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With a new season beginning, here's a new thread dedicated to the 2024/2025 Liga Portugal football season.

Here we can discuss the teams' performance in the competition and provide our predictions for the matches. This thread can be used to discuss Portuguese clubs, both in the Liga Portugal and in other competitions featuring Portuguese teams, both domestically and internationally.

Throughout the season, I hope to bring some updates to make this thread more dynamic. I look forward to everyone's participation.

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You don’t have to worry about making the thread dynamic. The Portuguese league is always entertaining every week. I will place the Portuguese league ahead of French league because of the Portuguese league competitiveness.
Benfica, sporting cp and FC Porto are the possible favorite to win the league but every game in the Portuguese league is not a walk in the park for any team.

Good that my eye caught this topic. I will follow Portuguese league as always. After many seasons in top division we won't see Boavista in Primera. One of few clubs besides Big 3 that won Liga Portugal now have fallen completely. They had transfer ban for 5 windows in a row and now when they got relegated, federation didn't gave them right to play in Segunda Division because of debts and missing documents. So, it looks that they will have to play in regional amateur league (if club won't cease to exist completely). Sad story of legendary club.

Partially agree, though Portuguese is just 7th, below not only France but also Dutch Eredivisie too. But unlike in French league were we know champion before the season, here we always have 3 contenders on paper.

The Liga Portugal has been better than the Eredivisie in terms of country coefficient in the last 2 years. But this is still not enough for this league to rank up. :P

https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/21/UAhRp9.png
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But I still enjoyed the title race last season. Benfica and Sporting both had a great season. I wish Porto were better than that. For 2 years they couldn't manage to stay in the title race unfortunately.

By the way Gyökeres is still likely to sign for Arsenal if the two teams agree on fee. In that case I wonder what the new plan for Sporting will be.

Well I think the 2024/2025 Liga Portugal season is over with Sporting CP lifting the trophy it was nice to an extent since I hardly watch matches kinda similar to how Leverkusen dominated the Bundesliga they were a fine team too.
Now concerning the 2025/2026 season I've  seen some blogs phrasing; "Can Sporting defend their title or will Benfica or Porto pull a Premier League comeback like Arsenal challenging Man City?" Early pre season is usually more intense unlike how fans need to long wait for the Serie A or La Liga to kick off.

The Portuguese league will be very tough this season as we now have three major unlike other seasons when the competition was just between Benfica and FC Porto. Last season was also very difficult for Benfica and Porto. I'm excited to see next season.

My expectauohbue the three teams will dig out and the winner we do that with very tight margin

The Portuguese league is has always been a three man show between Benfica, sporting cp and Porto last season both Porto and Benfica was not in form that was why sporting was able to dominate the league that much.


Braga is one team that is also there but they don't show that much threat as it concerns the title race let see how the season will go if all top four teams are in form it will be really difficult for any of the top teams to win the league

On the other hand, it will be interesting to see how Benfica will perform, as they practically didn't have a pre-season due to being in the Club World Cup. They will start the season at the end of this month, against Sporting, in the Portuguese Super Cup.

Benfica sold Orkun Kökçü to Beşiktaş for €30 million and made a good profit from the transfer.

There have also been reports claiming that Kerem Aktürkoğlu wants to leave the team. I'm not sure how accurate those reports are, but it’s said that he has been in talks with a few teams.
I have no clear idea how much he might be sold for, but he started last season really well in the league.

Eredivisie saw the fall of Ajax Amsterdam then their recovery during the previous years. They have few teams that are able to claim the first position since PSV Eindhoven and Ajax remain as the top teams.
Liga Portugal in the other hand is interesting with Sporting, Benfica, Porto, and less Braga which dominate the league. It is true to have the impression that Liga Portugal is more interesting but Eredivisie remains more followed and has known history.
Liga Portugal teams have to improve whether locally or regionally. Since Porto victory in UEFA Champions League many many years ago, there isn't any real intention to claim it back.

Leaving my comment here to appreciate this beautiful championship! Great presentation, by the way, @joker_josue! Very good! What's new with the teams this season? Any changes? I confess I'm not up to date precisely because I follow other championships more closely, like the Brazilian Championship.

Nice, @Joker_josue! I'm thinking about following the Portuguese league this season. I want to try placing some bets outside the Brazilian league, where I've just been losing money lately... But tell me, which team do you support over there in Portugal, Joker?

New topic as a refresher every season, this is a great idea so we won't see hundreds of pages for just 1 league :D. Last season was a tight one for Sporting & Benfica. After a tough run, Sporting finally achieved their goal. Perhaps this new season will see just those two teams competing fiercely. There are two new names this season, they're Tondela & Alverca. I don't have high hopes for either of these teams, as I suspect they'll only be in the bottom half of the table by the end of season.

I like Benfica. ;)

This year, I have some doubts about how they'll perform. I believe they'll be competitive domestically, but in the Champions League—even if they're only in the league stage—I think they'll face some difficulties.

I'm happy that there is a new topic to discuss the Portuguese league, last season I placed bets on this league several times, although it wasn't too intense but it was enough to make me feel how difficult this league is. Benfica last season impressed me but unfortunately in the last two matches they struggled to get full points until finally Sporting lifted the trophy, I want to see them compete fiercely again in the new season and hopefully Porto will also steal my attention.

Benfica is a great team in Portugal. I actually followed the Portuguese league a bit many years ago. I think it was when Porto, if I’m not mistaken,won the Champions League, with that midfield goal by Carlos Alberto and everything. It was heavily covered in the media here in Brazil, so Portuguese football became quite popular at the time. But after a while, things cooled down and I lost a bit of interest in Portuguese football. Still, I think it’s a great league, really cool. I’m definitely going to follow it more closely this year. And hopefully I can make some money betting on it, because the Brazilian league has been tough. Lately, I’ve even been betting against the expected results.

If there were few or no major changes, the trend is for the final to be a rematch between Benfica and Sporting. Who knows, maybe Benfica will get a win now. It will be interesting to see how they perform at the start of the season.

The official list of transfers made to date:

Player	From	To	Fee	Position
Hyun-Ju Lee	Bayern München	Arouca	€1.5M	RM
Victor Froholdt	FC København	FC Porto	€20M	CM
Afonso Moreira	Sporting CP	Lyon	€2M	ST
Richard Rios	Palmeiras	Benfica	€27M	DM
Chico Conceicao	FC Porto	Juventus	€32M	RW
Andre Horta	Braga	Almeria	Loan	DM
Bruno Gaspar	Vitoria de Guimaraes	Apollon Limassol	Free	RB
Filipe Soares	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	Nacional		AM
Christian Marques	Yverdon	Tondela	Free	CB
André Ferreira	Real Valladolid	Moreirense	Free	GK
Goncalo Borges	FC Porto	Feyenoord	€10M	RW
Ivan Mandic	Vukovar 91	Casa Pia AC	€500K
Luan	Benfica	Al-Khor		RW
Daniel Borges	Santa Clara	U.Leiria	Loan	CB
Gabriel Moscardo	PSG	Braga	Loan	CM
Samuel Portugal	FC Porto	Al Akhdoud	Loan	GK
Enzo Barrenechea	Aston Villa	Benfica	€3M (Loan)	DM
Joe Hodge	Wolves	Tondela		DM
Ruben Ramos	Moreirense	Vitoria	Free	DM
Weverson	Arouca	Fortaleza	Free	LB
Rui Encarnacao	Nacional	Machico	Free	GK
Jader Barbosa	Santa Clara	Cuiaba	Loan	LW
Xabi Huarte	Osasuna	Tondela	Free
Brayan Medina	America de Cali	Tondela	€2M	CB
Felix Correia	Gil Vicente	Lille	€7M	LW
Ivan Barbero	Deportivo La Coruna	Arouca	€300K	ST
Gabriel Veron	FC Porto	Juventude	Loan	RW
Alysson	Santa Clara	Farense	Loan	CB
Bruno Almeida	Santa Clara	Farense	Loan	AM
Matheusinho	Santa Clara	Sport Recife	Loan	AM
Ángel Algobia	Free agent	AVS Futebol SAD	Free	CM
Amar Dedic	Salzburg	Benfica	€12M	RB
Nodar Lominadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	Estoril		DM
Kaique Pereira	Palmeiras	Nacional	Loan	GK
Matija Mitrovic	Zeleznicar Pancevo	Vitoria de Guimaraes	€900K
Thiago Balieiro	Leixoes	Vitoria de Guimaraes		CB
Adrian Bajrami	Benfica	Luzern	Loan	CB
Afonso Rodrigues	Famalicao	Tondela	Free	LW
Alvaro Carreras	Benfica	Real Madrid	€50M	LB
Douglas Borel	Free agent	Santa Clara		RM
Clayton	Vasco da Gama	Rio Ave	€3M	ST
Nelson Abbey	Olympiacos	Rio Ave		CB
Andreas Ntoi	Olympiacos	Rio Ave		CB
Pablo Ruan	Londrina EC	Nacional		CB
Mootaz Nourani	Demirspor	Nacional		RW
Martim Watts	Estoril	Nacional	Free
Deivison	Hope International	Nacional	€155K	ST
Douglas Nathan	Free agent	Nacional	Free
Josué Souza	Gremio	Nacional	Free	CB
Lenny Vallier	Guingamp	Nacional	Free	LB
Kevyn	Fluminense	Nacional
Kiko	Benfica B	Moreirense	Free	LB
Mateja Stjepanovic	Partizan Beograd	Moreirense	Free	CM
Álvaro Martínez	Cultural Leonesa	Moreirense	Free	CB
Sorriso	Red Bull Bragantino	Famalicao	€1.5M	RW
Peixinho	Gil Vicente	Estoril	Free	RW
Renato Pantalon	Rio Ave	Estrela dos Amadores	Free	CB
Borja Sainz	Norwich	FC Porto	€13.5M	LW
Yassin Oukili	RKC Waalwijk	Casa Pia AC	Free	DM
Fran Navarro	FC Porto	Braga	€2.7M	ST
Guilherme Neiva	Oliv.Hospital	AVS Futebol SAD
Brian Mansilla	Peñarol	Arouca	€800K	ST
Dylan Nandin	Racing Club	Arouca	Free	ST
Jakub Vinarcik	Juventus	Arouca
Ibrahima	Boavista	Radomiak Radom	€100K	CM
Nikolaos Athanasiou	Olympiacos	Rio Ave	Loan	LB
Paulo Victor	Farense	Santa Clara	Free	LM
Dominik Prpic	Hajduk Split	FC Porto	€4.5M	CB
Pedro Lima	Palmeiras	AVS Futebol SAD		AM
Matheus Dias	Internacional	Nacional		CM
Pedro Santos	Benfica B	Famalicao		RW
Orkun Kökcü	Benfica	Beşiktaş	Loan	CM
Rafael Obrador	Real Madrid Castilla	Benfica	€5M	LB
Hevertton Santos	QPR	Gil Vicente	Loan	RB
Andre Gomes	Benfica	Alverca	Loan	GK
Khayon Edwards	Arsenal	Estoril	Free	ST
Diego Duarte	Nacional	AVS Futebol SAD	Loan	ST
Agustin Moreira	Club Atlético Progreso	Gil Vicente	Loan	RW
Josafat Mendes	Braga	Samsunspor	€1.2M	RB
Victor Guzman	Alianza Lima	Sporting CP	€430K
Ivo Rodrigues	Moreirense	Motor Lublin	Free	LW
Antonio Espigares	Villarreal B	Gil Vicente	€200K	CB
Ghislain Konan	Free agent	Gil Vicente	Free	LB
Gustavo Varela	Benfica	Gil Vicente	Loan	ST
Andorinha	Estrela dos Amadores	FC Porto		GK
Antonis Papakanellos	Olympiacos	Rio Ave	Loan
Kelian Wa Saka	Hertha BSC	Casa Pia AC		LW
Gustavo Marques	Benfica	Red Bull Bragantino	Loan	CB
Rodrigo Abascal	Boavista	Vitoria de Guimaraes	Free	CB
Gustaf Lagerbielke	Celtic	Braga	€2.5M	CB
Marco Moreno	Farense	Eibar	Free	CB
Arnau Solà	Almeria	Arouca	Free	LB
Felipe da Silva	Gil Vicente	FC Porto B		CB
Ricardinho	Santa Clara	Juárez	Free	RW
Daniel Figueira	Estoril	Gil Vicente	Free	GK
Rafael Barbosa	Radomiak Radom	AVS Futebol SAD	Free	LW
Miguel Nobrega	Rio Ave	Vitoria de Guimaraes	Free	CB
Chico Lamba	Arouca	Saint-Etienne	€8M	CB
Gustavo Garcia	Palmeiras	Famalicao		RB
Kanya Fujimoto	Gil Vicente	Birmingham	Free	CM

I hope Benfica takes advantage of Viktor Gyokeres' absence at Sporting and wins the match on July 31st. There are only a few days left. If Benfica loses, it's a strong sign that we won't achieve anything in this season that's starting off so poorly. I'm not confident with this Benfica coach. I don't think he'll be able to take advantage of Sporting's weaknesses. His problem is his attack, which isn't very efficient, and without Di Maria, things will be more difficult.

Benfica gets to the opponent's defense a lot, but they can't effectively score every time they get to the opponent's defense. Sporting, on the other hand, didn't need to get to the opponent's defense often; they were very effective in attack with Viktor Gyokeres. But without him, Sporting will be weak.

Thanks joker_josue +1 merit for your thread  ;)

This will be my fourth season following Portuguese league and, of course, betting on it  8)
I hope this season will be better, as last season was my worst betting performance ever, with many results that were difficult to predict, and Porto in particular causing me to lose a lot of bets.

I'm still analyzing the transfers to see who will be the favorite, but I already imagine that the championship will be less fun without Gyokeres, since the striker alone scored 39 of the 88 goals that Sporting scored

I hope there will be a good striker in the league so we can see a lot of goals

I partially agree. I think Gyokeres is good, but the team doesn't depend on him that much. I think even without him, the team can get along and maintain a high level. Without him, it's a loss, but I don't think any team should be so dependent on one person.

Well, if things don't change much, we might see these two teams meet again in the final. But do you really think there will be any major changes in the league, with all the domination made by these two teams?


Hahaha, that was Benfica stupidest match & when I think about it, I always want to laugh. They only needed to hold on for a scoreline & win at least one title that season & also my bet would have won. But all those expectations were shattered when the match went to ET.

Smiles ... You're bringing back some painful memories with that Benfica loss I was kinda fuming when they choked in ET felt like such a wasted opportunity for them and for your bet too.

As for a rematch between Benfica and Sporting in the final it's definitely looking like a strong possibility. They've been so dominant it's hard to see anyone else really challenging them consistently. But football's a funny game you never know when a games turn against the underdogs and sometimes matches don't really go as expected.

Benfica may reach an agreement with João Félix according to many sources, I will mention just one of the sources:

https://strictlycfc.com/benfica-intensify-talks-for-joao-felix-ahead-of-chelsea-exit/#google_vignette

But there's also another source, like Fabrizio Romano. It would be very good for him right now. Benfica is a team that can transform players. If he can work hard at Benfica, he'll have a better chance of becoming a good player again. Benfica needs attackers. Jao Felix didn't comment when the CNN journalist asked him about Benfica. He probably prefers to let the negotiations move forward without obstacles.

From what I read, Benfica would pay €27 million to buy half of his transfer, and he would agree to a salary reduction. That way, all that's left is for Chelsea to agree. From what I could gather, Rui Costa hopes to close a deal before the game against Fenerbahce that will take place this Saturday.

Of course, this is generally a problem because players play with the hope of a single player scoring. Last year, Sporting Lisbon chose to rely on Gyökeres. Fortunately, the Swedish striker had a strong season. However, the opposite could also have happened, and if the Swedish striker hadn't been successful, Sporting Lisbon probably wouldn't have won the championship. So, relying on a single player for a tactic carries a huge risk.

Sporting Lisbon would easily get past the lose of Gyokeres it's not going to affect them much cause they're not a team that depends too much on a striker to win games moreover the huge fees recovered from the sale of Gyokeres is enough to get them two fast rising attackers then train them into becoming the new Gyokeres for the team.

In the last five years Sporting has won the Portuguese League, for the past two season Sporting won the league. This time around, based on my observation it won't be Sporting winning the next title. I want to give Benfica a good predicted season ahead, losing a striker and repairing without him in a squad is something that will affect them. You can't have a perfect goal scoring team without a striker, don't forget also that Gyokeres plays together with the team before advancing, him leaving is creating a deep space for someone else to fill, until they get someone compatible, there will be set backs in their performance.

The chances of these two teams meeting in the final are indeed strong, at least for the past two seasons both teams have had strong dominance in the league. The competition in this league isn't quite as tight, unlike what we see in PL & Serie A. Apart from Sporting & Benfica, there are only 2 other good contenders, those are Porto & Braga. Hopefully the other two teams can perform well in the upcoming season.

Last season, Gyokeres played 33 games in the Portuguese league and scored 39 goals, while Sporting scored 88 goals. Benfica scored 84 goals. This means that if Sporting didn't have Gyokeres, the number of goals scored would be much lower than the 88 goals, and Benfica would be champions.

now see: Portuguese league winners

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/07/25/UA0WRz.png

https://www.worldfootball.net/winner/por-primeira-liga/

When Ruben Amorin left Sporting, the team didn't fall because the new coach didn't change anything in the squad, but now with Gyokeres' departure, he lost his best striker and signed another in his place:


https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1948476766454251796

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/07/25/UA0qWc.png

With the arrival of this new player, the team left by Amorin is changed, the new coach will start to have difficulties in dealing with the team and Sporting will return to being that team of the past that did not win the title, as a Benfica fan that I am, I am rooting for this to happen and Benfica will win the title again in many of the next seasons  ;D ;D ;D

From what little I've seen, there aren't many significant changes. I think the big difference will be training and cooperation between the teams. But I don't think that's enough to beat Sporting, as they'll be training equally. So I strongly believe the final will be similar to last season's.

It's true that the departure of gyokeres will affect their goal scoring rate but I don't think that it will really affect them that much because I believe that they can use the money from the sell of gyokeres to buy two top strikers that can get them some good goals , it's only traditional for teams to struggle when a new coach take over because the players to adapt to the style of play of the new coach

I'm confident Sporting CP will consistently produce reliable strikers and goalscorers every season. Therefore, Viktor Gyokeres' departure is nothing to worry about. In fact, Sporting CP shouldn't miss this opportunity to profit significantly from his sale. The player has now undergone a medical, and a deal to return to the Premier League is imminent.

And to briefly recount Gyokeres' journey, I never expected him to return to the Premier League as one of the best strikers in the world. Previously, he was discarded by Brighton, then moved to a second-tier club, before finally signing a permanent deal with Sporting for £20 million. Now, he's about to play for one of the biggest clubs in the Premier League. Of course, Arsenal didn't come cheap when they signed this star; they spent a total of £73 million to bring him to London.

It's indeed a very interesting analysis. Sporting has been very dependent on Gyokeres over the last two seasons.
I think everyone is waiting to see what Sporting will be like with a coach who wants to apply his own ideas in this new season, without Gyokeres.

Gyokeres, in turn, will have the ultimate test of their quality at Arsenal, in a very different championship.

That 47 goal contribution by Gyökeres is really insane considering that the whole team scored 88 goals in total. They will make €73m in total from Gyökeres' sale this summer.

They can use this money for another pure goalscorer like him. But it won't be easy to find a striker like him to be honest. He is simply a goal machine. Just like Haaland. Now it is time for Gyökeres to prove his quality in a much bigger league.

They didn't use all the money from the Gyokeres sale, and it's an amount they'll save to stabilize the club's finances. I'm no fortune teller, but knowing Portuguese clubs, when they have a good player and win titles, they sell him for a very high price and then don't spend all the money on new signings. What you see next is a decline in performance and loss of titles in subsequent seasons.

To give you an idea of what I'm talking about:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/07/25/UH2LEG.png

They played against Villareal and had a bad performance, it didn't seem like the same team that won the title, the attack was very weak, this is very good for Benfica  ;D


I heard somewhere that before playing for Sporting he played in the Premier League and did well, I don't know if that's true. Now Sporting without him and without Ruben Amorin will hardly be champions.

The presentation game for the members wasn't exactly spectacular. It's true that it was a friendly match, but on the day of the presentation, a little more was expected. Winning by just one goal, a penalty, doesn't sound like a championship team.

Tomorrow (Saturday) it's Benfica's turn to play their presentation game to their members, let's see how they do.

In reality, we never really know until it happens, there are many possibilities that could happen there (for the Taça de Portugal). But if you want to see Sporting & Benfica meet again in a cup competition, it won't be long before we see that match. It's a match in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira that will take place in the next few days, I hope this time Benfica can deliver a good result, unlike in their previous meetings.

Sporting football team loses many matches in last season and that performance was very bad and fans expected more than the present performance of that team. But last matches performance of that team is quite well because they won 3 matches out of last 5 matches and 1 match won by opponent team and one match draw by that team . Players of that team played well in the final of Taça de Portugal as they won one sided match. They  proved that they are encouraging team and they will work hard to win next seasons . They should perform well in next tournaments which are waiting for the best performance of Sporting football team also won last match one sided as they did 1 goal in the last match

Gyökeres's departure to Arsenal has finally been made official. Will Sporting find a capable replacement and overcome the challenges without Gyökeres? So far, the performances in friendly matches have been disappointing.

Below is a list of the latest transfers:

Player	From	To	Fee	Position
Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting CP	Arsenal	€63.5M	CF
Mateo Flores	Real Betis	Arouca	Loan	RM
Joao Virginia	Free agent	Sporting CP	Free	GK
Daniel Rivas	Cerro Porteno	AVS Futebol SAD		LB
Witi	Al-Urooba	Nacional		LM
Otso Liimatta	Famalicao	IFK Värnamo	Loan	CF
Pau Victor	Barcelona	Braga	€12M	RW
Romeo Beney	Basel	Famalicao		RW
Ruben Kluivert	Casa Pia AC	Lyon	€3.8M	CB
Martin Turk	Ruch Chorzow	Estoril		GK
Biel	Sporting CP	Atletico MG	Loan	LW
Casper Tengstedt	Benfica	Feyenoord	€6M	CF
Douglas Borel	Santa Clara	Oliveirense	Loan	RM
Kobamelo Kodisang	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	AVS Futebol SAD	Loan	LW
Alberto Costa	Juventus	FC Porto	€15M	RB
Joao Mario	FC Porto	Juventus	€12.5M	RB
Robert Bozenik	Boavista	Stoke		CF
Enea Mihaj	Famalicao	Atlanta United	Free	CB
Otavio	FC Porto	Paris FC	€17M	CB

The transfer window for this season runs until September 1, so we still have plenty of time, but I'm not too excited about the signings made by the top clubs yet
Benfica made a great signing with Richard Rios, who was at Palmeiras. The Colombian has been playing very well lately and should be a good reinforcement to help the team.

I don't know if Sporting can already use that money from Arsenal to sign someone really good for the attack

In four days, we'll have an idea of how Benfica and Sporting will be playing for the season.

Sporting made so much money from the sale of gyokeres so I expect that they will by now be in the market looking for a suitable replacement for the strikers they can bring in two top strikers they may not be in the quality of gyokeres but signing a good striker should be the focus of sporting

Well, I don't think the absence of sporting Lisbon former striker would be an added advantage for Benfica because sporting Lisbon might end up replacing the striker with another quality striker whom might also meet the requirements of the club and fill in the vacuum that  the former striker left by scoring enormous number of goals before the season runs out, though it is under probability and still uncertain but the chances that sporting Lisbon might get a good replacement is still high because no player is irreplaceable just as we have seen over the years in Europe.

Porto signed Southampton Football Club player Jan Bednarek, who plays defense and is 29 years old. Porto paid €7.5 million, and his contract runs until 2029.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/07/28/UHC2NW.png


https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1949762954842579114

Well, I confess I'm surprised by this signing. I expected Porto to sign someone more popular and with a good performance that was visible to everyone. Porto has been a team with average performance in recent seasons. So I expected that in this transfer window the club's management would be aggressive in order to have a strong squad. But the Portuguese news channels are speaking well of this recently signed player. Maybe with him, Porto's defense will be strong.

For FC Porto's financial reality, it was even a good value.
The player is not very well known, but he has had good performances.
I even believe that he will be a good reinforcement for Porto's defense. It won't be any worse, based on what they already have.

This clearly demonstrates a mindset of paying "cheaply," caring for him, training him, giving him a foreign face, and then selling him for three times the amount. While they could find a player a thousand times better by looking at Brazil's youth academy and signing him for ten times less. This is complete nonsense to me. Perhaps it's a strategy I haven't grasped.

Top players won't want to go to FC Porto right now, clubs like FC Porto are not only limited financially but they are limited because top players at their prime won't want to go to them.
As it stands clubs like Porto options is to focus on their Academy so that they can be able to create hot talent and make use of them before they make big money move outside or they improve the skill of their scouts to be able to spot potentials talent still coming up.

Benfica currently leads Sporting Lisbon by a single goal in the ongoing Super Cup. Benfica, having scored from a Greek player, is fighting to maintain their lead. Sporting, however, is pushing for an equalizer. The match is starting to get exciting, with 13 minutes remaining. Benfica, under Pavlidis, is the team that is very close to winning the trophy. Will Sporting Lisbon finally be able to win another trophy? The end of this match may be a preview of the Portuguese league's start.

Nice one for Benfica because last season they were not luck as they lost the league title sporting so if they can maintain this lead it will be a good one winning the season opener before going into season will be a good one

Really great achievement from Benfica by winning Super Cup I think Sporting played a bit better and also had that cancelled goal which was a correct offside but still overall still played better than Benfica but wasn't able to score even in 2nd half where they have some big chances :(.

So Sporting took both LigaPortugal and Taca de Portugal while Benfica took the Cup and SuperCup which is impressive with their current squad.  :o

I was able to watch only 2nd half, so, I can't talk about picture of whole game. From what I saw, I also think that Sporting was a bit better team, but they weren't able to convert it into goal. In general it wasn't most exciting game to watch, but rpobably you can't expect much when it's only beginning of season.
Next Friday we will have Portuguese League season opener.

This kind of cycle Porto is in is very difficult to escape. Good players won't come unless it's for a lot of money. And since they're in Europe, any player, regardless of skill, will be expensive. So, either they build a truly good team to attract good players, or they'll end up paying a lot for average players and will be unlikely to win without a thorough plan.

Portuguese Super Cup
The first Portuguese cup was won yesterday by Benfica.
Benfica won the Portuguese Super Cup against Sporting 0-1, see the summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGO3h-eGNF4

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I said Sporting would lose. Without Gyokeres and Ruben Amorin, they've gone back to being the same old Sporting that didn't achieve much. They had a strategy heavily focused on the Swedish striker, which allowed Sporting to rarely reach the opponent's defense but still be very efficient in scoring goals. Sporting didn't waste opportunities under Gyokeres.

Now, with him gone and another player in his place, without Ruben Amorin, the new coach will be forced to demonstrate his skills, unlike what happened after Amorin left the team. The new coach didn't need to change anything, he just had to copy Amorin. Without Gyokeres, Sporting will be lost. But Benfica also continues to have a great attack that wastes opportunities. But it will be enough for us to be champions.


The former president of Porto was able to manage the team, which is why they had good results. With this new management, I see that the focus is on financial stability first, and maybe then they will focus on titles.

The exit of Ruben Amorim didn't affect Sporting Lisbon because even without Amorim they managed to win the league title last season with the help of many goals scored by Viktor Gyokeres but now that the player have left the team, they should be prepared for the worst because things aren't going to be the same way again. Viktor Gyokeres was like a pillar that held the team when Amorim left but now that he has signed for Arsenal will now create an empty space in his position since no one can handle it better than him. Sporting Lisbon might be enjoying the money made from the transfer fee of Viktor Gyokeres but their destruction have just started from the Super Cup match against Benfica because they lost which made Benfica to win the Super Cup.

With the departure of gyokeres and Amorin this is a new era for the clubs history because it will be hard for them to get back to the level that they where under Amorin the club should do a proper investment and bring the right coach and players to the club to fill the gap.



But yesterday game against Benfica I think that they played well because the game was tough 2:0 is not a bad result but there are lot of areas of improvement that I saw in the sporting team if they are to defend their title this season nice performance by Benfica

The season is about to start in earnest, especially for Benfica. This week, Benfica will begin the 3rd Qualifying Round for access to the Champions League.

Nice vs Benfica

I think we all agree that this is a team Benfica can handle. What do you think the outcome of this first leg, which will be played on Wednesday, will be?

Yeah, only two days left, not too long to wait for their clash. They're playing in France, but I don't think that'll be real problem for Benfica to show who's who. I've already placed my bet on their win and hope it pays off. I also believe Benfica will be among the top three in Portuguese Primeira Liga this season and they'll likely break into that trio within the first five to ten matches.

Just checked, and it turns out my betting exchange has Benfica as the favorite, even though they're the away team.

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It's worth considering a 1x2 bet, and the odds are very tempting. I don't know the exchange's reasoning, but they're probably considering that Nice sold a lot of players this transfer window and made only a few signings compared to Benfica.

Despite playing away in France, Benfica is as if they were playing at home. They have a lot of fans there, who usually go to watch the game in the stadium.

Just look at what happened last year when they played against Monaco. There were more Benfica fans than Monaco.

I think in this case, it doesn't matter so much whether it's home or away. Nice will play at home, but Benfica is simply better, regardless of the away game. And there's also the hiring issue you mentioned.

Wow, the odds for bet I placed on a Benfica win are exactly the same i.e.2.28. I agree, it's quite attractive, which is why I've already placed it. I've also noticed that bookies are often in lockstep for most matches, including this one. That's why I prefer to bet on two or three reputable sites rather than waste time searching for better odds elsewhere.

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Definitely the odd will be the same except the match is mostly the day of the match before there might be possible adjustments of odd, however I like the amount you use on this bet because considering the season we are yet to see what might happen all necessary precautions needs to be taking since is a first match but i believe Nice will not go unwin by benfica because that was how they are last season by benfica being at the top of them. Tomorrow being 6th of August is the day for the match and we hope to see the predicted team to win as always.

An interesting fact: Benfica has never faced Nice in official matches, so this will be the first time

It's a very difficult match, and there's also the fact that the teams have made changes and we don't know how they will play
I believe Benfica has a slightly better chance, but playing away from home, perhaps a draw would be a good bet.

I'm not going to take a chance on this one.

It's worth noting that Richard Ríos will be playing, and he started well at Benfica, providing an assist for the victory against Sporting.

I happen to think that Benfica has more than conditions to win this game.
I can't see Nice with a better squad than Benfica.

Nowadays the home/away factor is no longer as relevant as it used to be.Especially in France, with a very large Portuguese community. Benfica will not lack support.

I looked at some statistics for the Nice vs. Benfica game, and it's actually very close. But historically, Benfica has always beaten Nice. And always by +1.5 goals. So I'd consider those options, but I'll just bet on goals.

Guys, what do you think about transfer of Luuk De Jong to Porto. Transfer that even Fabrizio Romano didn't saw coming :D. IMO, despite age he will be great backup. Though, if we look how good he was at PSV last season, maybe he will be not backup.
Nice is a bit different story. In Monaco they barely can fill more than half of stadium, nobody doesn't cares about football there. While Nice have good support. I'm sure that Benfica will qualify to the next round. But not that confident about away game

No one was really expecting it. I think it was an excellent signing for Porto. They need capable players to have a competitive team, because overall they're a little below par. Therefore, Luuk De Jong can really help a little more, to make Porto truly competitive.

Yeah, plenty of battles ahead, so I need to lay out my bankroll strategy. Generally, I set the stake for each bet based on my historical bankroll chart. When the chart trends upward, I increase the stake; when it trends downward, I decrease it. Since the season is just getting started, I don’t have any previous data points to work from, so I’m starting with the minimal stake of $0,40.

With the performance of Benfica currently, Benfica will win the match, Benfica always do everything to make sure they qualify for every Champions League, they only have problem when they play against big teams in the Champions League, last season they played against Barcelona and they got defeated, although they tried in the match because they scored more than 5 goals in the match which shows that they can do better if they know how to defend against big teams.

Benfica defeated Sporting in their last game and won a trophy, and that will motivate them to play well against Nice, Nice is not a small team but Benfica performance is what we are going to look, although matches can not be predict because some matches results shock us at the end, over 1.5 is the best option for me and that’s what I want to bet on the match.

Benfica is the side closer to winning and they are a team with extensive Champions League experience.
Even if they don’t win this match, I believe they will advance to the next round.
They played against Fenerbahçe recently, and I had the chance to watch Benfica in that match. I think they’re playing really well.



Luuk de Jong is a good signing for Porto. He will definitely be a backup striker, his time at PSV is over and at Porto, he’ll likely get more playing opportunities.

Benfica are indeed favorites to win this match, but with Nice playing at home, they have greater motivation to improve on their first-leg result. This is a very exciting match to watch, and I predict a 2-2 draw.


At 34, he's not too old. As you said, Luuk de Jong still seems capable of competing with the younger players. He's a good striker to add sharpness to Porto's attack. And since the Portuguese league isn't particularly competitive, I think this could give him a chance to shine and perhaps even become the top scorer, as he demonstrated while playing for PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie. The 2023/24 season was a remarkable one for him in the Eredivisie, where he managed 28 goals and 15 assists in a single season.

As of this writing, the match is tied 0-0, exceeding all predictions. I myself thought that by this point in the game, around the 34th minute, there would be at least one goal. But so far, nothing. But Benfica is pressing hard, and I believe it's only a matter of time before a goal comes.

Benfica scored twice in the second half. The first goal came from Frango Ivanovich in 53^rd minute, and the second from Florentino in 88th minute. I really like Benfica's 4-4-2 formation. They pressed constantly throughout the match. It ended 2-0, and my bet paid off. Not bad night for my bankroll. It is pleased.

It was a very good result for Benfica, as they came away with a victory, scored two goals, and didn't concede a goal even playing away from home. This will give Benfica an advantage when they play at home for the second leg, which will be played in five days at Benfica's home ground. I hope Benfica doesn't make any mistakes in the second leg and wins again to advance to the play-off stage.

I heard that if Benfica wins the second leg, they will play in the play-off against Feyenoord or Fenerbahçe. It will be a two-legged match, and the team that wins the combined match will advance to the European Champions League. Congratulations on your successful bet. I wanted to bet on this game but forgot.

I ended up getting it right, basically based on the history of matches between the two teams. I was worried, as I said before, because it looked like a draw, but Benfica played well and the result was as expected.

The Portuguese championship kicks off this weekend. We'll begin to see how the top teams in contention for the title, Sporting and Porto, perform. Benfica's debut in the championship was postponed due to the Champions League play-off games, to have more time for these games.

Here is the list of games in the first round:

MATCH DAY 1:
^{08.08 19:15} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy72C.png Casa Pia AC vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy3u8.png Sporting Clube de Portugal
^{09.08 14:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyrCT.png CD Nacional vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyhwm.png Gil Vicente FC
^{09.08 17:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyyPN.png FC Arouca vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAygWH.png AVS
^{09.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAykN3.png FC Porto vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyoNW.png Vitória SC
^{10.08 16:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyLi1.png FC Famalicão vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy1vl.png CD Santa Clara
^{10.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy44J.png Sporting Clube de Braga vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyJra.png CD Tondela
^{10.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyYx9.png Moreirense FC vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy9Pb.png FC Alverca
^{11.08 19:15} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyv4w.png GD Estoril Praia vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyBrv.png CF Estrela da Amadora
^{23.09 19:15} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyVOo.png Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyIiZ.png Rio Ave FC
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I'm really looking forward to seeing the teams play
But I'm not so hopeful that they'll be better than last year
I think only Benfica has made better signings and may be stronger this season

By the way, before the championship starts, make your predictions, just for fun, of who will be in the top 3

My predictions are:

1 - Benfica
2 - Porto
3 - Sporting

I don't think there's any way to think differently than these three teams. It's the most predictable scenario. Another team could emerge and at least make it into the top three, but it's highly unlikely that it will actually happen.

I would switch your choice from 2 to 3. I think Sporting is a little better than Porto.

Now, it's not just because I'm a Benfica fan, but I think that if Benfica does its job well, it has everything it needs to win the championship.

2025/26 Portuguese Leagueseason started with relatively easy Sporting win. Casa Pia didn't had much to offer against Sporting, so, it was one sided game. Only in last 10 minutes CasaPia started playing football. Spoirting managed to convert their advantage only into 2 goals - seems that it will take some time for them to learn how to play without Gyokeres.

Yes, there's a 99% chance that these three will be the top three, which is why I narrowed the list down to three, hehehe
But what do you (and everyone else here) think the final standings will be at the end of the championship?

Just out of curiosity, take a look at the list of the top 3 from the last 10 years. Only Braga in 22/23 managed to stay ahead of one of the top 3


2024/25
Sporting
Benfica
Porto

2023/24
Sporting
Benfica
Porto

2022/23
Benfica
Porto
Braga  8)

2021/22
Porto
Sporting
Benfica

2020/21
Sporting
Porto
Benfica

2019/20
Porto
Benfica
Sporting

2018/19
Benfica
Porto
Sporting

2017/18
Porto
Benfica
Sporting

2016/17
Benfica
Porto
Sporting

2015/16
Benfica
Sporting
Porto

All the three are bound to be at the top when season ends. But my list would be like this:

BTW, today Porto faces Cuimaraes on the home soil. Should be an easy win for them. What do you think? I have already placed my bet on Porto win with 1.51 odds.

For the few teams I no that isn't always easy for Porto, Guimaraes usually prove uneasy for them and unfortunately Porto has lost to them before so actually except that Guimaraes did not make changes on there striking strength before they cannot make it uneasy for Porto as they did the last time but however you are right about this top three because is likely going to present this way but if there is any club that would be unfortunate among them not to be on the top three the replacement that might come for it is Moreirense because they're also as strong as this three teams.

Judging by their head-to-head record last season, Guimaraes is clearly not a difficult opponent for Porto FC, and the worst-case scenario is that this match will end in a draw. When the Portuguese league kicks off and Porto plays, I'm quite curious to see Luuk de Jong's performance. He's a new signing and a fairly prolific striker. I'm quite curious to see if, at 34, he can still show his prowess as a prolific goalscorer.

Continuing on to other matches, in the final match of the first week, besides the remaining match between Porto and Guimaraes, on the same day there will also be a match between Estoril and Estrela Amadora, which of course makes me choose Estoril. However, I don't see any Benfica and Rio Ave scheduled for this first week. Have they postponed that match?

So far the championship has started without any unexpected results, Sporting and Braga easily beat their opponents, and I think Porto should also beat Guimaraes, although despite the home match Guimaraes can be considered a tough nut to crack. And as I understand it, since Benfica has qualifying matches with Nice, the start of the season will be postponed a little later for them. Guimaraes has a good attack, so I think they can score today.

Yeah we could have seen an unexpected matches if either Sporting or braga could have lost on the goals they gave there opposite teams, it has been a good starting for Sporting winning Casa pia AC 2:0 and also for Braga to also win Tondela 3:0 by scoring higher than Sporting, from the three clubs we believe are the best is remaining two to play there first match for us to see if they can as well get there three point as Sporting, Benfica will be remaining after Porto today and would match against CF Estrela da Amadora. However all this matches they both play non of them was under championship match.

Portuguese league is increasingly making a name in their top leagues respectively. Teams like sporting, which has always been incredibly in the champions League,Porto which were the known "big name" are now fading away gradually. I believe their game against Guimaraes will prove them a strong side in the coming season. however, there are top 3 teams in the Portugal league which are definitely going to present their spectacular strength in the Champions leagues coming season -- moreirense is also a strong team in the league but were so unfortunate not to qualify for European competitions next season.

So far their championship competition has begun without any surprising results; sporting and Braga have easily beaten their opponents, also hoping to see porto beat Guimaraes considering the fact that the game will be played at Guimaraes' home -- but it's not going to be an easy one for Porto to score in this game. Guimaraes has a couple of well-equiped attackers to not worry too much. Meanwhile, benfica on the other hand has to qualify against Nice to play as well.

Unfortunately, I missed those two matches in which Sporting and Braga defeated their opponents. If I hadn’t missed them, I would’ve definitely bet on their victories. I’m hoping Porto beats Guimaraes, and that my bet pays off. If not, Benfica will make up for my loss in tomorrow’s qualifying clash with Nice, where they’re almost certain to win. Benfica's players are the notch above Nice's squad, and they’ll be playing at home with plenty of fans cheering them on.

Yesterday, Braga played Tondela, in a game where the first half was a veritable cycle of mistakes by Tondela's players. It seemed like their intention wasn't to score goals on purpose. To this day, I still wonder how they managed to miss like that. While they were missing, Braga's players were more accurate, scoring the first goal.

Then they taught Tondela's players a lesson in scoring when they scored the second goal in a similar situation to Tondela's, and they missed. To make matters worse for Tondela, they conceded a penalty, and Braga scored. It was an easy win for Braga, in my opinion.

After Sporting has sold Gyökeres they have signed Luis Suárez... However I still think there is no way he can get even close to what Gyökeres did in statistics last season.  :P

Suárez has really been in effective at first league level until now. I doubt him in the Liga Portugal also just for this reason.

This is why the balances might change in the league. My prediction for top 3:

1. Benfica
2. Sporting
3. Porto

Bookies also think the same as Benfica have 2.10 odds while it's 2.25 for Sporting and 4.50 for Porto...

I think it’s too early to talk about the Portuguese League standings because the transfer season hasn’t closed yet, and teams are still buying and selling players.
I read that Benfica might sell a few more players, and if they do, that could weaken their squad a bit.

After selling Gyökeres, it will be very difficult for S.Lisbon to fill his place, he was one of the biggest factors in last season’s championship.
Honestly, I don’t think Suarez will have the same impact as Gyökeres, or even half of it.
Anyway, it’s too early to talk about the championship, it’s very hard to know what will happen at this point.

In your opinion, is having these three teams consistently repeating themselves a healthy thing for the championship? In my view, I think this causes the teams at the bottom to always be at the bottom, and this cycle repeats itself. Other sponsors are unlikely to pursue other teams, which further reinforces this fixed ranking.

4.50 odds for porto this not a true reflection of how Porto is even though Porto has not been performing that great giving Porto this kind of results is not the ideal thing to do because Port stands a good chance of winning the league then about the Portuguese league I think that there are other good teams like Braga which are good but the other teams are not doing enough to compete with the other teams at the top

Although Guimares is neck and neck, Porto has scored twice and remains in the lead. The match is almost over. If Porto continues like this, they'll win, and it wouldn't be surprising if they do. However, if they didn't win this match, they would have fallen behind the other teams. Benfica's match will likely be played after their elimination.

There's talk of Benfica approving a transfer for Kerem Aktürkoğlu. The technical staff has approved his sale, and the team president will make the final decision. Fenerbahçe wanted to sign him. If they pay the transfer fee, I think they could call him back to Turkey. We must admit that Benfica's performance fell short of expectations.

We already have the results of the first round (minus the Benfica vs Rio Ave game, which was postponed). It seems that Porto, of the big clubs, had the most difficult game, but managed to win with relative ease.

Will Porto really be better than many expect? Or was this just a good early-season game?


MATCH DAY 1 - RESULTS:
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy72C.png Casa Pia AC 0-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy3u8.png Sporting Clube de Portugal
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyrCT.png CD Nacional 0-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyhwm.png Gil Vicente FC
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyyPN.png FC Arouca 3-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAygWH.png AVS
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyLi1.png FC Famalicão 3-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy1vl.png CD Santa Clara
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy44J.png Sporting Clube de Braga 3-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyJra.png CD Tondela
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyYx9.png Moreirense FC 2-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy9Pb.png FC Alverca
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyv4w.png GD Estoril Praia 1-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyBrv.png CF Estrela da Amadora
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAykN3.png FC Porto 3-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyoNW.png Vitória SC

I totally agree with this analogy, it's not even far fetched the evidence is right here. The Portuguese title is just circling mainly between these three teams as stated here in the last 10 years and it will still happen again this new season and there's no doubt about that.

They still have a lot to prove. For me, this is just the beginning. Positioning Porto as a great team is more about tradition than results. They've often been inconsistent. So we must wait for them to truly show what they're made of. And I'll be even more interested when they face a bigger team.

Not this time. They didn’t manage to score even onc, and Porto gave them the proper drubbing. The final score ^3:0 speaks for itself and my bet on Porto win paid off. Today, Benfica face Nice, and I expect them to nail down their success and qualify. I've already placed the bet on a Benfica victory. The odds aren’t too high at 1.58, but a win ^{if any} is still a win, money’s money.

I'm glad it paid off and congratulations for predicting it right, when I was trying to access there meetings I saw few doubtable things that started to weak how I think about Porto so I began to agitate about the match and it made me became uninterested again to bet them but is good that Porto didn't just dominate them all but they made it out with three goals. Aghehowa alone score two goals, just like we discussed other players who are performing well from there clubs that is how Aghehowa should be because a major part of there winning yesterday against Guimaraes came from his abilities.

Big win for petit for Porto yesterday, I was thinking it will be a difficult match for them but they cleared my doubt. 2 goals from Samu, he had a continued his impressive foam since he join Porto and I would say he look more sharper than last season. If he went on to score 20+ league goals this season I won’t be surprised. All round it was a good game from Porto, they played well and controlled the game much better than their pre season games, they really need to build from this momentum now.

Today we have Benfica playing in the Champions League playoffs. It's the second leg, Benfica vs Nice.

In the first leg, Benfica won by 2 goals. Now in their first official home game, we hope to see a stronger Benfica and win with some ease.

What do you think Benfica's performance will be? Not playing on the weekend, help?

Benfica already has 2 goals advantage against Nice so they will be playing with confidence and for the fact they don't have any weekend game implies that they will focus all their energy on Nice such that if they can't win, they might end in a draw which will still move them to the next stage based on aggregate score. However, if Benfica play as they did in the first leg, they will still win Nice again because i don't even see any force in Nice for them to level the 2 goals that Benfica scored them.

Benfica was convincing as they won the second leg by 2:0 getting a home and away victory against the French side to make it to the ground stages of the champions League I expected that nice should put up a good performance against Benfica but that was not the case.



French teams apart from PSG has not been too good in the champions League because nice losing home a away is not a good one for the French ligue 1

Benfica scored twice in the middle of the first half once again proving their superiority over Nice. The match ended 2;0, securing Benfica's qualification. My bet on their win paid off, and I’m pleased with the result. It looks like Benfica squad has strong momentum now to advance further and possibly secure Champions League spot. I’m curious to see who their next opponent will be.

Their next match will be against Fenerbahçe, the team coached by Mourinho. They must beat the Turkish side to qualify for the Champions League. These won't be easy games, Benfica has to demonstrate all its quality if it wants the Champions League millions.

Fenerbahçe looks strong at the moment. They’ve signed some new players who really proved themselves in the recent match against Feyenoord Rotterdam. Because of that, the Turkish side might be able to give Benfica the solid challenge. Probably, bts could be the smart choice for their first clash and from there, it just depends on who wins. Benfica is definitely my favorite, but as we’ve seen in football ^{for instance PSG vs Chelsea clash in CWC} anything can happen.

I think Benfica will beat Fenerbahçe because of the quality gap and Benfica’s greater european experience.
The first match will be in Istanbul and I expect them to leave with a victory.

Also, Benfica rejected Fenerbahçe’s offer for Kerem. Fenerbahçe had updated their offer and lowered the transfer fee.
The reason they lowered the fee was because Kerem played in the Nice match. Benfica acted smartly here, because if Kerem goes to Fenerbahçe, he wouldn’t be able to play against them.
For now, the Kerem transfer looks problematic, let’s see how it turns out.

You’re probably right, but I’ll be placing BTS bet on this match. It seems like the safest option rather than trying to pick the winner or a draw in such tight clash for Benfica when they face Fenerbahçe on their home soil backed by thousands of their fans. That said, I think a draw ^{something like 1:1} is the most likely outcome for their first match in Istanbul. Let's see what happens.

Regarding Benfica's game tomorrow, I believe they'll win, despite being away from home. And they'll have +1.5 goals. I think this bet would be a good one to take advantage of Benfica's current form and try to get some very good combined odds.

Benfica played against Estrela Amadora. It was a game Benfica couldn't afford to lose because the other big teams had won their games. Knowing that this was Benfica's first league game, I had strong doubts that they would be able to come away with a victory. That's why I didn't bet on this game. When I saw that the game ended in the first half without a goal,

I started to become more convinced that Benfica might not be able to win this game. Fortunately, Benfica won the penalty, thanks to the penalty, but this weak attacking performance shows a great side of Benfica. I don't know if they can win the championship at this level. I'm starting to doubt it.

In fact, after three official games, having won all three against teams theoretically superior to Estrela, it was a very bad game.

Benfica should have won with some ease, and they didn't show anything special or the quality they have.

It is true that they can say that they came from an intense game during the week, that they had little vacation and little pre-season time. But this is not a good excuse.

Let's see how the next games will be, one thing is certain, they are already at a disadvantage by the number of goals scored.

Yesterday, Sporting handed Arouca a 6:0 drubbing. I expected them to win, but not by such huge scoreline. I placed the modest combined bet, i.e. Sporting to win and their score to be over 1.5. They won 6;0, and my bet paid off, giving the slight boost to my bankroll. Ricardo Mangas, Francisco Trincão, and Luis Suárez, each player scored twice in the match.

Sporting is indeed having a good start to the league season. It's true that they lost the Super Cup to Benfica, and they haven't faced any tougher clubs yet. But Sporting is proving to be a good team; if they continue like this, they'll be a tough team to beat.

Speaking of the goal deficit, I must confess I'm very surprised by Sporting's strong attack in the league even without Gyokeres. I was thinking that with Gyokeres' departure, Sporting's attack would be very weak, but from what I'm seeing, they're no longer missing Gyokeres. It seems they're even doing much better without Gyokeres.

Just look at how they easily beat Arouca yesterday and scored 6 goals. As long as Benfica continues with this current coach, I don't see a good future for Benfica. I don't know how Benfica's management doesn't see this. They haven't made any good signings. This season, Benfica won't be champion again.

Liga portugal is not a very competitive league. The strong teams here are Sporting, Benfica, porto and braga. However , Braga and Porto have not been in good form for the last few seasons. We see Sporting and Benfica fighting for the title. Maybe this season we will see the same thing..

This season , Sporting sold their best player Gyokeres. Gyokeres scored 39 goals and 7 assists last season. The team is in a good rhythm even after selling Gyokeres. Sporting secured a big win against Arouca with a 6-0 margin in yesterday's match. Sporting can be considered a hot favorite for the title in Liga Portugal this season as well.

Even if smaller Portuguese teams isn't that competetive, getting 6:0 win is serious statement. They're trying to show that they don't miss Gyokeres.
Luis Suarez scored 2 goals yesterday, but I'm still notvsure about his abilities. During whole career, he had only 2 really high scoring seasons. And both these seasons weren't even top tier, Suarez scored all these goals in Spanish Segunda.
Gil Vicente - Porto is 0:0 after 20 minutes, game without dangerous moments so far.

I don't think they were bad signings. Rather, I think the players lack the ability to play as a team. Something I think the current coach will struggle to achieve. That's just my opinion, of course. Honestly, I'm even starting to doubt whether they'll even be able to make it to the Champions League.

I don't think it's time to jump to that conclusion. As you said, it's still early in the season for them. So, you need to be patient, and usually, those who have been losing for a long time tend to continue losing when there are no changes, and the same goes for those who are winning. So, because of that, it's always good to side with the favorite.

Tomorrow Benfica will face Fenerbahçe in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.The match will take place on Turkish soil, and Fenerbahçe will  have strong support from their home fans. Fenerbahçe didn’t perform well in their last Turkish Super League match, but that might have been the tactical move to deflect attention ahead of this UCL clash. So, what do you think the outcome will be?
^{I'm pondering whether to bet on  Benfica win or just stay out of it altogether.}

I'm also quite divided. On the one hand, I think Benfica has a better team to win the game. On the other hand, I see Benfica as still very unstable and with some defensive flaws.

I think Benfica has the ability to overcome the challenge, but it has to do more than it has been doing.

You see the odds for Benfica win are quite tempting. Bookies set it as high as 2.56 ^{(while Fenerbahçe - 2.76)}. Thus doubtfully I decided to take the plunge and placed my bet on Benfica win. The potential reward here outweighs the risk. If Benfica wins, the payout would be double what I'd lose in case of their loss or draw. That said, I’m going with my gut and backing Benfica today. ^{After all, it's merely a game.}

Meanwhile, here are the results of all the games in the 2nd round, where all the main clubs won, with Sporting winning with a lot of goals.

MATCH DAY 2 - RESULTS:
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAygWH.png AVS 0-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy72C.png Casa Pia AC
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyJra.png CD Tondela 0-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyLi1.png FC Famalicão
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyoNW.png Vitória SC 3-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyv4w.png GD Estoril Praia
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyBrv.png CF Estrela da Amadora 0-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyVOo.png Sport Lisboa e Benfica
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyIiZ.png Rio Ave FC 1-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyrCT.png CD Nacional
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy9Pb.png FC Alverca 0-3 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy44J.png Sporting Clube de Braga
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy1vl.png CD Santa Clara 0-1 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyYx9.png Moreirense FC
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy3u8.png Sporting Clube de Portugal 6-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyyPN.png FC Arouca
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyhwm.png Gil Vicente FC 0-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAykN3.png FC Porto

Well, Benfica managed to finish the match against Fenerbahçe with the draw ^{0:0, to be exact} even after Florentino received the red card in the second half ^{(in the 71st minute, to be exact)}. This result feels more like the win than loss for them, especially since they’ll next face Fenerbahçe on home soil, backed by mobs of their fans. The chances of winning there are much higher than they were yesterday. So, despite losing my previous bet, I’ll continue to bet on Benfica win.

Despite the red card, Benfica stayed in the match, which is a win for them. I think Benfica will be able to secure Champions League qualification in the second leg. Their squad quality is much better than Fenerbahçe's, and they'll also have the advantage of a home crowd. In such matches, the team that plays the second leg at home usually advances. Fenerbahçe's task is very difficult, while Benfica is comfortably focused on the second leg. They play Tondela, one of the league's weakest teams, on August 23rd. They'll likely field a substitute squad to rest their key players.

I think the red card affected Benfica from winning the game from away because with the way they managed to defend and stay in the game without conceding shows that if they were complete they would have had the advantage to defeat Fenerbahçe from away but the goalless draw is to their advantage since they will be hosting Fenerbahçe at home in the second leg they should win with home advantage and book their qualification to the champions League.

Fenerbahçe's game play is still not stable I had expected Jose Mourinho to be active in the transfer market recruiting new players to increase the squad depth of the team but they are not doing anything I don't think they will be involved in any European competition this season.

Of course, Benfica's first choice will be to qualify for the Champions League, then focus on the domestic league. In the first leg, they drew 0-0 at home to Fenerbahçe, which is a positive for them. In the second leg, they will play at home and will be on a mission to secure a Champions League ticket with the home fans. The match will definitely be a bit easier for them and they will be on the list of favorites. Because it is definitely an important match and it is definitely advantageous for them to have the support of the home fans in an important match. For now, I hope they ignore the domestic league and prepare their key players for the Champions League match.

Judging by the previous matches shown here, everything is shaping up to be a repeat of the standings from recent championships. The top teams are winning, and the bottom teams are either drawing or beating each other.

In the Champions League, they have no chance of becoming champions, so at most, they would only make money by reaching certain stages. This, in my opinion, shouldn't be a reason to ignore what matters most: winning the league. Fans don't care how much money they'll make from the Champions League with each stage they reach. Fans want titles, and the most prestigious football title in Portugal is the Liga Portugal. That's why, in my opinion, the coach should prioritize the league and not the European Champions League matches.

Benfica's next league game is tomorrow, and Benfica can't afford to lose tomorrow. Knowing that Benfica's attack is at its best in the league, the coach needs to significantly improve the attack, because they've won against strong opponents, and they've shown good attacking. For example:

Sporting in 2 games = 8 goals and 2 wins

Porto in 2 games = 5 goals and 2 wins

Braga in 2 games = 6 goals and 2 wins

Benfica in 1 game = 1 goal and 1 win

Here is the list of games for this weekend, for the 3rd round:

MATCH DAY 3:
^{23.08 15:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyYx9.png Moreirense FC vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyoNW.png Vitória SC
^{23.08 17:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyrCT.png CD Nacional vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy3u8.png Sporting Clube de Portugal
^{23.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyyPN.png FC Arouca vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyIiZ.png Rio Ave FC
^{23.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyVOo.png Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyJra.png CD Tondela
^{24.08 14:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyLi1.png FC Famalicão vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyhwm.png Gil Vicente FC
^{24.08 17:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAykN3.png FC Porto vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy72C.png Casa Pia AC
^{24.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy44J.png Sporting Clube de Braga vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAygWH.png AVS
^{25.08 19:15} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyBrv.png CF Estrela da Amadora vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy9Pb.png FC Alverca
^{06.09 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyv4w.png GD Estoril Praia vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy1vl.png CD Santa Clara
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What are your guesses?

You mean Benfica vs Tondela, right? They play on August 23rd, and I’ll bet on a Benfica win.

As for Braga, they scored four times in the UCL qualification against Lincoln Red Imps. Braga really rocks with their attacking style. My bet on their win paid off.

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Well I still see all big teams in the Portuguese league winning all their matches again this week, all the big teams are yet to lose a match and I still think it will still remain that way after this week fixture. From all indications so far this season, it going to be super competitive, every team fighting for every point from the beginning already.
If it continues like this it going to be very difficult who will probably win the league this season.

Above all, even as much as these team are making such performances every team Is still trying to make transfers before the window closes, that show that every team is challenging for this title This season. I think we are going to have a very interesting and competitive season.

Sporting wins
Arouca or draw
Benfica wins
Famalicão or draw
Porto wins
Braga wins

These are very easy games with good odds, but since they're top teams against bottom teams, it's relatively easy to bet. But anything can happen at the start.

So far without big upsets in this round. Nacional made some shock for Sporting with early goal, but a bit later they got red card and after that we saw only one sided action. 3 goals from Pedro Goncalves - seems that already in few rounds he will score more than in whole last season.
Benfica 3:0 Tondela, don't really know whatto say aboutthis game. Just game of different level teams with logical outcome. Thanks to Benfica for scoring that late 3rd goal which saved my over 2.5 goals bet.

Can’t say for good odds but if the games were easy, I could go with that for Sporting CP.  Didn’t start the game with them but, I joined up later in the first half and to have seen that they conceived an early go, I knew they would come back to win in the end. Though they played better in the first half, they couldn’t manage to get a goal but, the case was much more different in the second half. They got an early second half goal and after their second goal was disallowed in the second half, they soon figured out that the best way to beat the goalkeeper was to shoot from outside the box and soon got 4 goals all scored in the second half. It was a spectacle.

Two games in a row, with players sent off from the opposing team less than half an hour into the game? What are the odds?

Well, I don't want to raise any suspicions, especially since both cases resulted in two yellow cards (too harsh?). But this has made Sporting's life easier, especially in terms of the number of goals scored.

Yes, I was talking about Benfica's game against Tondela. Fortunately, Benfica won and performed well in attack. Benfica is very lucky because their next game will be against another weak opponent, Alverca, who are still winless in the league, having played two games and lost both. I see Benfica winning the game

while Porto and Sporting will play each other. I'm praying that Porto can beat Sporting. I know it's a very difficult task. If it were last season, I would risk saying it was mission impossible, but this season Porto has shown great improvement in defense and attack. I won't be surprised by a draw, but as a Benfica fan, I pray that Porto beats Sporting.

So your choice should be a draw. Right now, it's the best possible result for Benfica, who haven't played any major teams yet and have a game in hand. If they draw, and Benfica secures victories until they settle the outstanding match, they'll take first place. Hopefully, Porto and Sporting will continue to win their matches against weaker teams.

In the last match Porto delivered 4:0 victory against Casa showcasing their commitment to the attacking style of play. However, beating Sporting will be the tough challenge for them. To play it safe, I would place BTTS bet on their upcoming clash. Speaking of recent matches involving top teams I was pleased with the outcomes as most of my bets paid off. The only loss I had was on Braga as they ended their last match in draw.

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https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/08/25/UZjjSq.png

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Benfica has collected six points from their two matches. They're now focusing on the Champions League qualifiers on Wednesday. I also think they can play their remaining match and win. Benfica is doing very well this year. Despite a few missing players, they're making it a point to make it less noticeable, delivering exceptional performances in every match. They're one of the favorites in the Portuguese league, along with Sporting Lisbon. They're truly enjoyable to watch, and it's worth noting that they have a fantastic fans.

Now I'll finally be able to follow the League. I ended up missing the first few rounds due to time constraints, but now I've managed to organize myself to follow it more closely
I don't like betting without analyzing the teams and watching the games constantly
I was only following Brazilian soccer so far
I missed watching the League games, hehehe

Although there have only been three rounds so far, I'm surprised by the number of goals scored by Sporting without Gyokeres
So far, no surprises with the top three

Benfica really needs to step up in their performance this season. The fact here is that they don't have a place in the Champions League or neither do they have a chance of becoming champions League winners. I think they should change their narrative this season and focus more on winning the league.
Fans don't really care how much money is made from each stage of the Champions League, what impressed the Fans most is titles, and they have failed to lift the most prestigious football title in Portugal for a seasons now.

Benfica is loaded with good attacking players in the league, so the coach now has one responsibility -- which is to improve their attacking force by pairing up those players, because we've seen them win against strong opponents.

I see it as a very high risk, because these two teams haven't drawn much when they play each other, at least that's what I'm seeing from the game history of the last few years involving both teams.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/08/25/UZ1tIH.png

https://livescores.biz/h2h/porto-vs-sporting-cf

Last season, Sporting was in very good form, they were very strong, but they still couldn't beat Porto by many goals. In the first game, Sporting won by just one goal, and in the second game, it was a draw. Again, Sporting only scored one goal even though they were playing against a weak Porto. This season, it seems like Porto is better than last season, which could mean they might win. That's why I'm not betting on this game.

It's a very unpredictable game. I prefer to put the Benfica game in my parlay, which will have other games that I consider more predictable. I wonder what it will be like here on my street on the day of the Porto vs. Sporting game. The fans of both teams are very loud; they start making a lot of noise on my street during the game and at the end of the game.


For safety reasons, I won't bet on this game. Both teams score or draw. I consider these two options risky. Maybe if I had options for under 4.5 goals and with good odds, I would think long and hard about whether to go for it. But I won't bet on these two options for BTTS and a draw. I prefer to bet on Benfica to win, but I'll put Benfica in my parlay.

After another weekend of championship matches, we saw that the big three teams won, with only Braga drawing their game. Here's the results list.

MATCH DAY 3 - RESULTS:
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyYx9.png Moreirense 2-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyoNW.png Vitória SC
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyrCT.png CD Nacional 1-4 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy3u8.png Sporting CP
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyyPN.png Arouca 3-3 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyIiZ.png Rio Ave
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyVOo.png SL Benfica 3-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyJra.png Tondela
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyLi1.png Famalicão 0-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyhwm.png Gil Vicente
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAykN3.png Porto 4-0 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy72C.png Casa Pia
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy44J.png Braga 2-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAygWH.png AVS
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyBrv.png Amadora 2-2 https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy9Pb.png Alverca

I only made a mistake in the Braga game; the rest of the time, I got everything right. And the most incredible thing is that Braga had five shots on goal and converted two of them. AVS had two shots on goal, and they scored on both. Impressive.

The problem is that they're focused on the Europa League playoffs. Like it or not, until that point is sealed, it's difficult to switch teams from one competition to the next.

Not to devalue AVS, which has been a tougher team to beat than expected lately. However, Braga had every chance of winning and could have done a little better.

Yes, I agree. But it was a great game, both in terms of goal count and statistically speaking. Even with the other team's thoughts elsewhere, they didn't let it slide and did what every team should do: push forward, regardless of the matchup. That's why I see AVS standing out more and more. There's a lot missing, but they're doing well.

They beat serious UCL opponent ^{Fenerbahçe to be exact} yesterday, and now they’ll likely be more focused on their domestic league campaign. Their upcoming matches against Porto in October and Sporting in December will be key in revealing their true potential to lift the trophy this season. I truly hope they do  as I’m somewhat biased toward Benfica.

BTW, my bankroll got the slight boost thanks to Benfica's last win. ;)

Benfica just sealed its place in the Champions League with a good game of football.

Now it's back to the league. Matchday 4 features a big match: Sporting vs. Porto. Both teams have won everything, scoring many goals and conceding few. What will the match be like? Who will win? Or will it end in a draw?


MATCH DAY 4:
^{29.08 19:15} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyhwm.png Gil Vicente vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyYx9.png Moreirense
^{30.08 14:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy72C.png Casa Pia vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyrCT.png CD Nacional
^{30.08 17:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAygWH.png AVS vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyLi1.png Famalicão
^{30.08 17:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyoNW.png Vitória SC vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyyPN.png Arouca
^{30.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy3u8.png Sporting CP vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAykN3.png Porto
^{31.08 14:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyJra.png Tondela vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyv4w.png Estoril Praia
^{31.08 17:00} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy9Pb.png Alverca vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyVOo.png SL Benfica
^{31.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy1vl.png Santa Clara vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyBrv.png Amadora
^{31.08 19:30} https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAyIiZ.png Rio Ave vs https://talkimg.com/images/2025/07/20/UAy44J.png Braga
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It's really the tough call to predict the outcome of this clash. From my bettor's perspective, I think the most reasonable bet for this match could be BTTS . That said, I still have at least two days to go over all the facts and make  more informed decision. Personally, I’m slightly biased toward  Sporting win, though I’m not exactly sure why. It's probably due to their position in the table last season.

I think BTTS is the more likely match. It's difficult to predict who will win, as both teams have a high probability of winning. I'm confident it will be a good match, and I think it's the strongest bet right now. If I'm not mistaken, this will be the first big match in the Portuguese league. It could even shape the future of the league.

As I said in my last post, Porto had a chance to win. I said this in the last post that Porto this season is better than Porto last season and it seems that Sporting is starting to decline. With this defeat, they will have more pressure in the following games.

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Especially if Porto and Benfica aren't losing points. Sporting's attack in this game was great. I think Sporting's chances of becoming champions again this season are low. Maybe they'll go back to being the Sporting of the past, who couldn't win the league for years. I hope Benfica can win tomorrow's game. I've included them in my parlay. Today, Sporting fans here in my country are very quiet.

A bit unexpected result. It's not that Porto played significantly better, but scoring 2 goals in 3 minutes was shock for Sporting. If de Jong scored his most typical career goal, then William Gomes goal was just unbeleavable. Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwY4X2zy6I
After both goals Sporting fans started throwing things to Porto players. It can't be justified, but I think that Porto players behaved stupid by provoking them.
Only bad thing for Porto in this game is that they conceded their first goal this season.

Worse than having conceded the goal, was the goal being scored by them, with an own goal.

Sporting had already shown that against the big ones they would have difficulties and it really happened.

Even so, I don't know if I'm convinced by Porto's capacity.

Now Benfica has to keep winning to stay at the top. Despite not having much confidence from the current coach..

Porto nearly started the match 0-1 up, but it wasn't to be. A stunning overhead kick hit the post in the 15th second.

I think Porto was the better side. They finished the match with a 1-2 victory.

Sporting could have made it 1-0 in the 20th minute, but they couldn't capitalize on the counter-attacks. Porto's goalkeeper deserves special mention. He put in a truly excellent performance. If he keeps this up, he'll be on the transfer lists of other major European clubs within a year or two.

Porto signed Farioli as their manager. He's a good manager, but he can lose his focus in the final stages of the league. This was also the case at Ajax last year.

Porto stun Sporting CP on Saturday as they took top spot in league table after securing their fourth win at Lisbon while all three goals scored by Porto players thanks to own goal form Argentinian defender Perez who score consolation own goal for Sporting.

Match started at high tempo fans watch 4 yellow cards in first half with things were not easy to score goals despite having good attacking soccer from both teams but in second half de Jong and Williams Gomes score two quick goals which handed Porto big win. Today, Benfica is going to visit Alverca which will give them third win and Braga will be entertained Rio Ave for chance of jumping at second spot in league table.