INTER MILAN left it late to grab their winner against 10-man FC Porto in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash and it promises to be another tense 90 minutes back at the Estadio do Dragao.
Our man Mark backed the Serie A giants to edge a tight game at the San Siro and that's exactly how it panned out as Romelu Lukaku scored the only goal just four minutes from time.
Porto were a man down by that stage, with Otavio picking up a second yellow, and the Portuguese side will be frustrated they didn't manage to hold out for a draw.
A one-nil deficit is far from the worst result to take back to Portugal, however, and they will fancy their chances of turning things around having won 12 of their 15 home games this term.
Both teams haven't been in great form since the first leg, with Porto losing one of their three games to Gil Vicente and Internazionale crashing against Bologna and Spezia.
That suggest their focus is on this Euro return, especially with Benfica and Napoli looking out of sight at the top of their respective domestic leagues.
This tie is on a knife-edge and we could even see extra-time and penalties with these teams pretty evenly matched.
How the bookies view it
Inter Milan are heavy favourites to reach the quarter-finals after that first-leg win and are a best 6/19 with VBet. Porto are 14/5 at Unibet to qualify which looks a bit overpriced given they only trail by a goal.
For a win on the night, the Portuguese side are 17/10 at William Hill while Internazionale are 9/5 at BetUK and the draw pays 5/2 with Bet365.
Head to head
These sides have only met five times in European competition and it's Inter Milan who have the edge with three wins. Porto are unbeaten at home though with a 1-1 draw in February 2005 followed by a 2-0 victory later the same year.
Players to watch
Mehdi Taremi came off the bench to score Porto's winner at the weekend at the Iranian now has 20 goals this season for club and country. He should be back in from the start here and is 11/4 with Bet365 for anytime scorer.
Lautaro Martinez provides the brains alongside Lukaku's brawn in Inter's attack and is in good form, with nine goals from his last 14 outings. The Argentinian is 49/20 with Unibet for another strike here while Unibet have him at 6/1 for an assist.
Anything else catch the eye?
I'd expect another cagey match as Porto don't need to go gung-ho with just a one-goal deficit to overhaul. Under 2.5 goals appeals at 13/15 with SBK while the half-time draw also looks good at 11/9 with the same with firm.
We saw a red card in the first leg and it could be another busy night for the ref with so much at stake. But you need to go to over 5.5 cards at Unibet to get into odds-against territory at 6/5 so backing individual players for cards looks better. Mateus Uribe has collected seven yellows and a red this season so the combative midfielder looks worth a punt for a card here at 12/5 with Unibet.
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