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Francisco Moura's equaliser was his first goal for Porto Porto and Roma, two of the pre-season favourites to win the Europa League, drew the first leg of their knockout-phase play-off. Claudio Ranieri's visitors led just before half-time when Zeki Celik reacted quickly and hooked in from close range from Artem Dovbyk's knock-on. But Porto levelled when Roma failed to deal with Diogo Costa's long ball downfield and Francisco Moura scored from the edge of the box via a deflection off Celik. Roma had midfielder Bryan Cristante sent off for two bookings, meaning he will miss the second leg next Thursday. Opta had made Porto pre-season favourites to win the Europa League - a 17. 8% shot - with Roma fifth favourites at 8. 2% But neither side managed to finish in the top eight in the group phase, so failed to qualify automatically for the last 16. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 13th February 2025 at 21: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Martín Anselmi Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Claudio Ranieri Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Martín Anselmi Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Claudio Ranieri Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 UEFA Europa League All competitions All competitions All competitions FC Porto have won three of their six European matches (inc. qualifiers) against Roma (D2 L1), with this their first meeting since a 3-1 win for the Portuguese side in a UEFA Champions League knockout tie in March 2019. All three previous ties between FC Porto and Roma in European competition have seen the Portuguese side go through, in the 1981-82 Cup Winners’ Cup last 16, 2016-17 UEFA Champions League qualifying play-offs and 2018-19 UEFA Champions League last 16. Porto have won just five of their last 25 major European knockout matches (D4 L16), although four of those five wins have come on home soil. Roma have won just three of their last 19 away UEFA Europa League matches (D8 L8), with one of those coming at Milan. 14 of their last 15 wins in the competition have come in Italy, with the exception being a win at Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova in September 2023. Roma manager Claudio Ranieri has lost nine of his last 11 knockout matches in major European competitions (W1 D1). All three of these games he’s managed as Roma boss were 3-2 defeats (two vs Panathinaikos in 2009-10 UEFA Europa League last 32, one vs Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010-11 Champions League last 16). Match ends, FC Porto 1, Roma 1. Second Half ends, FC Porto 1, Roma 1. Tommaso Baldanzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card. Leandro Paredes (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Pepê (FC Porto) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Leandro Paredes (Roma). Attempt missed. Danny Namaso (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stephen Eustaquio. Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. Foul by João Mário (FC Porto). Matías Soulé (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fábio Vieira with a cross. Attempt blocked. Tommaso Baldanzi (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Niccolò Pisilli. Attempt missed. Danny Namaso (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Gonçalo Borges. Attempt missed. Gonçalo Borges (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Substitution, FC Porto. Zaidu Sanusi replaces Francisco Moura. Substitution, FC Porto. Deniz Gül replaces Samu Aghehowa. Offside, Roma. Niccolò Pisilli is caught offside. Attempt missed. Francisco Moura (FC Porto) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gonçalo Borges with a cross following a fast break. Attempt missed. Fábio Vieira (FC Porto) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner. Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Evan Ndicka. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.