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Barcelona defender Gerard Pique will spend three weeks on the sidelines due to a thigh injury (muscle tear). With the captain Carles Puyol who also will not return in three weeks, the coach of FC Barcelona will most likely use Eric Abidal and Javier Mascherano as that back-center. As for Alexis Sanchez, on the contrary, it will be back for Friday's game after suffering an injury in the Spanish Supercup.

After beating Real Madrid in the Spanish Supercup last week, Barcelona showed that they are unstoppable once again by beating Napoli 5-0 at the Joan Gamper Trophy match. They dominated possession of the ball (on average 80%) and went on the attack from the start on free monday night football picks.

Much of the success last season at FC Porto was due to the influence of Andre Villas Boas and the striker Falcao contatcs. Since the success of the tournament, the two have now "moved", leaving FC Porto a little bit wary against the team they had before. André Villas-Boas and Radamel Falcao, respectively, joined the English and Spanish clubs Chelsea and Atletico Madrid.

Despite the departure of Andre Villas Boas and Falcao, the Portuguese team continued its winning launched by picking up their first trophy this season (2-1 against the Super Cup Guimares Portugual). Porto is leading the Portuguese first division after two matches, and try to get the Champions League this time.

In terms of new recruits, FC Porto turned to the Belgian midfielder Steven Defour of Standard Liege FC Santos and Danilo, a talented right-back.

FC Barcelona and FC Porto have met seven times in UEFA competition and it will be their first meeting on neutral ground. FC Barcelona has so far had the best record with four wins against three for FC Porto. Also note that FC Barcelona has won the last three encounters against FC Porto (who lost against Lyon on July 31) on monday night football picks.

Barca made a record eight appearance in the Super Cup and wants to lift the trophy for the fourth time in history. On the other hand the Portuguese team made its fourth appearance having won once before.