Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2022/23

[joker_josue]

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

I clearly understand what you mean. This was probably the worst game Benfica played this season. This may seem strange and give an idea, but with Portuguese and knowing Portuguese football well, I can say that this is unlikely to have happened.

But, looking at the history of the last 20 years, I can say that Benfica lives with the ghost of losing at home against Porto. So, with that ever-present fear, with the supporters' determination to win, the important game of the Champions League, Benfica's players reached a point where it seems that they have disconnected from the game. It's strange, no doubt, but it's one of the areas that Benfica have to improve a lot, not being so afraid of Porto.

He continued to think that it would be difficult for Benfica to lose the championship, even so, Benfica has to do more to improve that mental aspect.

[execijutiere]

Arouca won 1-0 at home to increase their points tally to 44 and keep their points difference with Guimaraes at the same level. They won with a goal in the first half.
Ferreira were one of the sure candidates for the relegation zone and today they lost at home, further diminishing their chances. They are likely to be one of the two relegated teams. In the last match of the day, braga will host estoril. They will not want to lose points in the week Porto won. I expect my Braga to win.

[Ratash]

It was a nice comeback porto team managed yesterday against benfica but that didn't change anything since benfica team was already out of reach even after yesterday loss they are still seven points clear at the top, their most important game will be against inter in the champions league.

[harapan]

Arouca won 1-0 at home to increase their points tally to 44 and keep their points difference with Guimaraes at the same level. They won with a goal in the first half.
Ferreira were one of the sure candidates for the relegation zone and today they lost at home, further diminishing their chances. They are likely to be one of the two relegated teams. In the last match of the day, braga will host estoril. They will not want to lose points in the week Porto won. I expect my Braga to win.

Guimaraes is one team that their major problem is inconsistency. Maybe its because they don't have quality squad depth like other top teams in the league. At one point they will be a good form and win a series of games then they will go ahead and lose the next five games. They have to work on that if the want to be among the teams that will play European football next season.

As for Ferreira, I think they will be relegated. I don't think anything will change at the bottom of the table. Both Ferreira and Santa Clara will be relegated. Maritimo have been getting worst lately and they are a strong candidate to get relegated too but I believe they have a higher chance of survival than Ferreira.

[joker_josue]

It was a nice comeback porto team managed yesterday against benfica but that didn't change anything since benfica team was already out of reach even after yesterday loss they are still seven points clear at the top, their most important game will be against inter in the champions league.

I really hope that's it, and they get a good result against Inter.
Otherwise, it didn't make any sense that they spared themselves in the game against Porto, and that they missed the opportunity to show their superiority against their main rival.

[execijutiere]

In the last match of the day, Braga beat their opponent 4-1 and continued to follow Porto. The home team, who played a dominant game from the first half, scored in the 17th minute and ended the first half 1-0 ahead. At the beginning of the second half, Estoril scored immediately and equalized the situation, but here they took control of the game and scored three more goals and defeated their opponent. Thus, the point difference with Porto remained at two.

[len01]

In the last match of the day, Braga beat their opponent 4-1 and continued to follow Porto. The home team, who played a dominant game from the first half, scored in the 17th minute and ended the first half 1-0 ahead. At the beginning of the second half, Estoril scored immediately and equalized the situation, but here they took control of the game and scored three more goals and defeated their opponent. Thus, the point difference with Porto remained at two.

Braga vs Estoril for me it's not worth it. Just look at ball possession, Braga is superior to Estoril and in terms of shots on goal, Braga is also superior.
so it's very easy for Braga to score 4 goals against Estoril with very bad defense. Medeiros and Mendes had many chances in the second half so they were able to add 2 goals in the final half of the game.

In the next match, Porto must at least win if they don't want to be replaced by Braga considering that the difference of 2 points is quite easy. in the upcoming match Porto will face Santa Clara, Porto's opportunity to score more goals and add points makes Braga a little behind.

[laurenB7742]

In the last match of the day, Braga beat their opponent 4-1 and continued to follow Porto. The home team, who played a dominant game from the first half, scored in the 17th minute and ended the first half 1-0 ahead. At the beginning of the second half, Estoril scored immediately and equalized the situation, but here they took control of the game and scored three more goals and defeated their opponent. Thus, the point difference with Porto remained at two.

Braga's performance was very good. In fact, Estoril Praia did not have a strong team. And so we saw only Braga's dominance in this match. Braga's players controlled the match from the start of the match. They scored the first goal in just 17 minutes. The first half ended 1-0 so Estoril Praia played a very defensive strategy in this match. Otherwise, they would have conceded several more goals.

Even after winning this match, Braga is 2 points behind Porto. It will be very difficult for Braga to top the points table. Because the Porto team is consistently performing well in every match. Benfica at the top of the table and Porto in second place are more likely.

[shogun47]

This season still has an interesting plot. Benfica Lissabon is going to play against Braga and against Sporting towards the end. Now mathematically, if these two games are going to be close or Benfica loses them and Porto do their job, it would in fact become interesting once more. Benfica has to try and not lose those two games or otherwise they could get into trouble, a situation that I suppose nobody here believes to be possible. But the game against Porto could be this kind of key game.

I think that Benfica will go their way against Inter and then they still have the pressure mounting from the Champions League as well while not having secured the Primera Liga title. That can make a difference at some point when they might be facing an injury or another suspension. There is still some hard work to do for them even though the table looks comfortable for now, but those two games against Braga and Sporting caution is required.

[swogerino]

This season still has an interesting plot. Benfica Lissabon is going to play against Braga and against Sporting towards the end. Now mathematically, if these two games are going to be close or Benfica loses them and Porto do their job, it would in fact become interesting once more. Benfica has to try and not lose those two games or otherwise they could get into trouble, a situation that I suppose nobody here believes to be possible. But the game against Porto could be this kind of key game.

I think that Benfica will go their way against Inter and then they still have the pressure mounting from the Champions League as well while not having secured the Primera Liga title. That can make a difference at some point when they might be facing an injury or another suspension. There is still some hard work to do for them even though the table looks comfortable for now, but those two games against Braga and Sporting caution is required.

I don't think Benfica will lose to Braga and also most likely they will not lose against Sporting either.They are now fully focused on the Champions League encounter against Inter in the upcoming two weeks and only once they would have settle things there for good or worse only then they will start thinking again Liga Portugal,for now they are leading comfortably and their mind and objective for the upcoming two weeks is far away from Liga Portugal.

Sporting is playing against Casa Pia tonight which should be an easy win for them,they have not been the most consistent team during this season and their position in the standings is showing just that.Porto started a bit late to do well and as such they have no real options of becoming Champions of Portugal this season.

[LTU_btc]

Sporting is playing against Casa Pia tonight which should be an easy win for them,they have not been the most consistent team during this season and their position in the standings is showing just that.Porto started a bit late to do well and as such they have no real options of becoming Champions of Portugal this season.

Damn, what a game it was. Sporting won it 3:4. It took just 17 seconds from beginning of game for Trincao to score, probably one of fastests goals in league history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIN9Cs-bTJE
And what a performance by Felippe Cardoso from Casa Pia. He entered pitch on 56 minute, got yellow card on 59, scored goal on 62 and got second yellow card on 64th minute. Probably he didn't even had to go to shower after the game .
Important win for Sporting if they want to catch Braga, still 5 points between them.

[Sirait]

Sporting is playing against Casa Pia tonight which should be an easy win for them,they have not been the most consistent team during this season and their position in the standings is showing just that.Porto started a bit late to do well and as such they have no real options of becoming Champions of Portugal this season.

Damn, what a game it was. Sporting won it 3:4. It took just 17 seconds from beginning of game for Trincao to score, probably one of fastests goals in league history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIN9Cs-bTJE
And what a performance by Felippe Cardoso from Casa Pia. He entered pitch on 56 minute, got yellow card on 59, scored goal on 62 and got second yellow card on 64th minute. Probably he didn't even had to go to shower after the game .
Important win for Sporting if they want to catch Braga, still 5 points between them.

in the match against casa pia, trincao managed to make a hat trick and the first goal he made was really fast, really an extraordinary goal. Goncalves also contributed 1 goal in this match and made him enter the top 5 of the Portuguese league top scorers. 

later there will be a match between chaves vs gil vicente, the two teams are not in a good position, i predict chaves will win in this match.

[rdluffy]

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

Braga, Sporting and Arouca won their matches 

I haven't followed the Portuguese championship closely in the past, but it's looking very interesting to bet on.
The top 4 teams are very strong, it's quite a difference from the rest of the teams.

What calls my attention is not even the difference between the first place that had 10 points of difference from second (now 7 points), but the difference between the 4th place and the 5th, which is 13 points.
Generally this part of the table is more competitive, but the 4 teams are much superior. If you look at the other championships such as the Spanish, English, Italian etc, there is not that much difference.

Are you also placing bets on the Portuguese championship this year or do you just follow the games?

[ILuckyGuyI]

After having really good two seasons Sporting seem really bad compared to those ones in this season. They made so many unnecessary point losses which caused them to get far away from the leader.

Now it is even doubtful if they can make it to the Champions League. Because the gap with Braga is five points at the moment. While we are entering the last seven weeks of the season Sporting had better step up their performance level. While there is a situation like this in the league they had better concentrate on the Europa League title at the same time. Because they have eliminated the biggest favourite which was Arsenal and this means they even have the power to go for the title.

They might not even need to finish the Liga Portugal in top 4 to be a part of the Champions League next season then.

[shogun47]

This season still has an interesting plot. Benfica Lissabon is going to play against Braga and against Sporting towards the end. Now mathematically, if these two games are going to be close or Benfica loses them and Porto do their job, it would in fact become interesting once more. Benfica has to try and not lose those two games or otherwise they could get into trouble, a situation that I suppose nobody here believes to be possible. But the game against Porto could be this kind of key game.

I think that Benfica will go their way against Inter and then they still have the pressure mounting from the Champions League as well while not having secured the Primera Liga title. That can make a difference at some point when they might be facing an injury or another suspension. There is still some hard work to do for them even though the table looks comfortable for now, but those two games against Braga and Sporting caution is required.

I don't think Benfica will lose to Braga and also most likely they will not lose against Sporting either.They are now fully focused on the Champions League encounter against Inter in the upcoming two weeks and only once they would have settle things there for good or worse only then they will start thinking again Liga Portugal,for now they are leading comfortably and their mind and objective for the upcoming two weeks is far away from Liga Portugal.

Sporting is playing against Casa Pia tonight which should be an easy win for them,they have not been the most consistent team during this season and their position in the standings is showing just that.Porto started a bit late to do well and as such they have no real options of becoming Champions of Portugal this season.

Never say never to this one! The odds are against Braga and Sporting, but look at the last game against Porto and the single goal that Benfica Lissabon scored was actually an own goal by Porto. I agree with you and I also don't believe that Benfica is going to lose both games, but many people know what I am talking about. The closer you get to your goal, the more nervousness is involved as well often times especially when there is not just one task that you have to focus on, but you are also playing the Champions League and become afraid of losing it all. These are the mental mechanics that can come into play and Benfica would be no exception here. What plays into their hands is that they have a long history to look back on and lots of experience with a bit more difficult situations.

[execijutiere]

Benfica couldn't open the points gap after losing to porto in an important match this week.I think they shouldn't have lost in such a match with 7 weeks left in the league.But I think this defeat won't be a problem for them.
Braga and Sporting survived this week by not losing points.It is especially important for Braga to follow porto because there will be a qualifying difference between 2nd and 3rd in the champions league.There is a difference of 2 points between them and this is a difference that can be closed, so Braga will have to win their remaining matches as well as waiting for porto to lose points.

[joker_josue]

After another round, which was very lively with Benfica's first defeat at home, against the main rival Porto, it shows how everything is still open. Despite Benfica keeping 7 points ahead, with only 7 games left for the final, Porto is very attentive behind. Therefore, we will see that Benfica will be affected by this result, and perhaps in the Champions League game we will be able to assess this.

For those who thought that the championship was already decided, in football nothing is guaranteed until the last minute. Here is the updated table, after all the games of the 27th round.

Pos	Team	Played	Won	Draws	Lost	G.For	G.Against	G.Difference	Points
1	Benfica	27	23	2	2	68	16	52	71
2	Porto	27	20	4	3	58	18	40	64
3	Sporting Braga	27	20	2	5	60	24	36	62
4	Sporting CP	27	18	3	6	56	26	30	57
5	Arouca	27	12	8	7	31	32	-1	44
6	Vitória SC	27	12	5	10	26	31	-5	41
7	Vizela	27	11	5	11	31	28	3	38
8	Casa Pia	27	11	5	11	26	31	-5	38
9	Famalicão	27	11	3	13	28	34	-6	36
10	Rio Ave	27	9	7	11	27	31	-4	34
11	Chaves	27	8	9	10	27	33	-6	33
12	Boavista	27	9	6	12	32	45	-13	33
13	Gil Vicente	27	8	7	12	26	32	-6	31
14	Portimonense	27	8	3	16	20	35	-15	27
15	Estoril	27	7	4	16	23	43	-20	25
16	Marítimo	27	5	4	18	21	50	-29	19
17	Paços de Ferreira	27	4	5	18	20	46	-26	17
18	Santa Clara	27	3	6	18	17	42	-25	15

[joker_josue]

Day 28 is already starting. Here is the result of the first game:
Famalicão 2-1 Vitória Guimarães

What are your guesses for the remaining games?
Estoril vs Portimonense
Marítimo vs Paços Ferreira
Chaves vs Benfica
Porto vs Santa Clara
Rio Ave vs Casa Pia
Braga vs Gil Vicente
Sporting vs Arouca
Vizela vs Boavista


I think all eyes are on the Chaves-Benfica match. Benfica for the first time this season lost two games in a row, and games with a lot of importance. The game against Chaves can be an excellent opportunity to revive the team for the next games. But, if they don't win the game (even if it's just a draw), they will increase their pressure and could complicate even more this final phase of the season. We'll see what will happen in this game.

[execijutiere]

After the defeat to Porto, Benfica continues to suffer losses by losing to Chaves.At this rate, it seems that the determination of the champion will continue until the last weeks.Things may not be going well for Benfica, who lost with a goal in the last minute. The favorite of the match was of course Benfica and we mainly saw the ball in Benfica's feet, but they had difficulty in finding goals because they could not make use of the positions they found, which led to their defeat.Benfica's point difference with Porto remained 4 after this match.We can say that things are starting to get serious.

[Volgastallion]

I think all eyes are on the Chaves-Benfica match. Benfica for the first time this season lost two games in a row, and games with a lot of importance. The game against Chaves can be an excellent opportunity to revive the team for the next games. But, if they don't win the game (even if it's just a draw), they will increase their pressure and could complicate even more this final phase of the season. We'll see what will happen in this game.

Well, incredible, we now have to say 3 games in a row, i dont see the game, but i can clearly see Benfica bieng not dominant,it was SUPER dominant, but when i stop tracking the match was something like in the 80 minute, when i come back and gonna check thinking, well surely Benfica win the game 1-0 with a goal in the last minutes, and finding i was totally wrong, they lose in a incredible way, Chaves doesnt make so much in the game asides of defend.

This seems like Benfica its having their drop in performanve right now, and its really sad, because its just in the most important part of the season, seeing this development i can clearly say, they are out of the UCL with this mood.