As football games go, these four sides have little in common.
Different styles, different approaches.
Yet, they are all winners in their own right and deserve to be on Europe’s leading stage.
While betting odds suggest only Juventus have a realistic chance of progressing to the latter stages of the competition, my advice to sports betting fans would be to take a closer look at Sevilla.
FC Porto vs Juventus
It’s long been a two-horse race in Portugal with FC Porto and arch rivals Benfica the only sides in the hunt for the title.
Now, can Porto follow their lead and defeat supposedly superior opposition in Europe (Benfica edged out Borussia Dortmund in their first leg a week ago)?
It will certainly be a big ask against the beaten 2015 finalists.
There is a belief that Juventus are not the force they were, yet in Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala, Dani Alves and veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon they have a definitive edge and experience.
Porto are accustomed to playing at this level, but the Portuguese league remains far less competitive than the Italian game and that should show over two legs.
Sevilla vs Leicester City
Many would consider this to be a home banker for the Basques.
They are second, albeit probably temporarily, in La Liga after a 2-0 victory over plucky Eibar at the weekend.
Former Man City man Stevan Jovetic created both goals and will surely relish the chance to take on a Leicester side which is fighting relegation and was dumped out of the FA Cup by 10-man Millwall.
However, after their Premier League adventure, the English champions have repeated the trick in Europe this season and will be desperate to cause more surprises.
Claudio Ranieri did rest the majority of his first-team in the Cup to prepare for this and has called on ‘soldiers and gladiators’ to save their season.
Now would be the ideal time to prove they have what it takes!
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