Porto win first Europa League away knockout in 15 years | OneFootball

FC Porto began the Europa League round of 16 with a 1-2 victory away at Stuttgart in the first leg of the tie, bringing a slight advantage for the game at Dragão.

This is because, according to PlaymakerStats, the team led by Francesco Farioli achieved a feat not seen since 2010/11: they hadn't won as visitors in a Europa League knockout match for 15 years!

To find a similar result, one must go back to the quarter-finals of the 2010/11 edition, when the team under André Villas-Boas thrashed Spartak Moskva 2-5. Despite being eliminated away by Villarreal in the next round, FC Porto reached the final and defeated SC Braga in Dublin to become the champions of the competition.

After that cycle, the Dragons did not win away in knockout matches of the competition again, facing obstacles against teams like Manchester City, Frankfurt, Napoli, Sevilla, Dortmund, Leverkusen, Lazio, Lyon, and Roma.

This negative streak was broken on Thursday afternoon with the triumph at Stuttgart's stadium. Terem Moffi and Rodrigo Mora scored the goals for the Portuguese team in Germany, while Deniz Undav reduced for the Germans.

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