Below we run through all the disciplinary and referee stats that have helped to inform our Porto vs Arsenal yellow card tips, ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League knockout tie.

Porto vs Arsenal Yellow Card Tips

• Over 5.5 Cards @ 13/10
• Nico Gonzalez to be Carded @ 10/3

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Over 5.5 Cards & Nico Gonzalez to be Booked

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Porto vs Arsenal - Over 5.5 Cards & Nico Gonzalez to be Booked

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Porto vs Arsenal Yellow Card Tip One: Over 5.5 Cards

Porto have made a habit out of being notoriously difficult to beat – particularly on home soil – although as our Porto vs Arsenal predictions outline, the latter are firm favourites.

Barcelona can certainly attest to that having managed to scrape a slender 1-0 victory in northwest Portugal back in October, but not without being pushed to the absolute limit of their mental capacity. That game saw them pick up seven yellow cards in total, including two for Gavi who was dismissed in injury time.

Across Porto’s six Champions League group games, all but one of them yielded five or more cards. The gulf in class between Arsenal and Porto has been well documented, and the latter will attempt to lean into their wind-up merchant tendencies to frustrate their opponent’s rhythm.

This should result in bookings, and don’t be surprised to see Arsenal add to the tally having averaged 1.4 cards per-game this term.

Porto vs Arsenal Yellow Card Tip Two: Nico Gonzalez to be Carded

Although Porto’s Francisco Conceição has been cautioned the most this season (8), SportsLens prefer to focus on a a player who offers slightly better odds on Champions League betting sites for Wednesday night.

Former Barcelona midfielder Nico Gonzalez is expected to line-up in the middle of the park, and will be tasked with stopping Arsenal’s unrelenting passing lanes. The Spaniard will unquestionably find himself frustrated on occasion as the Gunners pull Porto from side to side.

Gonzalez has been carded five times this season, and typically finds himself firmly in the action having registered 1.6 tackles and 1.5 fouls per-90.

Porto vs Arsenal Referee Stats

• Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk
• Eredivisie Stats 2023/24: 16 Games | 24.19 Fouls Per-Game | 4.13 Yellow Cards Per-Game
• Champions League Stats 2023/24: 3 Games | 26.33 Fouls Per-Game | 5.57 Yellow Cards Per-Game

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