UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do Dragão - Porto Wednesday 6 December 2017 20.45CET (19.45 local time) FC Porto Group G - Matchday 6 AS Monaco FC Last updated 08/08/2018 00:15CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 8 Head coach 11 Match officials 12 Fixtures and results 14 Match-by-match lineups 18 Competition facts 20 Team facts 21 Legend 24 1 FC Porto - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 6 December 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Aboubakar 31, 69, 26/09/2017 GS AS Monaco FC - FC Porto 0-3 Monaco Layún 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Carlos Alberto 39, 26/05/2004 F AS Monaco FC - FC Porto 0-3 Gelsenkirchen Deco 71, Alenichev 75 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Porto 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 AS Monaco FC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 FC Porto - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Brahimi 49, Martínez 26/08/2014 PO FC Porto - LOSC Lille Porto agg: 3-0 69 Villeneuve 20/08/2014 PO LOSC Lille - FC Porto 0-1 Herrera 61 d'Ascq UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Thiago Silva 29, 04/12/2012 GS Paris Saint-Germain - FC Porto 2-1 Paris Lavezzi 61; Martínez 33 03/10/2012 GS FC Porto - Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Porto James Rodríguez 83 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Porto - Olympique de Sektioui 27, Lisandro 06/11/2007 GS 2-1 Porto Marseille 78; Niang 47 Olympique de Marseille - FC Niang 69; Lucho 24/10/2007 GS 1-1 Marseille Porto González 79 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/2004 GS FC Porto - Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 Porto Coridon 30, Pauleta 20/10/2004 GS Paris Saint-Germain - FC Porto 2-0 Paris 31 2 FC Porto - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 6 December 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Luyindula 14, Elber 07/04/2004 QF Olympique Lyonnais - FC Porto Lyon agg: 2-4 90; Maniche 6, 47 Deco 44, Ricardo 23/03/2004 QF FC Porto - Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Porto Carvalho 71 FC Porto - Olympique de 04/11/2003 GS1 1-0 Porto Alenichev 21 Marseille Drogba 24, Marlet 84; Olympique de Marseille - FC 22/10/2003 GS1 2-3 Marseille Maniche 31, Derlei Porto 35, Alenichev 81 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 12/12/2002 R3 RC Lens - FC Porto Lens Song 28 agg: 1-3 Hélder Postiga 36, 28/11/2002 R3 FC Porto - RC Lens 3-0 Porto Derlei 45, Jankauskas 87 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Vahirua 69, Armand 22/02/2001 R4 FC Nantes - FC Porto Nantes agg: 3-4 75; Pena 35 Esquerdinha 18 (P), Gillet 60 (og), 15/02/2001 R4 FC Porto - FC Nantes 3-1 Porto Secretário 87; Ahamada 15 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Drulović 10, José 22/11/1995 GS FC Porto - FC Nantes 2-2 Porto Carlos 56; Pedros 3, 34 13/09/1995 GS FC Nantes - FC Porto 0-0 Nantes UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Maas 77; De Michèle 29/09/1971 R1 FC Nantes - FC Porto Nantes agg: 3-1 87 (og) 15/09/1971 R1 FC Porto - FC Nantes 0-2 Porto Marcos 18, 81 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 14/10/1964 PR Olympique Lyonnais - FC Porto Lyon Valdir 89 agg: 0-4 Custódio Pinto 41, 72, 16/09/1964 PR FC Porto - Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 Porto Baptista 60 AS Monaco FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 3 FC Porto - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 6 December 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/2014 GS SL Benfica - AS Monaco FC 1-0 Lisbon Talisca 82 22/10/2014 GS AS Monaco FC - SL Benfica 0-0 Monaco UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Trezeguet 65, Henry AS Monaco FC - Sporting Clube 26/11/1997 GS 3-2 Monaco 75, 89; Costa Silva de Portugal 31, Oceano 37 (P) Sporting Clube de Portugal - AS Oceano 4, Hadji 8, 17/09/1997 GS 3-0 Lisbon Monaco FC Leandro 65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Weah 30, 35, Mege 26/09/1989 R1 AS Monaco FC - Os Belenenses Monaco agg: 4-1 41 12/09/1989 R1 Os Belenenses - AS Monaco FC 1-1 Lisbon Chiquinho 54; Díaz 67 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Porto 11 8 2 1 12 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 24 13 6 5 36 19 AS Monaco FC 4 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 8 2 2 4 7 13 4 FC Porto - AS Monaco FC Wednesday 6 December 2017 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto Match background FC Porto are closing in on a place in the knockout rounds as they bring down the curtain on their Group G campaign against an AS Monaco FC side who are making an early exit from Europe. • Porto famously beat Monaco in the 2004 UEFA Champions League final and earned another 3-0 victory against the Ligue 1 outfit on matchday two this season. That has helped the Dragons to seven points in the section, level with RB Leipzig; they are through if they win, or as long as they are at least level on points with Leipzig due to their superior head-to-head on goal difference. • Monaco, who have two points, will finish fourth. Previous meetings • Their sole encounter before this season could not have been more high profile, as José Mourinho's Porto took on a Monaco team coached by Didier Deschamps in the 2004 final. Goals from Carlos Alberto (39), Deco (71) and Dmitri Alenichev (75) gave the Portuguese club the trophy for a second time, following their 1987 triumph. • The line-ups at the Arena AufSchalke on 26 May 2004 were: Monaco: Roma, Zikos, Givet (Squillaci 72), Rodriguez, Evra, Ibarra, Bernardi, Giuly (Pršo 23), Cissé (Nonda 64), Rothen, Morientes. Porto: Vítor Baía, Ferreira, Costa, Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Costinha, Maniche, Pedro Mendes, Deco (Pedro Emanuel 85), Derlei (McCarthy 78), Carlos Alberto (Alenichev 60). • The match was Mourinho's last in charge of Porto; he departed for Chelsea FC on 2 June 2004. • Current coach Sérgio Conceição joined Porto as a player from SS Lazio midway through 2003/04, but had already represented the Italian club in that season's UEFA Champions League and was therefore ineligible for European action. Match background Porto • Porto's record at home to Ligue 1 sides is W8 D2 L1; they have won the last three, both at home and overall. The sole defeat was a 2-0 loss to FC Nantes in the 1971/72 UEFA Cup first round (1-3 aggregate). • The Portuguese side suffered a 3-1 loss against Beşiktaş on matchday one, but recovered to beat Leipzig by the same scoreline in their second home game. • Porto have won only three of their last nine home matches in European competition. In last autumn's group stage, they picked up seven points at home. • This is Porto's seventh successive group stage campaign and their record-equalling 22nd in total. In 2016/17, they reached the round of 16, bowing out against eventual runners-up Juventus (0-2 home, 0-1 away). • Porto had lost their previous three UEFA Champions League fixtures, home and away, before winning at Monaco on matchday two; the ensuing Leipzig success on matchday four was their second victory in their last seven games in the competition. • Last season was the third time in the last six campaigns that Porto had progressed from their group. They have not reached the round of 16 two seasons in a row since getting into the knockouts every year between 2006/07 and 2009/10. Monaco • Before this season, Monaco had qualified from the UEFA Champions League group stage on their last four participations. • The French team are without a win in their three visits to Portugal (D1 L2), most recently losing 1-0 at SL Benfica in the 2014/15 group stage. • Monaco have collected all their points on their travels in this season's competition thanks to a pair of 1-1 draws, at debutants Leipzig on matchday one and away to group winners Beşiktaş in the fourth round of fixtures. • Leonardo Jardim's men – who claimed the French title in May – lost four of their eight away matches in last season's competition, winning three and drawing the other. • Monaco are in their eighth group stage campaign.