Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2023/24

[hahay]

Braga Vs Benfica
Braga lost to Napoli in midweek but will be looking to bounce back with a win at home to Benfica today. Meanwhile Benfica suffered disappointing draws at the hands of SC Farense and Moreirense in the domestic league which saw them drop off the top of the table. Benfica have lost three of the previous four meetings between the two teams. Today's match is going to be very exciting as both the teams have a point gap of 1 in the league table and are aiming for the top spot in the league. I think today's match could be a high-scoring draw.

Both teams haven't performed well in Europe, that can be said especially about Benfica. But at least both got in Europa league playoffs. My expectation that Benfica won't take 3 points today - it may be draw or or Braga win. As you said, Benfica in recent meetings had problems with Braga and in general this season they're not looking confident. I'm not talking about Europe, even in Portugal they're struggling with weak opponents. They don't play that bad, but wasting so many moments.
And tomorrow round will end with cherry on top - Sporting vs Porto. Difficult to predict something here, so, probably I will go with BTTS. Porto should be in great mood after beating Shakhtar and getting into CL playoffs.

Thus, this week will be a very interesting week, because the four top ranked teams will face off and also, they still have a close points gap. But indeed, I also agree that the match between Braga v Benfica looks like any result can still happen. Although yes, at least Braga has better results compared to Benfica at this moment because after all, at least Braga has better productivity compared to Benfica this moment.

But despite this, the reality is that based on the current odds, at least Benfica is still quite the favorite. Therefore, I say that any result can happen in this match, and Braga cannot completely guarantee that they will win this match.

[Ayers]

Braga Vs Benfica
Braga lost to Napoli in midweek but will be looking to bounce back with a win at home to Benfica today. Meanwhile Benfica suffered disappointing draws at the hands of SC Farense and Moreirense in the domestic league which saw them drop off the top of the table. Benfica have lost three of the previous four meetings between the two teams. Today's match is going to be very exciting as both the teams have a point gap of 1 in the league table and are aiming for the top spot in the league. I think today's match could be a high-scoring draw.

Both teams haven't performed well in Europe, that can be said especially about Benfica. But at least both got in Europa league playoffs. My expectation that Benfica won't take 3 points today - it may be draw or or Braga win. As you said, Benfica in recent meetings had problems with Braga and in general this season they're not looking confident. I'm not talking about Europe, even in Portugal they're struggling with weak opponents. They don't play that bad, but wasting so many moments.
And tomorrow round will end with cherry on top - Sporting vs Porto. Difficult to predict something here, so, probably I will go with BTTS. Porto should be in great mood after beating Shakhtar and getting into CL playoffs.

Thus, this week will be a very interesting week, because the four top ranked teams will face off and also, they still have a close points gap. But indeed, I also agree that the match between Braga v Benfica looks like any result can still happen. Although yes, at least Braga has better results compared to Benfica at this moment because after all, at least Braga has better productivity compared to Benfica this moment.

But despite this, the reality is that based on the current odds, at least Benfica is still quite the favorite. Therefore, I say that any result can happen in this match, and Braga cannot completely guarantee that they will win this match.

It is going to be hard to choose a winner from this match. Both of the teams are in kind of the same type of form right now. One could be slightly better compared to the other. But at the end of the day, it is kind of the same. So I think at the end of the day it is going to come down to the fact that which team is going to perform better on the given day. Both of the teams are definitely going to go for a win. And that might be the only thing making the difference. Because when both of the teams are going to push for goals, they are probably going to leave gaps in the defense. I definitely do not think that it is going to be a goalless draw.

[Essential10]

Sporting CP VS Porto
Today is the game of the number one and two teams in the league table. Both teams have equal points. Only one goal ahead of Sporting Club Porto on goal difference. The outcome of today's match could have a significant impact on the title race, so both teams will try their best to come out on top. Overall, this is going to be an exciting and important match in the league and fans can expect to see an intense battle between the two top teams. It remains to be seen if Sporting can bounce back and claim victory or if Porto can maintain their strong form. The match may go for a possible draw, but one thing is for sure - I don't want to miss this match.

[klidex]

Sporting CP VS Porto
Today is the game of the number one and two teams in the league table. Both teams have equal points. Only one goal ahead of Sporting Club Porto on goal difference. The outcome of today's match could have a significant impact on the title race, so both teams will try their best to come out on top. Overall, this is going to be an exciting and important match in the league and fans can expect to see an intense battle between the two top teams. It remains to be seen if Sporting can bounce back and claim victory or if Porto can maintain their strong form. The match may go for a possible draw, but one thing is for sure - I don't want to miss this match.

This will be a very interesting and very fierce match of course, Sporting CP just suffered a defeat against Guimaraes when they were the visiting team and in this match Sporting CP being the home team will of course be an advantage for Sporting CP but Porto is also it's good condition to have a winning streak recently and have only experienced 1 defeat in the last 5 matches so I think Porto will fight hard even though Porto will play an away match. Moreover, Porto's defense is very strong, he also played well in the Champions League and managed to qualify in the round of 16, so Porto is in high self-confidence At the moment.

Even so, many bookmakers will certainly feel confused about predicting this match because both clubs are equally strong and have high self-confidence, even though Sporting previously suffered a defeat in the domestic league against Guimaraes, but Sporting CP also just won in the Europa League and qualified for play off round so no club can be underestimated here because both clubs are in good condition.

[Hirose UK]

Sporting CP VS Porto
Today is the game of the number one and two teams in the league table. Both teams have equal points. Only one goal ahead of Sporting Club Porto on goal difference. The outcome of today's match could have a significant impact on the title race, so both teams will try their best to come out on top. Overall, this is going to be an exciting and important match in the league and fans can expect to see an intense battle between the two top teams. It remains to be seen if Sporting can bounce back and claim victory or if Porto can maintain their strong form. The match may go for a possible draw, but one thing is for sure - I don't want to miss this match.

The standings are still topped by Benfica and Porto and Sporting are in second and third place with the same points, but in this match the winner of them will be able to overtake Benfica to top the standings.
It just possible that their match will end in draw because both of them have performed quite well this season.

The three teams Porto, Benfica and Sporting can always dominate the league every season and they always take turns in the race for the title.
For this season, it is still not clear who will be able to win the League, but it is possible that after the middle of the season, we can slowly see who will be able to become the strongest candidate to win the League this season.

Looking at Porto development in terms of quality of play and performance, they really have chance to win over Sporting, but to be honest this is match that is difficult to predict.
The only thing I can say is that it is possible for it to end in draw.
But Porto also have to prepare themselves for the round of 16 of the UCL so it is also possible that in the match against Sporting they will not use much ability to maintain the stability of all the players.

[joker_josue]

It is going to be hard to choose a winner from this match. Both of the teams are in kind of the same type of form right now. One could be slightly better compared to the other. But at the end of the day, it is kind of the same. So I think at the end of the day it is going to come down to the fact that which team is going to perform better on the given day. Both of the teams are definitely going to go for a win. And that might be the only thing making the difference. Because when both of the teams are going to push for goals, they are probably going to leave gaps in the defense. I definitely do not think that it is going to be a goalless draw.

It ended up being a good football game, with Benfica having a better first half - where they scored the winning goal. And then in the second half Braga managed to be on top of the game in several moments. I think Benfica's best player was the goalkeeper - much criticized at the beginning of the season - who managed to make 3 or 4 incredible saves. Braga also played well, but I couldn't score. In the end, Benfica won 0-1.

[LTU_btc]

Wow, what an awful game for Pepe, he is probably main reason why Porto didn't achieved positive result. He simply couldn't do anything againt Gyokeres, he was just to slow. And when things doesn't goes well for Pepe, he ften lose his cool head like happened today and nothing surprising that he got second yellow card. And with one man down Porto couldn't do much against team like Sporting who had one of their best games this season.

It ended up being a good football game, with Benfica having a better first half - where they scored the winning goal. And then in the second half Braga managed to be on top of the game in several moments. I think Benfica's best player was the goalkeeper - much criticized at the beginning of the season - who managed to make 3 or 4 incredible saves. Braga also played well, but I couldn't score. In the end, Benfica won 0-1.

It was so strange to see Benfica defending so much in 2nd half. Braga deserved to get point at least, but as you said, Benfica goalkeeper was man of the match, making several deadly saves.

[odunybiz]

Sporting CP VS Porto
Today is the game of the number one and two teams in the league table. Both teams have equal points. Only one goal ahead of Sporting Club Porto on goal difference. The outcome of today's match could have a significant impact on the title race, so both teams will try their best to come out on top. Overall, this is going to be an exciting and important match in the league and fans can expect to see an intense battle between the two top teams. It remains to be seen if Sporting can bounce back and claim victory or if Porto can maintain their strong form. The match may go for a possible draw, but one thing is for sure - I don't want to miss this match.

The match was an interesting one but the outcome of the game really surprise me. I never believe Porto won't even score at least a goal. They were beaten with a goaless 2- 0 by Sporting. At least I'm expecting both team to score in this match.

[rdluffy]

Sometimes the best thing to do is not to bet, and that's exactly what happened hehe
The results of this round were quite surprising to me
I thought Benfica x Braga would end in a draw, and that Porto could beat Sporting, but I was wrong, it's a good thing I didn't bet, otherwise I would have lost

It was a very important result for Sporting that will certainly finish the year in first place. The only reason it wasn't better was because Benfica also won and are very close with 1 point difference
Braga's situation got worse, they fell further away from Sporting

[joker_josue]

It really was a journey full of emotions, with an excellent game from Sporting, and a good performance from Benfica, leaving the championship completely open.

MATCH DAY 14 - RESULTS:
Sporting 2-0 Porto
Braga 0-1 Benfica
Famalicão 1-1 Estoril
Chaves 1-3 Casa Pia
Moreirense 5-2 Portimonense
Boavista 1-1 Vit. Guimarães
Arouca 3-0 Gil Vicente
Rio Ave 1-1 Vizela
Farense 0-0 Estrela Amadora


FEATURED MATCH - STATISTICS:

	Sporting 2-0 Porto
45%	Ball possession	55%
11	Goal attempts	5
6	Goal kick	3
4	Kick out	2
16	Free kick	23
2	Corner kick	2
2	Offside	2
15	Touch line	8
3	Goalkeeper defenses	4
21	Fouls	15
0	Red cards	1
4	Yellow cards	4
72	Attacks	92
45	Dangerous Attacks	35

LEADERBOARD:

POS	Team	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Sporting	14	11	1	2	30	15	15	34
2	Benfica	14	10	3	1	25	10	15	33
3	Porto	14	10	1	3	21	11	10	31
4	Braga	14	9	2	3	36	21	15	29
5	Vit. Guimarães	14	8	2	4	24	17	7	26
6	Moreirense	14	7	4	3	20	13	7	25
7	Famalicão	14	4	6	4	13	15	-2	18
8	Farense	14	5	3	6	22	18	4	18
9	Estrela Amadora	14	4	4	6	15	18	-3	16
10	Casa Pia	14	4	4	6	13	17	-4	16
11	Boavista	14	4	4	6	21	28	-7	16
12	Portimonense	14	4	3	7	16	32	-16	15
13	Estoril	14	4	2	8	25	24	1	14
14	Arouca	14	3	4	7	18	19	-1	13
15	Gil Vicente	14	3	3	8	25	29	-4	12
16	Rio Ave	14	2	6	6	16	23	-7	12
17	Vizela	14	2	5	7	14	22	-8	11
18	Chaves	14	3	1	10	16	38	-22	10

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POS - League Position, PLD - Games Played, PTS - Points Earned
W - Games Won, L - Games Lost, D - Games Drawn
GD - Goal Difference, GF - Goal For, GA - Goal Against

[rdluffy]

The league cup match between Benfica x AVS will start in a few hours
I've decided to place a multiple bet on 4 wins for the main teams, Benfica, Sporting, Braga and Porto
The multiple gave odds of 2.02
I don't think any of the four teams will have to suffer too much to win their matches

In addition to Benfica, there are the following matches:
Nacional x Braga
Tondela x Sporting
Porto x Leixoes

Is there any risk to my bet? 

[QueenVera]

Sometimes the best thing to do is not to bet, and that's exactly what happened hehe
The results of this round were quite surprising to me
I thought Benfica x Braga would end in a draw, and that Porto could beat Sporting, but I was wrong, it's a good thing I didn't bet, otherwise I would have lost

It was a very important result for Sporting that will certainly finish the year in first place. The only reason it wasn't better was because Benfica also won and are very close with 1 point difference
Braga's situation got worse, they fell further away from Sporting

Football prediction now seems as one act that should just be avoided because many times what's being bet on based on records and normal observation will turn out to not being the result. When odds are shared, there are considerations made, on the teams strength and the home advantages too, now sometimes lesser odds are given to the better team with the highest chance of winning but in result, the bigger odds team who weren't even probable to winning the game, turn out to be the winners, thereby making the bet a lost bet.

 It's difficult to bet currently in football because over weeks ago, every game that's played, what's expected to be the result, isn't always the result. Betting stakes are very catchy but it's just advisable that while at it, do not put your full mind in it, anything at all can happen and then results would change.

[joker_josue]

Is there any risk to my bet? 

Nacional vs Braga could be the most complicated, as Nacional is usually a difficult team. But Braga has all the arguments to win.

In the middle of this list, I only paid attention to Porto. Despite thinking they will win, it is just a game to guarantee the schedule, as the team is already out of the competition. The same happens with Leixões, but here the rivalry comes into play. Leixões is a team from the same city as Porto, so historically there is some rivalry. They will certainly give everything to put on a good performance. But, of course, Porto is much superior to Leixões, and will certainly win.

[Hirose UK]

Nacional vs Braga could be the most complicated, as Nacional is usually a difficult team. But Braga has all the arguments to win.

In the Pro Liga, Nacional is in 3rd place while Braga in the Portuguese League is in 4th position, but in the Portuguese League Cup it looks like the two teams will have almost equal performance and this is still in the group phase.
In their last meeting for the Portuguese Cup in the semifinals, Braga won in the 1st leg 5 - 0 and in the 2nd leg the result was 2 - 2 draw but Braga managed to win on aggregate.
In fact, for every meeting between Nacional and Braga, it is clear that Braga always wins the match easily, it just that we don't know what this match will be like.

I have the same thoughts as you where Braga has all the arguments to win and of course anyone would definitely make Braga the favorite in this fight.
And this match will be the 3rd match so we will see who will actually win the match and be able to take full points for group A.

[Essential10]

Vitoria SC Vs Rio Ave
Vitoria SC team is performing well and seems to be very confident in the match at home against Rio Ave. Vitoria SC had a good performance against their rivals Boavista in the last match but were forced to share the points due to Boavista's last minute penalty. Vitorians are close to Braga and could join them in 4th if they win today. With the support of the Vitoria SC supporters, they have a good chance of securing a win and potentially moving up the league table. On the other hand, Rio Ave will be hoping for a win to break their streak of draws. Considering the recent form it seems that Vitoria SC will be able to take 3 points at their home ground.

[rdluffy]

Nacional vs Braga could be the most complicated, as Nacional is usually a difficult team. But Braga has all the arguments to win.

In the middle of this list, I only paid attention to Porto. Despite thinking they will win, it is just a game to guarantee the schedule, as the team is already out of the competition. The same happens with Leixões, but here the rivalry comes into play. Leixões is a team from the same city as Porto, so historically there is some rivalry. They will certainly give everything to put on a good performance. But, of course, Porto is much superior to Leixões, and will certainly win.

And I've managed to won another multiple bet hehe, it worked this time 
Porto, Braga, Benfica and Sporting won their matches and I managed to win a 2.02 odds bet, not bad for ending the year with a positive bankroll in the Portuguese championship (yes, I used my Liga Bwin bankroll to bet on those cup matches)

Now I'm going to see if I can place another bet on the 4 or if I can split it into 2 bets for the last round this year
The multiple of 4 matches give me 2.94 odds 

[swogerino]

Nacional vs Braga could be the most complicated, as Nacional is usually a difficult team. But Braga has all the arguments to win.

In the middle of this list, I only paid attention to Porto. Despite thinking they will win, it is just a game to guarantee the schedule, as the team is already out of the competition. The same happens with Leixões, but here the rivalry comes into play. Leixões is a team from the same city as Porto, so historically there is some rivalry. They will certainly give everything to put on a good performance. But, of course, Porto is much superior to Leixões, and will certainly win.

And I've managed to won another multiple bet hehe, it worked this time 
Porto, Braga, Benfica and Sporting won their matches and I managed to win a 2.02 odds bet, not bad for ending the year with a positive bankroll in the Portuguese championship (yes, I used my Liga Bwin bankroll to bet on those cup matches)

Now I'm going to see if I can place another bet on the 4 or if I can split it into 2 bets for the last round this year
The multiple of 4 matches give me 2.94 odds 

As long as these teams are playing not against each other chances are high that they should win their games,well I would say except Braga which I am not hundred percent sure I would go for the safe route of the three big teams of the Portugal Liga which are Benfica,Sporting and Porto,usually these are the teams who give the rhythm to the Liga Portugal.

I would of course not exclude any surprise result from them either as a gift to the holiday season  so as long as betting companies are involved in gambling surprise results in any league are the norm  .

[rdluffy]

As long as these teams are playing not against each other chances are high that they should win their games,well I would say except Braga which I am not hundred percent sure I would go for the safe route of the three big teams of the Portugal Liga which are Benfica,Sporting and Porto,usually these are the teams who give the rhythm to the Liga Portugal.

I would of course not exclude any surprise result from them either as a gift to the holiday season  so as long as betting companies are involved in gambling surprise results in any league are the norm  .

If I exclude Braga from the bet the odds drop a lot, so I'll keep the bet (I can't cancel the bet now either hehe)
But Braga have done well against the smaller teams, the biggest problem is that Braga still can't match up to the top three teams.
And Casa Pia only managed to get 4 wins in this season until now, I think it's hard to beat Braga in normal conditions

[Slow death]

Nacional vs Braga could be the most complicated, as Nacional is usually a difficult team. But Braga has all the arguments to win.

In the middle of this list, I only paid attention to Porto. Despite thinking they will win, it is just a game to guarantee the schedule, as the team is already out of the competition. The same happens with Leixões, but here the rivalry comes into play. Leixões is a team from the same city as Porto, so historically there is some rivalry. They will certainly give everything to put on a good performance. But, of course, Porto is much superior to Leixões, and will certainly win.

And I've managed to won another multiple bet hehe, it worked this time 
Porto, Braga, Benfica and Sporting won their matches and I managed to win a 2.02 odds bet, not bad for ending the year with a positive bankroll in the Portuguese championship (yes, I used my Liga Bwin bankroll to bet on those cup matches)

Now I'm going to see if I can place another bet on the 4 or if I can split it into 2 bets for the last round this year
The multiple of 4 matches give me 2.94 odds 

I found it strange to see Benfica's odds at 1.21, I see it as a very low odds, I know that Benfica in the last game beat Braga and have gone 5 consecutive games without losing, but in the last 3 games Benfica haven't managed to score more than 1 goal, in the game against moreirense they failed to score a goal and the game ended in a draw, then they played against farense, in a game in which benfica only scored 1 goal and conceded 1 goal, so the game ended in a draw, then they played against Braga and again only managed to score 1 goal, but they didn't concede a goal, so they won the game. When I look at Farmalicao, they are not very strong, they did badly when they played against Porto and lost to Benfica in the Portuguese Cup game.

but even though I see that Benfica has a greater chance of winning this game, I still think that the odds should be between 1.35 and 1.40, probably the value of the odds could increase if Benfica doesn't score a goal in the 1 half or concedes a goal. but since you made a multibet bet and placed this game, I see it as a good choice to place this game. I also don't see Porto losing against Chaves who are in the last position in the table and in the last few games they only had one victory and Porto need to win this game to recover from the defeat they suffered in the game against Sporting.

Braga also won't have any major difficulties in beating the home team, as in the last 5 games they only managed to have 2 victories, another game that will also be easy will be the Sporting game against Portimonense, I don't see Sporting losing against Portimonense who are having results mixed which consists of just 1 victory in the last 5 games. In my opinion, placing the 4 strong teams in your multibet bet was a good choice, the risk is low for the odd value, it's worth it

[Essential10]

Arouca faces Estrela in the only Portugal Primeria Liga match today. The previous match had some challenges with some missing players, but they managed to hold on for the win. It will be interesting to see if they can continue their strong home form and give their supporters a win. On the other hand, FC Arouca has returned to great form, especially in attack, scoring 9 goals in their last three matches. With their confidence high, they will be a tough opponent for Estrela. Both the teams have no improvement in the points table. Both the teams will play well and it seems to end with a draw.