* This will be the first game between Porto and Spartak Moscow in European competition.
* Porto have won all 13 of their home games this season.
* Porto have already been crowned champions of their domestic league, and have conceded only 3 goals on their travels domestically this season.
* Porto have scored 3 goals on five occasions in this season’s Europa League, the last time against Spartak’s rivals CSKA Moscow.
* Valery Karpin’s men have lost two of their three opening fixtures in the Russian League, conceding 7 goals in the process.
* The last time Spartak Moscow travelled to Portugal was in December 2006, when they defeated Sporting 3-1.
* Since Russia broke off into their own League after the fall off the Soviet championship, Portuguese and Russian sides have met 20 times, with Portugal winning 9-7 in total.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Porto: Helton; Fucile, Rolando, Otamendi, Pereira; Guarin, Fernando, Moutinho; Valera, Hulk, Falcao
Spartak Moscow: Dikan; Makeev, Suchy, Sheshukov, C Kombarov; McGeady, Ibson, Carioca, D Kombarov; Alex; Welliton
Prediction
Porto 1-0 Spartak 
