2018-19 Champions League: economic head-to-head between AS Roma - FC Porto (Round of 16, 12/02/2019)

With just over 14 million fans on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), AS Roma (Serie A TIM) has nearly 2.3 times more fans than FC Porto (Liga NOS, POR), which totals 6.3 million, as the two teams prepare to face each other in the first leg of the Round of 16 of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome (ITA), on Tuesday 12/02/2019 at 21:00 CET.

In terms of revenue, AS Roma posted a turnover of €250.9m in 2017-18, an amount more than twice that of the Portuguese club, which posted a turnover of €105.8m.

In this 2018-19 season, FC Porto has an average attendance of 40,804 spectators (82% fill rate) at the Estádio do Dragão after 21 Liga NOS matchdays, while AS Roma has an average of 37,959 spectators (fill rate 55%) at the Stadio Olimpico after 23 Serie A TIM matchdays.

The value of the AS Roma squad, according to an assessment by the website transfermarkt.de on 12/02/2019, was €398.4m, versus €290.05m for the Portuguese club.

AS Roma ahead in terms of revenue, social media and squad value, FC Porto ahead in terms of attendance and UEFA…