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LIVE: Porto vs Manchester City

LIVE: Porto vs Manchester City

The teams are coming out onto the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away.

Porto are winless in their last five meetings with English teams in the Champions League (D1 L4), with their last such victory coming against Leicester City back in December 2016 (5-0).

Pep Guardiola makes seven changes to his team after the win over Burnley, choosing to rest key players after already qualifying for the last 16. Only Ederson, Dias, Rodri and Torres retain their places. De Bruyne, Mahrez and Jesus are among the substitutes.

Sergio Conceicao makes just three changes to the side that beat Santa Clara at the weekend as he brings in Leite, Uribe and Marega. Marko Grujic is suspended after being sent off against Marseille, while Diaz and Taremi drop to the bench.

MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Zack Steffen, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte, Scott Carson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Tommy Doyle, Ilkay Gundogan, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy, Gabriel Jesus.

MANCHESTER CITY STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Eric Garcia, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Rodrigo, Fernandinho; Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden; Ferran Torres.

PORTO SUBS: Felipe Anderson, Toni Martinez, Luis Diaz, Claudio Ramos, Fabio Vieira, Nanu, Evanilson, Diogo Costa, Joao Mario, Mehdi Taremi, Shoya Nakajima, Romario Baro.

PORTO STARTING XI (5-4-1): Agustin Marchesin; Wilson Manafa, Chancel Mbemba, Malang Sarr, Diogo Leite, Zaidu Sanusi; Corona, Mateus Uribe, Sergio Oliveira, Otavio; Moussa Marega.

City secured their place in the knockout rounds last time out in the competition when they beat Olympiacos 1-0 after winning all four of their group games so far. They'll confirm themselves as group winners today if they avoid defeat. As for Porto, their only loss in the Champions League this season was in the reverse fixture when City beat them 3-1 (W3). They'll be through to the last 16 if they avoid defeat today or if Olympiacos don't beat Marseille.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Champions League Group C meeting between Porto and Manchester City at the Estadio do Dragao!

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