Porto vs Dynamo Kiev Champions League Preview

Vitor Pereira's men are hoping to build on their convincing 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain on matchday two against the visitors, who are beginning to falter domestically

PROBABLE LINEUPS

FC PORTO 

Helton 

Danilo, Otamendi, Maicon, Miguel Lopes 

Defour 

Lucho, Moutinho 

Varela, Martinez, James 

DYNAMO KIEV 

Koval 

Danilo, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Taiwo 

Harmash, Miguel Veloso 

Yarmolenko, Kranjcar, Husyev 

Brown 

TEAM NEWS

Porto boss Vitor Pereira is set to be without left-back Alex Sandro, who is still recovering from a muscle injury, and will not be risked for the visit of the Ukrainian giants to the Estadio do Dragao, with Miguel Lopes expected to deputise.

Colombian striker James Rodriguez - scorer in the matchday two 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain is once more expected to lead the line in an unchanged front three.

Steven Defour is likely to return to the starting line-up ahead of Fernando, having been benched for the last two competitive fixtures.

Dinamo Kiev coach Oleg Blokhin is set to re-jig his faltering side, with Niko Kranjcar in line to replace Raffael in midfield, with the latter starting in the league defeat to Metalist Kharkiv.

Maksym Koval should regain his place in goal once more, with Denys Harmash also set to return. The Ukrainians have failed to win a game since their last Champions League outing against Dinamo Zagreb.

Source: Goal