Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2022/23

[joker_josue]

After finishing all the games of the last round, and at the end of 26 games, the table ranks as follows:

Pos	Team	Played	Won	Draws	Lost	G.For	G.Against	G.Difference	Points
1	Benfica	26	23	2	1	67	14	53	71
2	Porto	26	19	4	3	56	17	39	61
3	Sporting Braga	26	19	2	5	56	23	33	59
4	Sporting CP	26	17	3	6	52	23	29	54
5	Arouca	26	11	8	7	30	32	-2	41
6	Vitória SC	26	12	5	9	25	29	-4	41
7	Casa Pia	26	11	5	10	23	27	-4	38
8	Vizela	26	10	5	11	30	28	2	35
9	Rio Ave	26	9	6	11	25	29	-4	33
10	Famalicão	26	10	3	13	25	33	-8	33
11	Chaves	26	8	8	10	27	33	-6	32
12	Boavista	26	8	6	12	30	44	-14	30
13	Gil Vicente	26	8	6	12	26	32	-6	30
14	Portimonense	26	8	2	16	18	33	-15	26
15	Estoril	26	7	4	15	22	39	-17	25
16	Marítimo	26	5	4	17	21	49	-28	19
17	Paços de Ferreira	26	4	5	17	19	43	-24	17
18	Santa Clara	26	3	6	17	17	41	-24	15

[rdluffy]

Actually, betting on almost every league is quite easy for me (especially Europe's top 5 leagues), as long as we know when is the right time to bet on a team match that is being favored. Moreover, betting on a team that is clearly superior in securing the championship title or even for a team that is currently competing for the UCL zone. But I think betting on the Portuguese league is like a challenge and even though I'm still new here, I really enjoy it.

I have some knowledge in the major championships, Spanish and English mainly. Italian, Portuguese and French I'm learning how to bet, it's funny because every league has its own particularities.
I'll try to do more multi bets with Portuguese league + Brazilian championship

For Porto vs Benfica, right now I still don't have a pretty good view of this match. However, if we look at the odds offered by the bookie, here it is clear that Benfica is very favored even though they are guests, but still in this match Porto will be the host. Of course it's very risky in my opinion if we bet entirely on Benfica's victory. In my opinion, even though this match was very fierce, it didn't seem like too many goals were created. Benfica's chances of winning are slim, but a draw or Porto winning is a very big percentage in my opinion. So I will take a handicap bet (1) for Porto's advantage, even though the odds are quite small, but it's much safer and doesn't take too big a risk.

In my bookmaker, the odds for Benfica victory are 1.94 against 3.75 for Porto, I thought the odds would be more balanced.
I think I won't risk in this match hahaha. In this kind of match with 2 great teams I usually only bet when my team is playing to increase the fun, but it's pretty hard to guess a match like this, good luck with your choice. 

It's better if you start betting again this week because it will definitely be a lot of fun or even get money to just buy coffee.

I will, but not on Porto vs Benfica 

A multi with 3 bets in victories of Arouca, Braga and Sporting is paying 4.25, maybe I'll go in this bet, I have a day to think

[joker_josue]

In my bookmaker, the odds for Benfica victory are 1.94 against 3.75 for Porto, I thought the odds would be more balanced.
I think I won't risk in this match hahaha. In this kind of match with 2 great teams I usually only bet when my team is playing to increase the fun, but it's pretty hard to guess a match like this, good luck with your choice. 

Historically, these types of games are really difficult to predict who will win or how the result will look.

Porto will probably try to make the game harder, to break the technical moves that Benfica promotes. Benfica, on the other hand, will try to control the game and cause imbalance in order to reach Porto's goal. The probability of a draw is very high, even so Porto can surprise. Despite thinking that Benfica has everything to win.

[execijutiere]

This week a very important match will be waiting for us in terms of the course of the league. In the Benfica-Porto match, if Benfica wins the match, we can say that they are the definite champions. There is currently a 10 point difference between them and Porto and this difference will be 13 if Benfica wins. Braga will also wait for Porto to lose as they are following Porto closely. If porto loses this week and braga wins, they will take the 2nd place.

[rdluffy]

I think this is a great bet, at least for me, Braga, Sporting and Arouca victories, let's see if I'm lucky

Historically, these types of games are really difficult to predict who will win or how the result will look.

The odds are even better for Benfica victory right now.
In my opinion Porto has chances to beat Benfica, and I see two good reasons.
First, Benfica will play against Inter for the Champions League in only 4 days, so they might save some players or hold back a bit in order not to get too tired, since the next match is much more important.
Second reason is that already having 10 points of advantage and with the above reason, Benfica's team may not have as much motivation for this game as Porto's team.
If Porto can get a win, the difference would decrease to 7 points, it would still be far away, but can spark some hope.
An eventual defeat would practically cancel the title chances since the difference would go to 13 points.

If I had to bet on this game, I would bet on a 1-goal game.
I can't wait to watch it, I'll be able to see it on ESPN.

[darewaller]

This week a very important match will be waiting for us in terms of the course of the league. In the Benfica-Porto match, if Benfica wins the match, we can say that they are the definite champions. There is currently a 10 point difference between them and Porto and this difference will be 13 if Benfica wins. Braga will also wait for Porto to lose as they are following Porto closely. If porto loses this week and braga wins, they will take the 2nd place.

Just few minutes ago we have early start of 27th round with Leaders Benfica hosting Porto at Estádio da Luz Lisbon due to Benfica commitments in Champions League which is going to play on 11th April against Inter here on same stadium start is good for the host club as they have early lead through Costa own goal and now lead is 13th points which mean now title is under their control with just 7 matches remaining in this season.

Right now, we are in 24th minute of this game, if Benfica able to hold this lead and Porto lost this match then most chances they will lose second spot with Braga is having easy game against struggling Estoril which is fighting hard for staying into League for another season after having poor performance in throughout season.

[swogerino]

Well I never thought Porto to be able to turn things around after they conceded a goal early and playing at Benfica home,yet here we are with just 20 minutes to go and the result is 1-2 for Porto now.Both teams will play in Champions League so I think it does not impact the game of each team and they are giving it all for this game,while Benfica has the luxury of not caring much if they lose a game as they are still leading the Liga Portugal comfortably as they are still 7 points ahead of Porto and the game is not over yet and most probably Benfica will draw,anyway whatever happens Liga Portugal is most likely already won by Benfica and as such even if they lose this game nothing will really change in here.

[casperBGD]

Well I never thought Porto to be able to turn things around after they conceded a goal early and playing at Benfica home,yet here we are with just 20 minutes to go and the result is 1-2 for Porto now.
~snip

not sure how this result will settle for Benfica prior to important QF match with Inter (that also lost points to Salernitana, and has a tougher position to join CL next season from league, since it will be pretty tough to enter top4 with this form)

all goals scored by Porto, first own goal, and than a turnaround to win it, but they are still 7 points behind Benfica, seven rounds to go, almost impossible to see Benfica losing title bearing in mind that they lost total of 10 points in previous 27 rounds, but derby victory is always important

[Queentoshi]

Well I never thought Porto to be able to turn things around after they conceded a goal early and playing at Benfica home,yet here we are with just 20 minutes to go and the result is 1-2 for Porto now.Both teams will play in Champions League so I think it does not impact the game of each team and they are giving it all for this game,while Benfica has the luxury of not caring much if they lose a game as they are still leading the Liga Portugal comfortably as they are still 7 points ahead of Porto and the game is not over yet and most probably Benfica will draw,anyway whatever happens Liga Portugal is most likely already won by Benfica and as such even if they lose this game nothing will really change in here.

Interesting game both teams played 1-1 draw in the first half and the second half FC Porto took the lead, was even thinking Benfica can over turn the score but that didn't happen, I predicted Benfica to win this game because they have really been in a good form, and they where the home team, so was thinking that will be of more advantage to them, but football is very unpredictable. FC Porto is very good side  also, they are not easy to play but was thinking Benfica will get the better result today.

[emrecemsan]

Winning that match against Benfica away was a really good success for Porto indeed. It was crucial for them to increase their chance to catch up with them. But I don't think there is a big increase though. Because the point gap is still seven points while we are entering last seven weeks in the season. Porto really need some kind of a miracle to take the lead from Benfica from now on. They will hope for Benfica's form to start getting worse thanks to this loss which is not likely in my opinion.

Benfica are still a part of the Champions League as well but I think they can still continue to keep the balance between two tournaments. I think Benfica's huge effort really deserves the Liga Portugal title this season.

[Slow death]

almost impossible to see Benfica losing title bearing in mind that they lost total of 10 points in previous 27 rounds

Portuguese league seems like a league in which manipulation has been in place for years, look at the case of porto, see how porto has been winning games in a strange way, and see how benfica's game against porto was, it didn't even seem that the players of benfica had any interest in winning the game, benfica's performance was not a normal performance, it even looked like a team that before the game had been told to play badly and lost the game, the big teams like benfica and porto seem to always play manipulating the results, maybe I'm wrong, but anyone who observes the Portuguese league well will come to this kind of conclusion

well, we'll see what the theater will be like in the next games, maybe benfica will start with a losing streak for porto to win and for porto to win the referees will give many red cards and penalties to all porto's opponents, i said months ago that benfica profits from selling players and that when it comes to winning the league I don't think they make an effort, there have been many times when they were better than porto and other teams but in the end they started to lose out of nowhere and porto miraculously became champion, the result of today's game is not even something surprising, Is a Déjà vu

[LTU_btc]

Winning that match against Benfica away was a really good success for Porto indeed. It was crucial for them to increase their chance to catch up with them. But I don't think there is a big increase though. Because the point gap is still seven points while we are entering last seven weeks in the season. Porto really need some kind of a miracle to take the lead from Benfica from now on. They will hope for Benfica's form to start getting worse thanks to this loss which is not likely in my opinion.

Benfica are still a part of the Champions League as well but I think they can still continue to keep the balance between two tournaments. I think Benfica's huge effort really deserves the Liga Portugal title this season.

It wasn't most beautiful game, none of teams haven't showed something extraordinary, but Porto were a bit better. Don't want to go into conpiracy theories like in post above because for it I would need to have some kind of evidence. Now gap between teams is 7 points, Porto still keep minimal hope, but they need miracle. Porto schedule is easier, Benfica is going to face Sporting and Braga. Even if they will lose both games, it's just 6 points, not enough. And Porto don't have right to make mistakes.

[rdluffy]

Portuguese league seems like a league in which manipulation has been in place for years, look at the case of porto, see how porto has been winning games in a strange way, and see how benfica's game against porto was, it didn't even seem that the players of benfica had any interest in winning the game, benfica's performance was not a normal performance, it even looked like a team that before the game had been told to play badly and lost the game, the big teams like benfica and porto seem to always play manipulating the results, maybe I'm wrong, but anyone who observes the Portuguese league well will come to this kind of conclusion

well, we'll see what the theater will be like in the next games, maybe benfica will start with a losing streak for porto to win and for porto to win the referees will give many red cards and penalties to all porto's opponents, i said months ago that benfica profits from selling players and that when it comes to winning the league I don't think they make an effort, there have been many times when they were better than porto and other teams but in the end they started to lose out of nowhere and porto miraculously became champion, the result of today's game is not even something surprising, Is a Déjà vu

In my opinion, the most likely thing that happened was what I commented on until just before the game:

First, Benfica will play against Inter for the Champions League in only 4 days, so they might save some players or hold back a bit in order not to get too tired, since the next match is much more important.
Second reason is that already having 10 points of advantage and with the above reason, Benfica's team may not have as much motivation for this game as Porto's team.

I have no conclusion whether there is something going on of the kind you are talking about, but I suspected that the match could be won by Porto mainly due to the fact that Benfica will play in 4 days a VERY important match against Inter. The players must be thinking only about this match.

The distance between the two teams is 7 points, still quite a lot considering that there are 7 matches left for each of the two teams, still 21 points at stake.
I think that only a tragedy can take away Benfica's title, but it's important to observe how far the team goes in the Champions League because this can influence the results a lot and another fact to consider is that Benfica still has 2 difficult matches left against Sporting and Braga.

[jostorres]

Winning that match against Benfica away was a really good success for Porto indeed. It was crucial for them to increase their chance to catch up with them. But I don't think there is a big increase though. Because the point gap is still seven points while we are entering last seven weeks in the season. Porto really need some kind of a miracle to take the lead from Benfica from now on. They will hope for Benfica's form to start getting worse thanks to this loss which is not likely in my opinion.

Benfica are still a part of the Champions League as well but I think they can still continue to keep the balance between two tournaments. I think Benfica's huge effort really deserves the Liga Portugal title this season.

It wasn't most beautiful game, none of teams haven't showed something extraordinary, but Porto were a bit better. Don't want to go into conpiracy theories like in post above because for it I would need to have some kind of evidence. Now gap between teams is 7 points, Porto still keep minimal hope, but they need miracle. Porto schedule is easier, Benfica is going to face Sporting and Braga. Even if they will lose both games, it's just 6 points, not enough. And Porto don't have right to make mistakes.

I agree as Porto were better team and Benfica players were not in game even they take early lead but from their side nothing positive were happening and most of the time Porto were looking better team which happen at the end with their win with the score of 1 - 2 with this win now they have difference of five points from third spotted team Braga and having seven points difference from Benfica which is at the top of league table and most chances will win this title in current year seven matches left which mean most chances we are going to have no changes in league table while these teams are going to have same places and Benfica and Porto are going to be direct entry in Champions League with Braga go into qualification round as well.

[Joca97]

Winning that match against Benfica away was a really good success for Porto indeed. It was crucial for them to increase their chance to catch up with them. But I don't think there is a big increase though. Because the point gap is still seven points while we are entering last seven weeks in the season. Porto really need some kind of a miracle to take the lead from Benfica from now on. They will hope for Benfica's form to start getting worse thanks to this loss which is not likely in my opinion.

Benfica are still a part of the Champions League as well but I think they can still continue to keep the balance between two tournaments. I think Benfica's huge effort really deserves the Liga Portugal title this season.

It wasn't most beautiful game, none of teams haven't showed something extraordinary, but Porto were a bit better. Don't want to go into conpiracy theories like in post above because for it I would need to have some kind of evidence. Now gap between teams is 7 points, Porto still keep minimal hope, but they need miracle. Porto schedule is easier, Benfica is going to face Sporting and Braga. Even if they will lose both games, it's just 6 points, not enough. And Porto don't have right to make mistakes.

I agree as Porto were better team and Benfica players were not in game even they take early lead but from their side nothing positive were happening and most of the time Porto were looking better team which happen at the end with their win with the score of 1 - 2 with this win now they have difference of five points from third spotted team Braga and having seven points difference from Benfica which is at the top of league table and most chances will win this title in current year seven matches left which mean most chances we are going to have no changes in league table while these teams are going to have same places and Benfica and Porto are going to be direct entry in Champions League with Braga go into qualification round as well.

Didnt expect a win from Porto in this away game against Benfica. We know how good Benfica is this season and for me this wasnt expected. Porto with this win has some chances to try and win the title. Benfica had a match point for the title but wasnt able to take it

[execijutiere]

Porto won in the most crucial match of the week. We have to say that neither team could get into many positions. Although Benfica played more with the ball, they couldn't win the match. To be honest, I didn't expect Benfica to play so badly. maybe they didn't focus much on this match because they were focused on the Inter match they were going to play during the week. The more important game for them is to win the Inter game. With this win Porto reduced the points difference with Benfica to seven.

[shogun47]

Well I never thought Porto to be able to turn things around after they conceded a goal early and playing at Benfica home,yet here we are with just 20 minutes to go and the result is 1-2 for Porto now.Both teams will play in Champions League so I think it does not impact the game of each team and they are giving it all for this game,while Benfica has the luxury of not caring much if they lose a game as they are still leading the Liga Portugal comfortably as they are still 7 points ahead of Porto and the game is not over yet and most probably Benfica will draw,anyway whatever happens Liga Portugal is most likely already won by Benfica and as such even if they lose this game nothing will really change in here.

Same for me, but this is what nerves can do when you have the hands around the trophy already But not to forget here that Benfica Lissabon could afford that result although I am sure they would have much rather taken a draw even pre-game. Losing it makes things a bit of interesting actually and that is what they wanted to avoid taking into account their ambitions in the Champions League. They would have had more options when it comes to rotation and giving players a break. Now they can't really afford to lose another one. Schmidt was asked whether people should already congratulate him when he wins against Porto and he said that the only thing that counts is mathematics when it comes to being the champion or not and as you can see he is of course right. That was a six points game and now Benfica needs to be careful. It is still comfortable though as Porto is another category than most of the teams they have to play against from now on.

[slapper]

Well I never thought Porto to be able to turn things around after they conceded a goal early and playing at Benfica home,yet here we are with just 20 minutes to go and the result is 1-2 for Porto now.Both teams will play in Champions League so I think it does not impact the game of each team and they are giving it all for this game,while Benfica has the luxury of not caring much if they lose a game as they are still leading the Liga Portugal comfortably as they are still 7 points ahead of Porto and the game is not over yet and most probably Benfica will draw,anyway whatever happens Liga Portugal is most likely already won by Benfica and as such even if they lose this game nothing will really change in here.

I agree with you that this game is hugely important for both Porto and Benfica, and we won't even talk about the upcoming Champions League matches. But this unease in my stomach won't go away. Benfica may be in first place in Liga Portugal, but if they lose to Porto, it will be a major setback for their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Benfica will be extremely cautious in the upcoming games because they simply cannot afford another mistake. That might seriously damage their magical abilities, preventing them from accomplishing their goals. This game, then? A stark reminder that even the smallest mistake may have far-reaching consequences in the NFL

[Iranus]

Porto won in the most crucial match of the week. We have to say that neither team could get into many positions. Although Benfica played more with the ball, they couldn't win the match. To be honest, I didn't expect Benfica to play so badly. maybe they didn't focus much on this match because they were focused on the Inter match they were going to play during the week. The more important game for them is to win the Inter game. With this win Porto reduced the points difference with Benfica to seven.

Benfica is very unlikely to lose the title this season. Even after losing this match, the Benfica team is 7 points ahead of Porto. And right now that 7 points seem like a huge gap. Benfica played very carefully against Porto. They do not want to face any injury in this match. Because they are now more worried about the Champions League match. The team wants to win against Inter Milan in the quarter-finals. And I think the team is progressing according to the plan and expect to see a more composed performance from Benfica against Inter Milan on the 12th.

[len01]

Well I never thought Porto to be able to turn things around after they conceded a goal early and playing at Benfica home,yet here we are with just 20 minutes to go and the result is 1-2 for Porto now.Both teams will play in Champions League so I think it does not impact the game of each team and they are giving it all for this game,while Benfica has the luxury of not caring much if they lose a game as they are still leading the Liga Portugal comfortably as they are still 7 points ahead of Porto and the game is not over yet and most probably Benfica will draw,anyway whatever happens Liga Portugal is most likely already won by Benfica and as such even if they lose this game nothing will really change in here.

it was surprising when in the last minute before the game finished M. Taremi was able to add 1 goal for Porto and take points from Benfica.
surely the Benfica players also would not have thought that M. Taremi would score a goal. because all Benfica's players thought was to underestimate Porto and in the end Benfica was humiliated by M.Taremi with an additional goal in the last minute.
but for Benfica this defeat means nothing while the difference in points is still quite far.