FC Viktoria Plzeň
Football UEFA Europa League Doosan Arena Plzen Thu 22 Jan 13:45
FC Porto
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  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Europa League Betting Preview: Viktoria Plzeň vs Porto

Czech First League team Viktoria Plzeň host Portuguese Primeira Liga club Porto at Doosan Arena Plzen, with kick-off set for 13:45 on Thursday 22 January.

Find Out Why We’re Backing Porto

We’re feeling confident that Porto can defeat Viktoria Plzeň and we’ll therefore bet them on the Full-Time Result market. Grab an attractive price of -102 with optimism that a win can be landed.

Each Team Won Previous Clash

Viktoria Plzeň landed a First League home win in their last game, overcoming Dukla Prague by a 2-0 scoreline.

Porto got a Primeira Liga win in their previous game. It was on their travels where Vitória de Guimarães were beaten 1-0 at Estadio D. Afonso Henriques. Francesco Farioli's men enjoyed 50% possession and had two shots on goal, with Alan Varela striking late with the winner.

Europa League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
5 Porto logo Porto 8 5 2 1 13 7 6 13:7 17
14 Viktoria Plzeň logo Viktoria Plzeň 8 3 5 0 8 3 5 8:3 14
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Confirmed Lineups

Viktoria Plzeň confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Florian Wiegele (GK), Merchas Doski, Karel Spacil, Cheick Souare, Amar Memic, Matej Valenta, Lukas Cerv, Denis Visinsky, Tomas Ladra, Christophe Kabongo, Matej Vydra.

Porto confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Diogo Costa (GK), Alberto Costa, Jan Bednarek, Jakub Kiwior, Martim Fernandes, Victor Froholdt, Pablo Rosario, Rodrigo Mora, William Gomes, Samuel Aghehowa, Borja Sainz.

Viktoria Plzeň vs Porto Prediction & Betting Tips

We dive into the best Viktoria Plzeň vs Porto betting angles, including an expert match prediction, correct score forecast, top player prop bets and a value-focused bet builder.

Match Prediction

Porto are on course for a nice return ahead of this Europa League clash, with odds of -102 standing out on the coupon. We’re feeling fairly optimistic that this prediction will be on the money.

The latest Europa League injury and suspension news can have a big bearing and we use this data as well as the latest form guide. We’re also keen to study the football stats so that we can get the fullest picture of how the action might happen.

Key Viktoria Plzeň vs Porto Europa League & league stats:

  • Porto have won 10 consecutive games.
  • Porto have won 17 of their last 20 games.
Porto to Win Probability

Based on the latest odds from the top bookmakers, our pick carries a 50.5% chance of winning. Our tipsters think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be closer to 60%. The bet can be recommended for this precise reason.

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If you’re looking for a bigger price when it comes to Porto, there are several options that include the Asian Handicap, Double Result and the Result & Both Teams to Score markets.

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Our Match Prediction
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Correct Score Prediction

Viktoria Viktoria logo 1 - 2 Porto logo Porto

There’s plenty of juice to be found by backing Porto to win 2-1. We can’t pass up the odds of +600 when it comes to correct score betting and it’s a fun wager.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Borja Sainz Under 0.5 Shots On Target -149 BetMGM logo

Borja Sainz (Porto) hasn’t managed a shot on goal in five of the past ten matches away from home. We can use these numbers in a beneficial way, with odds of -149 available that he doesn’t cover the Shots on Target line.

Latest Borja Sainz Player Prop Odds

Viktor Froholdt To Score +510 BetMGM logo

Viktor Froholdt (Porto) is available at +510 to score. We think there’s value in backing him for an Anytime Goalscorer prop bet which will hopefully see him find the net.

Latest Viktor Froholdt Player Prop Odds

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Bet Builder Tips

Full-Time Result Porto -102
Both Team To Score Yes -125
Shots On Target Borja Sainz Under 0.5 -149

If you fancy a bet builder, then why not take Porto on the Full-Time Result, both teams scoring and also Borja Sainz (Porto) failing to record a shot on target.

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Viktoria Plzeň vs Porto Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Latest 1x2 Odds Suggest Porto Victory

For this Europa League encounter, the bookmakers have Porto as the -130 favourites to win. This therefore implies that they have a 56% chance of triumphing. Viktoria Plzeň are regarded as the least likely winner at +370.

There’s an alternative Asian Handicap angle where you back Porto -0.75 against Viktoria at -102. A 2+ goal win means a full return, although you get a payout on half your stake if they win by one and the other half is refunded.

If you think there will be two goals or less during the ninety minutes, then Under 2.5 Goals is a potential option. For the Both Teams to Score betting option, it’s up in the air odds-wise as to whether Yes or No will be the end result.

The best football betting sites have excellent coverage for the latest Europa League games. They supply customers with hundreds of markets and it’s down to you to find the best angle.

Samu Omorodion Heads First Goalscorer Market

The First Goalscorer favourite is Samu Omorodion at +300. Similar odds can be found if you’re interested in this player to register the last goal.

Player Goals
Samu Omorodion (Porto)
First
+112
Anytime
+300
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Luuk de Jong (Porto)
First
+190
Anytime
+480
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Borja Sainz (Porto)
First
+250
Anytime
+600
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Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa "Pepe" (Porto)
First
+270
Anytime
+650
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Player Shots On Target
Luuk de Jong (Porto)
Over 0.5
-172
Under 0.5
-103
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Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria)
Over 0.5
-133
Under 0.5
-130
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Borja Sainz (Porto)
Over 0.5
-125
Under 0.5
-139
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Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa "Pepe" (Porto)
Over 0.5
-111
Under 0.5
-154
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Player Shots
Samu Omorodion (Porto)
Over 3.5
-156
Under 3.5
-
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Luuk de Jong (Porto)
Over 2.5
-111
Under 2.5
-
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Borja Sainz (Porto)
Over 2.5
+140
Under 2.5
-
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Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa "Pepe" (Porto)
Over 1.5
-161
Under 1.5
-
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Team Stats

Latest Europa League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Viktoria Plzeň logo Viktoria Plzeň Stats
Porto logo Porto Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 4 wins, 2 defeats and 4 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 5 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 10 wins have been recorded in the previous 10 matches.
  • 8 wins, 1 defeat and 1 draw in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
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Corners
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Possession
Possession

Viktoria Plzeň vs Porto Lineups & Team News

Make sure you're up to date on the Viktoria vs Porto team news before betting. We’ll deliver the predicted and confirmed Europa League lineups as well as the most recent injury news.

Viktoria Plzeň Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Porto Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Viktoria Plzeň Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

44 Florian Wiegele
14 Merchas Doski 5 Karel Spacil 19 Cheick Souare 99 Amar Memic
32 Matej Valenta 6 Lukas Cerv 9 Denis Visinsky 18 Tomas Ladra
7 Christophe Kabongo 11 Matej Vydra
99 Diogo Costa
20 Alberto Costa 5 Jan Bednarek 4 Jakub Kiwior 52 Martim Fernandes
8 Victor Froholdt 13 Pablo Rosario 86 Rodrigo Mora
7 William Gomes 9 Samuel Aghehowa 17 Borja Sainz

Porto Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Viktoria Plzeň Substitutes

  • 4Jakub Chalupa
  • 12Daniel Suchy
  • 13Marian Tvrdon
  • 15Matyas Silhavy
  • 20Jiri Panos
  • 24Milan Havel
  • 33Adam Novak
  • 34Petr Kubin
  • 80Prince Adu
  • 85Adrian Zeljkovic

Porto Substitutes

  • 6Stephen Eustaquio
  • 10Gabriel Veiga
  • 11Pepe
  • 12Zaidu Sanusi
  • 14Claudio Ramos
  • 21Dominik Prpic
  • 22Alan Varela
  • 24Andorinha
  • 27Deniz Guel
  • 72Andre Miranda
  • 73Gabriel Bras
  • 74Francisco Moura

Previous Viktoria Plzeň Lineups

14 Dec First League
Viktoria Plzeň 2-0 Dukla Prague
11 Dec Europa League
Panathinaikos 0-0 Viktoria Plzeň
06 Dec First League
Slovácko 3-0 Viktoria Plzeň
30 Nov First League
Viktoria Plzeň 2-1 Mladá Boleslav
27 Nov Europa League
Viktoria Plzeň 0-0 Freiburg
23 Nov First League
Jablonec 3-3 Viktoria Plzeň

Previous Porto Lineups

18 Jan Primeira Liga
Vitória 0-1 Porto
04 Jan Primeira Liga
Santa Clara 0-1 Porto
29 Dec Primeira Liga
Porto 2-0 AVS
22 Dec Primeira Liga
Alverca 0-3 Porto
15 Dec Primeira Liga
Porto 3-1 Estrela
11 Dec Europa League
Porto 2-1 Malmo FF

Injuries & Suspensions

Viktoria Plzeň Injury Table
Type Name Info
Karel Spacil Other
Viktor Baier Lower leg
Porto Injury Table
Type Name Info
Samuel Aghehowa Cruciate ligame
Luuk de Jong Knee
Nehuen Perez Cruciate ligame
Team Squads

Viktoria Plzeň Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Martin Hysky

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Sampson Dweh 40 D 6 540 6 0 0 1 3 0
Lukas Cerv 6 M 6 537 6 0 0 0 1 0
Amar Memic 99 M 6 511 6 0 0 1 0 0
Vaclav Jemelka 21 D 6 454 6 0 0 0 4 1
Cheick Souare 19 M 6 436 4 2 1 0 1 0

Porto Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Francesco Farioli

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Diogo Costa 99 G 6 540 6 0 0 0 0 0
Pablo Rosario 13 M 6 540 6 0 0 0 0 0
Jan Bednarek 5 D 6 450 5 1 0 0 1 0
Victor Froholdt 8 M 6 410 4 2 0 1 1 0
Pepe 11 M 6 377 5 1 0 2 1 0
UEFA FlagEuropa League Table
Europa League Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Lyon 8 7 0 1 18:5 21
2 Aston Villa 8 7 0 1 14:6 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 6 1 1 18:8 19
4 Real Betis 8 5 2 1 13:7 17
5 Porto 8 5 2 1 13:7 17
6 Braga 8 5 2 1 11:5 17
7 Freiburg 8 5 2 1 10:4 17
8 Roma 8 5 1 2 13:6 16
9 Genk 8 5 1 2 11:7 16
10 Bologna 8 4 3 1 14:7 15
11 Stuttgart 8 5 0 3 15:9 15
12 Ferencvaros 8 4 3 1 12:11 15
13 Nott’m Forest 8 4 2 2 15:7 14
14 Viktoria Plzeň 8 3 5 0 8:3 14
15 Crvena Zvezda 8 4 2 2 7:6 14
16 Celta Vigo 8 4 1 3 15:11 13
17 PAOK 8 3 3 2 17:14 12
18 Lille 8 4 0 4 12:9 12
19 Fenerbahce 8 3 3 2 10:7 12
20 Panathinaikos 8 3 3 2 11:9 12
21 Celtic 8 3 2 3 13:15 11
22 Ludogorets 8 3 1 4 12:15 10
23 Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 1 4 12:16 10
24 Brann 8 2 3 3 9:11 9
25 Young Boys 8 3 0 5 10:16 9
26 Sturm Graz 8 2 1 5 5:11 7
27 FCSB 8 2 1 5 9:16 7
28 Go Ahead E. 8 2 1 5 6:14 7
29 Feyenoord 8 2 0 6 11:15 6
30 Basel 8 2 0 6 9:13 6
31 RB Salzburg 8 2 0 6 10:15 6
32 Rangers 8 1 1 6 5:14 4
33 Nice 8 1 0 7 7:15 3
34 Utrecht 8 0 1 7 5:15 1
35 Malmo FF 8 0 1 7 4:15 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 8 0 1 7 2:22 1
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Stuttgart 4 4 0 0 11:4 12
2 Lyon 4 4 0 0 10:3 12
3 Porto 4 4 0 0 10:3 12
4 FC Midtjylland 4 4 0 0 8:1 12
5 Aston Villa 4 4 0 0 8:3 12
6 Freiburg 4 4 0 0 6:1 12
7 Real Betis 4 3 1 0 8:4 10
8 Nott’m Forest 4 3 0 1 11:3 9
9 Lille 4 3 0 1 10:5 9
10 Celta Vigo 4 3 0 1 8:5 9
11 Braga 4 3 0 1 7:4 9
12 PAOK 4 2 2 0 7:1 8
13 Ferencvaros 4 2 2 0 7:4 8
14 Crvena Zvezda 4 2 2 0 4:2 8
15 Genk 4 2 1 1 4:3 7
16 Fenerbahce 4 2 1 1 4:3 7
17 Sturm Graz 4 2 1 1 3:2 7
18 Ludogorets 4 2 1 1 7:7 7
19 Brann 4 2 1 1 7:7 7
20 Bologna 4 1 3 0 7:4 6
21 Viktoria Plzeň 4 1 3 0 4:1 6
22 RB Salzburg 4 2 0 2 7:5 6
23 Basel 4 2 0 2 6:4 6
24 Feyenoord 4 2 0 2 7:6 6
25 Roma 4 2 0 2 5:4 6
26 Dinamo Zagreb 4 2 0 2 8:8 6
27 Celtic 4 2 0 2 6:8 6
28 Young Boys 4 2 0 2 5:7 6
29 Panathinaikos 4 1 2 1 4:4 5
30 FCSB 4 1 1 2 6:8 4
31 Rangers 4 1 1 2 2:4 4
32 Go Ahead E. 4 1 1 2 2:6 4
33 Nice 4 1 0 3 5:7 3
34 Malmo FF 4 0 1 3 2:5 1
35 Utrecht 4 0 1 3 2:6 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 0 4 1:15 0
Czechia FlagFirst League Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Slavia Prague 25 18 7 0 55:19 61
2 Sparta Prague 25 15 6 4 49:28 51
3 Viktoria Plzeň 25 13 6 6 45:31 45
4 Jablonec 25 13 6 6 32:25 45
5 Sigma Olomouc 25 11 6 8 26:23 39
6 Slovan Liberec 25 10 8 7 37:24 38
7 Hradec Králové 25 9 7 9 34:32 34
8 Karviná 25 10 2 13 36:42 32
9 Zlín 25 8 7 10 31:35 31
10 Pardubice 25 7 8 10 31:42 29
11 Teplice 25 6 9 10 24:30 27
12 Bohemians 25 7 6 12 20:30 27
13 Mladá Boleslav 25 5 9 11 34:49 24
14 Slovácko 25 5 8 12 20:31 23
15 Baník Ostrava 25 5 7 13 24:35 22
16 Dukla Prague 25 2 10 13 14:36 16
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Slavia Prague 13 11 2 0 33:9 35
2 Sparta Prague 12 8 3 1 28:18 27
3 Sigma Olomouc 12 7 3 2 11:4 24
4 Jablonec 13 6 5 2 17:12 23
5 Viktoria Plzeň 12 6 4 2 20:14 22
6 Slovan Liberec 12 6 3 3 16:8 21
7 Hradec Králové 12 5 4 3 17:11 19
8 Zlín 12 4 4 4 19:16 16
9 Slovácko 13 4 3 6 15:16 15
10 Teplice 13 4 3 6 14:15 15
11 Baník Ostrava 12 4 2 6 16:17 14
12 Karviná 13 4 2 7 17:20 14
13 Mladá Boleslav 13 3 5 5 20:27 14
14 Pardubice 13 3 5 5 12:22 14
15 Bohemians 13 3 3 7 8:15 12
16 Dukla Prague 12 2 5 5 9:16 11
Portugal FlagPrimeira Liga Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Porto 25 21 3 1 49:10 66
2 Sporting 25 19 5 1 64:14 62
3 Benfica 25 17 8 0 53:16 59
4 Braga 25 13 7 5 52:25 46
5 Gil Vicente 25 11 8 6 37:25 41
6 Famalicão 25 11 6 8 30:21 39
7 Moreirense 25 10 5 10 31:35 35
8 Estoril 25 9 7 9 46:42 34
9 Vitória 25 9 5 11 28:37 32
10 Alverca 25 7 7 11 24:39 28
11 Arouca 25 7 5 13 32:53 26
12 Estrela 25 5 10 10 28:43 25
13 Rio Ave 25 5 9 11 24:44 24
14 Casa Pia 25 5 9 11 26:44 24
15 Nacional 25 5 7 13 29:37 22
16 Santa Clara 25 5 7 13 22:31 22
17 Tondela 25 4 7 14 19:39 19
18 AVS 25 1 7 17 18:57 10
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Porto 12 10 2 0 24:4 32
2 Sporting 12 10 1 1 36:4 31
3 Benfica 13 8 5 0 30:10 29
4 Braga 12 7 3 2 27:11 24
5 Famalicão 13 7 2 4 22:9 23
6 Gil Vicente 12 7 2 3 20:10 23
7 Estoril 13 6 5 2 26:17 23
8 Vitória 13 6 4 3 18:16 22
9 Moreirense 12 6 2 4 16:17 20
10 Alverca 13 5 4 4 11:16 19
11 Arouca 12 4 3 5 17:23 15
12 Santa Clara 13 4 2 7 12:14 14
13 Estrela 13 3 5 5 16:21 14
14 Casa Pia 12 2 6 4 16:22 12
15 Nacional 12 3 2 7 17:20 11
16 Rio Ave 12 2 4 6 11:20 10
17 Tondela 13 1 5 7 9:17 8
18 AVS 13 1 4 8 10:23 7