Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2022/23

[Cryptmuster]

I agree that this routine of benfica having many games in a row is creating fatigue in the players and everything will only get worse because there is the champions league and they will have to divide between the champions league and the portuguese league games, this will wear out the players even more . but the part that can balance things out is that the opponents of benfica I speak of porto and sporting will also face the same problem the only problem is that the braga that is in good shape will not have this type of problems, the europe league is not so heavy like the champions league so braga won't have much pressure and fatigue

The difficulty for Benfica lies in the fact that this difficult season started with the Champions League qualifiers, and if season are only just beginning for their rivals, Benfica has already spent a lot of energy on it. So far, they are doing well, but this is just the beginning of the season, all the most difficult is ahead of them.

[joker_josue]

The difficulty for Benfica lies in the fact that this difficult season started with the Champions League qualifiers, and if season are only just beginning for their rivals, Benfica has already spent a lot of energy on it. So far, they are doing well, but this is just the beginning of the season, all the most difficult is ahead of them.

This will undoubtedly affect the team's behavior throughout the season.
I think the coach has to start rotating the players more in the squad, but I also notice that the team still doesn't give the confidence for this to work.
We will see how everything will be managed during this very long period. So far the result has been positive, despite some difficulties in recent games.

[Slow death]

Boavista 1 - 0 Pacos de Ferreira

with this result, things are not going well for pacos de fereira, there are already 5 games and 5 defeats and the worst of it all is that in 5 games they only managed to score 2 goals, that means that in 5 games they cannot score for the minus 1 goal per game, at this rate they will start to fight with the teams in the relegation zone and I highly doubt that this situation will change unless radical changes are made to the team which could result in dismissals. anyway, boavista managed to win and is in a good position unlike Pacos de Ferreira who is in a bad situation

Chaves - Rio Ave

In my opinion, the key will win this game, maybe even Rio Ave will score 1 goal, but the key has more chances to win the game

It is true, although some football agents are trying to change things, while others are still in power, it is difficult to change. But it was good to change!

the problem starts because the portuguese referees they do not hide that they are fans of porto or benfica, nor is it a question of money in which we could say: "referee X received a bribe", the referees do not receive money, they are fans of porto e benfica e when one of these teams is playing they favor the team they are fans

[joker_josue]

Chaves - Rio Ave

In my opinion, the key will win this game, maybe even Rio Ave will score 1 goal, but the key has more chances to win the game

Your opinion was not far from reality, as Rio Ave's draw took place in the 90th minute. Chaves scored early and had great chances to win the game.
I happened to have a different opinion, I would say that Rio Ave won. But really they are not having a good time, and Chaves is in a better phase.

[Prince Malik]

Chaves - Rio Ave

In my opinion, the key will win this game, maybe even Rio Ave will score 1 goal, but the key has more chances to win the game

Your opinion was not far from reality, as Rio Ave's draw took place in the 90th minute. Chaves scored early and had great chances to win the game.
I happened to have a different opinion, I would say that Rio Ave won. But really they are not having a good time, and Chaves is in a better phase.

a draw was fair enough for both teams, they both were able to beat Porto and Sporting Lisbon, Chaves are surprisingly good, they are in sixth position now and i don't think they will be really close from the relegation zone by the end of this season, i know that they didn't play a lot of matches yet and it's just the beginning of the season, but a good start and beating Sporting 2-0 in their home stadium is not just luck.

[joker_josue]

a draw was fair enough for both teams, they both were able to beat Porto and Sporting Lisbon, Chaves are surprisingly good, they are in sixth position now and i don't think they will be really close from the relegation zone by the end of this season, i know that they didn't play a lot of matches yet and it's just the beginning of the season, but a good start and beating Sporting 2-0 in their home stadium is not just luck.

The season is still over, and it is clear that Chaves's goal is not to go down from devision. The more you advance now, the better to achieve this goal.
Usually the fight of these teams is not to go down from devision, but they can be the surprise of the season and stay well placed. One thing is for sure, he has been playing very well and with an excellent strategy on the pitch.

[Cryptmuster]

This will undoubtedly affect the team's behavior throughout the season.
I think the coach has to start rotating the players more in the squad, but I also notice that the team still doesn't give the confidence for this to work.
We will see how everything will be managed during this very long period. So far the result has been positive, despite some difficulties in recent games.

The rotation will definitely be carried out for cup matches, but regarding the championship and the Champions League, it will already depend on the current results of the team, where there will be a great prospect, the emphasis will be placed there. But to be honest, I don't think that Benfica has great prospects to achieve great results in the Champions League, there are much stronger teams there.

[joker_josue]

The rotation will definitely be carried out for cup matches, but regarding the championship and the Champions League, it will already depend on the current results of the team, where there will be a great prospect, the emphasis will be placed there. But to be honest, I don't think that Benfica has great prospects to achieve great results in the Champions League, there are much stronger teams there.

Yes, Benfica will hardly pass the group stage of the Champions League. It should finish in third place and move on to the Europa League.
Benfica was in a very difficult group, and the first and second place should go to PSG and Juventus.

[joker_josue]

Today the three big clubs have played and managed to win their games.

Benfica 1-0 Famalicão
Famalicão did not make life easier for Benfica. They kept a well-organized defensive line for most of the time. The Coach of Benfica also sought to rotate some players, mainly based on the substations.

Sporting 4-0 Portimão
Following the good result obtained in the Champions League, Sporting achieved an important and motivating victory.

Porto 3-0 Chaves
I think this would even be the most anticipated outcome.

[Ratash]

Today the three big clubs have played and managed to win their games.

Benfica 1-0 Famalicão
Famalicão did not make life easier for Benfica. They kept a well-organized defensive line for most of the time. The Coach of Benfica also sought to rotate some players, mainly based on the substations.

Sporting 4-0 Portimão
Following the good result obtained in the Champions League, Sporting achieved an important and motivating victory.

Porto 3-0 Chaves
I think this would even be the most anticipated outcome.

Yes they all managed to win but unfortunatly for sporting they are far behind from the top spotted 5 away from porto and 6 from benfica  the leaders but this is still the beginning of the season so things might change drastically, no team seem unbeatable which is a good thing for them.

[joker_josue]

Yes they all managed to win but unfortunatly for sporting they are far behind from the top spotted 5 away from porto and 6 from benfica  the leaders but this is still the beginning of the season so things might change drastically, no team seem unbeatable which is a good thing for them.

It is normal in Portugal for small clubs to take points to big clubs.
That's why Benfica and Porto are clearly expected to lose points. They will hardly be able to remain unbeatable, especially Benfica.

[joker_josue]

Perhaps the game with the most attention of this journey is Boavista - Sporting.
Sporting comes to this game at the best moment of the season, with 4 consecutive victories. However, in Boavista's history of home clashes, in 59 matches for the Liga Portugal, Sporting has only won 16 times, against 22 victories for Boavista and 21 draws. That said, despite Sporting's favoritism, Boavista's good moment and history will try to contradict it.
Note: Whenever they won this season, Sporting never conceded goals.


Another game to watch out for will be Estoril - Porto. Porto is not having a good time, after the heavy defeat in the Liga dos Campões. Therefore, it will be interesting what Porto's reaction against Estoril will be.
Note: This season, Porto won all the games in which they scored first and lost when the opposite happened.


For those who like to bet, here are other interesting facts:
Gil Vicente - Rio Ave: Gil Vicente only lost at home to Porto, Rio Ave still hasn't won away.
Santa Clara - Paços Ferreira: Of the 12 games played by the two teams, 9 ended with results separated by the minimum margin.

[Joca97]

Perhaps the game with the most attention of this journey is Boavista - Sporting.
Sporting comes to this game at the best moment of the season, with 4 consecutive victories. However, in Boavista's history of home clashes, in 59 matches for the Liga Portugal, Sporting has only won 16 times, against 22 victories for Boavista and 21 draws. That said, despite Sporting's favoritism, Boavista's good moment and history will try to contradict it.
Note: Whenever they won this season, Sporting never conceded goals.


Another game to watch out for will be Estoril - Porto. Porto is not having a good time, after the heavy defeat in the Liga dos Campões. Therefore, it will be interesting what Porto's reaction against Estoril will be.
Note: This season, Porto won all the games in which they scored first and lost when the opposite happened.


For those who like to bet, here are other interesting facts:
Gil Vicente - Rio Ave: Gil Vicente only lost at home to Porto, Rio Ave still hasn't won away.
Santa Clara - Paços Ferreira: Of the 12 games played by the two teams, 9 ended with results separated by the minimum margin.

I think a more difficult match will be Estoril vs Porto. Porto comes back from europe after they got destroyed and i dont think they are in a pretty good mood,while Sporting won against Tottenham and is really motivated so i guess it will be an easy away win for them.

[joker_josue]

I think a more difficult match will be Estoril vs Porto. Porto comes back from europe after they got destroyed and i dont think they are in a pretty good mood,while Sporting won against Tottenham and is really motivated so i guess it will be an easy away win for them.

It is true that Estoril can complicate life for Porto. But, historically, Porto is much superior, and certainly players will want to show their quality in a total way.
Now, I'm not surprised if the game ended in a draw.

[emrecemsan]

I'm going to pick two matches from the Liga Portugal for betting and my choices are:

Estoril - Porto: Both teams to score @2.02
Boavista - Sporting: Sporting win @1.40

I have looked into all of the head-to-head matches between Estoril and Porto in the Liga Portugal. There is a really interesting statistics I've found there. There isn't even a single match that one of these teams finished by not scoring. Both teams scored in all of them. Therefore I think that it's pretty sensible to bet on BTTS by a nice odd like this.

Sporting have finally started to improve their performance in the recent times. They won all of their last four official matches. Especially after defeating Tottenham the last time they should be in a wonderful mental condition. Boavista don't have much chance while Sporting are in an impressive form.

[joker_josue]

I have looked into all of the head-to-head matches between Estoril and Porto in the Liga Portugal. There is a really interesting statistics I've found there. There isn't even a single match that one of these teams finished by not scoring. Both teams scored in all of them. Therefore I think that it's pretty sensible to bet on BTTS by a nice odd like this.

It looks like a fair bet. There really are several goals in the games between Estoril and Porto.
Although usually Porto wins, both teams usually score goals. This year things are a little different for both teams compared to the last few years. Both are going through a less positive period. We'll see how it goes.

[CLS63]

It looks like both teams can really score in the Estoril - Porto match. Because the first goal came from Estoril side a few minutes before the end of the first half. There hasn't been much time since the second half started and I see no reason for Porto not to find the equalizer. They need a decent result in this match after that horrible Club Brugge loss by 4-0. Scoring one goal might be enough to bring them around and make a comeback.

On the other hand they lost to Rio Ave away by 3-1 a few weeks ago. This makes me think about if this could be another match they are losing points. Estoril are even a more challenging team than Rio Ave in the end. This will be a very difficult comeback even if Porto manage to do it. Evanilson and Taremi both are productive scorers normally. They need to take a bigger responsibility in this one.

[LTU_btc]

Very interesting round, it doesn't happen often that 2 of 3 big teams drop points in same round, playing against underdogs. Porto ended game with Estoril 1:1. They were down 1:0 big part of game, until referee gave late penalty after Estoril played handball. So, Porto managed to take point after scoring penalty 99th minute.
Sporting continues their poor performance, now they lost to Boavista 2:1. Sporting player Nuno Santos made amazing Rabona style assist, but it didn't saved them. Though, IMO, referee later gave questionable penalty in favour of Boavista, you can judge yourself:
https://youtu.be/xB6iM61_r1s?t=204
Now Benfica have good chance to run away a bit, they will play with Maritimo tomorrow.

[joker_josue]

Very interesting round, it doesn't happen often that 2 of 3 big teams drop points in same round, playing against underdogs. Porto ended game with Estoril 1:1.

Although it's not normal for big players to lose against small clubs. In Portugal, sometimes it's even quite common when this happens, it happens to 3 at the same time. 

But Porto is really entering a complicated phase, in a series of bad results, in all competitions.
Sporting, who are even performing well in the Champions League, in the national championship things are still complicated.

Let's see today how the games against Benfica and Braga are going, who have been doing very well in the championship.

[emrecemsan]

My bet on both teams to score for Estoril - Porto won but I made a big mistake by believing in Sporting to win this match.  

Actually this match would have been in Sporting's control. They had some important goal chances while it was 0-0 but couldn't benefit from them. Boavista's first goal was really amazing and I've added a link for it below. It was a great volley by Lourenco. Sporting answered in the same way. Nuno Santos made a superb assist by a rabona. But Ricardo Esgaio made a really big mistake only ten minutes after he entered the match and caused a penalty. He was responsible for this 2-1 loss. Benfica and Braga have a chance to get away more from the others today and both of them should be able to win against Maritimo and Vizela comfortably.

Boavista's first goal: https://youtu.be/arJyJ5iz08E?t=96