Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Date: Tuesday 9 April 2019
Kick-off: 8.00 p.m. (BT Sport 3, Virgin Media, RTÉ 2)
Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Assistants: Pau Cebrian (Spain), Roberto del Palomar (Spain)
VAR assistant: Gil Manzano (Spain)
Form (last six — all competitions):Liverpool [DWWWWW]:
Everton (a) [0-0]; Burnley (h) 4-2; Bayern Munich (a) 3-1; Fulham (a) 2-1; Tottenham (h) 2-1; Southampton (a) 3-1
Porto [WWWWDW]:
Roma (h) 3-1 aet; Feirense (a) 2-1; Maritimo (h) 3-0; Braga (a) 3-2; Braga (a) 1-1; Boavista (h) 2-0
Top Goalscorers 2018/19 — all competitionsLiverpool:
Mohammed Salah (21); Sadio Mané (20); Roberto Firmino (14)
Porto:
Francisco ‘Tiquinho’ Soares (19); Moussa Marega (17); Yacine Brahimi (11)
Did you know?— Liverpool are unbeaten against Porto in the clubs’ six competitive meetings, on an aggregate score of 12-2: under Gérard Houllier in 2001 (0-0, 2-0), Rafael Benítez in 2007 (1-1, 4-1) and Jürgen Klopp in 2018 (5-0, 0-0)
— Liverpool have won 10 of their 14 previous European Cup quarter-final ties, while Porto have won 2 of their 7
— Previous Portuguese opponents at this stage of the competition were dispatched 6-2 and 5-1 on aggregate as the Reds marched towards European glory in 1978 and 1984 respectively (Benfica on both occasions)