time Arsenal got past the round of 16 in the Uefa Champions League, they did so by beating FC Porto 6-2 on aggregate in the 2009-10 campaign. Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick at the Emirates for the Gunners in that tie.

Each of the last five teams to eliminate FC Porto from the Uefa Champions League in the knockout rounds of