Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2023/24

[Hirose UK]

That sounds pretty difficult to achieve right now from Porto.I think last year they were also a bit lucky in that final stretch and also Benfica was playing in Champions and Porto took profit from this fact.I doubt now that Benfica would favor the Champions over the Liga Portugal abd will give it all to win.For me though Sporting is the strongest contender to the title as they are in the best performance so far.

I also think it's very difficult for the team to do what they did last year, because they're playing in the Champions League, and they were the only Portuguese team to qualify, the others are playing in the Europa League, which is theoretically easier
Apart from anything else, I don't see Porto having as much strength as they did last year, especially as Sporting are playing very well this year
Last year it was practically Benfica and Porto fighting it out. This year there's still Sporting

But this season Porto will not have the opportunity to stay longer in the UCL competition because their opponent in the round of 16 is Arsenal, in the Premier League Arsenal performed so well that in the UCL competition maybe they will remain the same.
In the last match, Arsenal managed to beat Liverpool, which is one of the strong team whose quality of play has improved, so it can be confirmed that Arsenal may have also improved their performance.
Previously, Arsenal experienced several problems that made them decline, but now it is starting to appear that Arsenal has started to slowly recover.

The top three teams are fighting to be more active in collecting points from each match.
Porto will probably only get an achievement like last season by overthrowing Sporting from second place.
Porto will be runners-up and the winner of the title will remain the same, namely Benfica and of course being runner-up is the maximum achievement that Porto can achieve this season.

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[QueenVera]

But this season Porto will not have the opportunity to stay longer in the UCL competition because their opponent in the round of 16 is Arsenal, in the Premier League Arsenal performed so well that in the UCL competition maybe they will remain the same.
In the last match, Arsenal managed to beat Liverpool, which is one of the strong team whose quality of play has improved, so it can be confirmed that Arsenal may have also improved their performance.
Previously, Arsenal experienced several problems that made them decline, but now it is starting to appear that Arsenal has started to slowly recover.

The top three teams are fighting to be more active in collecting points from each match.
Porto will probably only get an achievement like last season by overthrowing Sporting from second place.
Porto will be runners-up and the winner of the title will remain the same, namely Benfica and of course being runner-up is the maximum achievement that Porto can achieve this season.

One of the fixtures for the UCL round of 16 between Arsenal and Porto is more of an average probable game. Both teams are likely to win. Although Arsenal are a better side judging from their EPL performances, to their group stage performances too. Porto themselves aren't doing so bad in their league and they've got good track record in the group stage.

 Arteta's Arsenal are young, vibrant and victory oriented too. They won't want to give off their chances at the trophy just so easily to Porto. They're a side more likely to put up a fierce contest and make the game tough for their opponent Porto. Maybe or maybe not, Porto will be able to endure the strength Arsenal would put up. Arsenal are to some extent technically better than them still.

[joker_josue]

Here are the results of an atypical day, with Sporting's game postponed, causing them to lose first place to Benfica, and Porto having drawn at home.

MATCH DAY 20 - RESULTS:
Casa Pia 0-0 Boavista
Braga 1-0 Moreirense
Benfica 3-0 Gil Vicente
Estoril 1-0 Estrela Amadora
Chaves 1-1 Farense
Vizela 0-1 Vit. Guimarães
Porto 0-0 Rio Ave
Portimonense 1-2 Arouca


FEATURED MATCH - STATISTICS:

	Porto 0-0 Rio Ave
72%	Ball possession	28%
22	Goal attempts	4
5	Goal kick	0
10	Kick out	4
26	Free kick	19
23	Corner kick	0
4	Offside	2
23	Touch line	14
0	Goalkeeper defenses	5
15	Fouls	24
0	Red cards	1
4	Yellow cards	5
127	Attacks	38
130	Dangerous Attacks	13

LEADERBOARD:

POS	Team	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Benfica	20	16	3	1	44	12	32	51
2	Sporting	19	16	1	2	53	19	34	49
3	Porto	20	14	3	3	33	13	20	45
4	Braga	20	12	4	4	44	27	17	40
5	Vit. Guimarães	20	12	3	5	32	20	12	39
6	Moreirense	20	9	5	6	25	24	1	32
7	Farense	20	7	4	9	28	28	0	25
8	Arouca	20	7	4	9	32	27	5	25
9	Famalicão	19	5	7	7	18	23	-5	22
10	Gil Vicente	20	6	4	10	30	34	-4	22
11	Boavista	20	5	6	9	27	37	-10	21
12	Portimonense	20	6	3	11	23	41	-18	21
13	Estoril	20	6	3	11	34	35	-1	21
14	Casa Pia	20	5	5	10	19	34	-15	20
15	Rio Ave	20	3	9	8	20	29	-9	18
16	Estrela Amadora	20	4	6	10	19	32	-13	18
17	Chaves	20	3	5	12	20	46	-26	14
18	Vizela	20	2	7	11	18	38	-20	13

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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]

But this season Porto will not have the opportunity to stay longer in the UCL competition because their opponent in the round of 16 is Arsenal, in the Premier League Arsenal performed so well that in the UCL competition maybe they will remain the same.
In the last match, Arsenal managed to beat Liverpool, which is one of the strong team whose quality of play has improved, so it can be confirmed that Arsenal may have also improved their performance.
Previously, Arsenal experienced several problems that made them decline, but now it is starting to appear that Arsenal has started to slowly recover.

The top three teams are fighting to be more active in collecting points from each match.
Porto will probably only get an achievement like last season by overthrowing Sporting from second place.
Porto will be runners-up and the winner of the title will remain the same, namely Benfica and of course being runner-up is the maximum achievement that Porto can achieve this season.

It's very difficult for Porto to get through to the next round of UCL, but even if they only play two games in the round of 16, it's already two games that they'll need to focus on as much as possible and they could lose a bit of momentum in the Portuguese championship, I'm sure Porto will try their best to pass to next round, even if it's Arsenal in their way

But talking about the portuguese league, the way they're playing, Porto look to be strong contenders for third place, even second place may not be easy for them, as Benfica and Sporting are even better so far and more consistent, but by my count there are still 42 points at stake

[QueenVera]

It's very difficult for Porto to get through to the next round of UCL, but even if they only play two games in the round of 16, it's already two games that they'll need to focus on as much as possible and they could lose a bit of momentum in the Portuguese championship, I'm sure Porto will try their best to pass to next round, even if it's Arsenal in their way

But talking about the portuguese league, the way they're playing, Porto look to be strong contenders for third place, even second place may not be easy for them, as Benfica and Sporting are even better so far and more consistent, but by my count there are still 42 points at stake

For Porto, they're doing well in the league and also have good performance records in the UCL too even though they weren't able to keep up with their good performance in their last league game which wasn't so acceptable. Same applies for Benfica and Sporting who's got their own record in the European cups too. Benfica did well at securing the three points in their last game with a good goal margin. It only shows how set they are for the task put before them. Although a lesser performance wasn't expected from them though but they're definitely a stable team in the league.

 The league seems less competitive though as there are still weeks left and just these 3teams are trying to make good wave in the league. Over the years it's still these three that have been the most talked about because of the feats they've attained. One would be so sure to bet on these teams and their ability to keep progressing in points in their league games.

[Slow death]

Sporting beat Leiria in the Portuguese Cup game, and as expected from Sporting they scored many goals again. This is a sequence of games in which Sporting has managed to score many goals, at least more than 2 goals they can score easily, with this victory Sporting just needs to wait to see how Benfica and Porto will do to plan the next steps, I say this because I only see Porto and Benfica as the only teams that can beat Sporting in this competition and speaking of Porto, Porto's game against Santa Clara was postponed because the field was not good due to the water there on the field, do not allow the ball to circulate normally. These are things that happen.

But even so, I see Porto winning this game when it resumes, today there is Benfica's game against Vizela, I see Benfica coming out victorious in this game. Vizela is a team that in the last 5 games has conceded a lot of goals and has not beaten any team in the last 4 games, I highly doubt that they will be able to beat Benfica, who in the last 2 games has been a team with a strong attack and has managed to score a lot of goals. , I don't know if Benfica's coach will choose to rotate players since they are in a situation that is not comfortable in the league and need to have all their good players available and there are European league games coming up soon

[rdluffy]

Sporting beat Leiria in the Portuguese Cup game, and as expected from Sporting they scored many goals again. This is a sequence of games in which Sporting has managed to score many goals, at least more than 2 goals they can score easily...

I've just checked here, and in the last 10 games they've played, in all competitions, Sporting have scored 34 goals
That's a lot
And looking at the website (https://footystats.org/) I see that Sporting have already scored 53 goals this season in the league, which is a very good mark
In the top leagues, only Man. City and Bayer Munich have scored more goals than Sporting

Sporting must be very happy indeed with Viktor Gyökeres 

[QueenVera]

Sporting beat Leiria in the Portuguese Cup game, and as expected from Sporting they scored many goals again. This is a sequence of games in which Sporting has managed to score many goals, at least more than 2 goals they can score easily, with this victory Sporting just needs to wait to see how Benfica and Porto will do to plan the next steps, I say this because I only see Porto and Benfica as the only teams that can beat Sporting in this competition and speaking of Porto, Porto's game against Santa Clara was postponed because the field was not good due to the water there on the field, do not allow the ball to circulate normally. These are things that happen.

But even so, I see Porto winning this game when it resumes, today there is Benfica's game against Vizela, I see Benfica coming out victorious in this game. Vizela is a team that in the last 5 games has conceded a lot of goals and has not beaten any team in the last 4 games, I highly doubt that they will be able to beat Benfica, who in the last 2 games has been a team with a strong attack and has managed to score a lot of goals. , I don't know if Benfica's coach will choose to rotate players since they are in a situation that is not comfortable in the league and need to have all their good players available and there are European league games coming up soon

The Portuguese league have teams with higher impacts in the league games and European contests too. Benfica, Sporting, Porto are most impactful in this regard. Porto are doing well in the league and also have good performance records in the UCL too even though they weren't able to keep up with their good performance in their last league game which wasn't so acceptable. Same scenerio applies for Benfica and Sporting who's got their own record in the European cups too. Benfica have been doing well at securing the three points in most of their games with good goal margins. It only shows how set they are for the task put before them. Although a lesser performance isn't expected from them.

 The league seems less competitive though as there are still weeks left and just these 3 teams are trying to make good wave in the league. Over the years it's still these three that have been the most talked about because of the feats they've attained. One would be so sure to bet on these teams and their ability to keep progressing in points in their league games.

[joker_josue]

And with the championship getting more and more exciting, here is the list of games for the next round:

MATCH DAY 21:
^{09.02. 20:15} Estrela Amadora vs Portimonense
^{10.02. 15:30} Farense vs Famalicão
^{10.02. 18:00} Moreirense vs Chaves
^{10.02. 20:30} Boavista vs Estoril
^{11.02. 15:30} Rio Ave vs Casa Pia
^{11.02. 18:00} Sporting vs Braga
^{11.02. 20:30} Vit. Guimarães vs Benfica
^{12.02. 20:15} Arouca vs Porto
^{13.02. 15:30} Gil Vicente vs Vizela
_{Info: day.month. time (Lisbon time)}

[rdluffy]

And with the championship getting more and more exciting, here is the list of games for the next round:

^{11.02. 18:00} Sporting vs Braga

This is the game I've already planned to watch, according to the statistics, Sporting have a 63% chance of winning
I think Sporting will win, but it will still be a great game and probably not easy, even though Braga are weaker at the moment

My bet is
Benfica win 1.63
Porto win 1.47
Sporting win 1.50

TOTAL: 3.59 odds

[QueenVera]

[/img] Sporting vs Braga

This is the game I've already planned to watch, according to the statistics, Sporting have a 63% chance of winning
I think Sporting will win, but it will still be a great game and probably not easy, even though Braga are weaker at the moment

My bet is
Benfica win 1.63
Porto win 1.47
Sporting win 1.50

TOTAL: 3.59 odds

Well Sporting are on fire currently and I think this game will be one they’ll win. Though the win might not be quite easy even though Braga aren’t on form currently.Braga are a good side and are in th top 5 of the league and there’s every possibility that they could use this match to have a say in the league. So sporting will have to be wary of that as Braga could come and let sporting enjoy the game and get a narrow win from Sporting.

 Well for the weekend in the Portuguese league, I’ll go with your bets on the 3 teams to win their various matches and for further bet I’ll place not more than 3 goals to be scored in the match of Sporting and Braga, cause I think it's going to be a very tough game based on the form on both club, they'll be very careful not to concede a goal. Which in result could end in a goalless draw or very few goals.

[LTU_btc]

Sporting - Braga starting soon. Odds for Sporting went up a bit, but when you see how they're playing, especially at home, it's difficult to expect for upset here. Though, they lost to Braga in League Cup few weeks ago, but I think that it gives them some extra motivation. I go with over 2.5 goals in this game.
Vitoria Guimaraes - Benfica, one of rare cases in Portugal when odds for Benfica win looks a bit attractive. Vitoria is having good season, already achieved win against Sporting, took a point from Braga and gave good fight against Porto.

[rdluffy]

Sporting - Braga starting soon. Odds for Sporting went up a bit, but when you see how they're playing, especially at home, it's difficult to expect for upset here. Though, they lost to Braga in League Cup few weeks ago, but I think that it gives them some extra motivation. I go with over 2.5 goals in this game.
Vitoria Guimaraes - Benfica, one of rare cases in Portugal when odds for Benfica win looks a bit attractive. Vitoria is having good season, already achieved win against Sporting, took a point from Braga and gave good fight against Porto.

Very interesting games in this round
Sporting has already scored 2 goals hehe, you have a great chance of winning this 2.5 goal bet, good luck. And Viktor Gyökeres hasn't even scored yet   

Here I bet on Sporting, Benfica and Porto winning, and the odds on Benfica were really good this time, they're always low, but they were particularly good this round like you said

[joker_josue]

Whoever bet that Sporting would score a lot of goals must have been very happy.
Sporting won 5-0 against Braga, they are really good scorers.

[Slow death]

Whoever bet that Sporting would score a lot of goals must have been very happy.
Sporting won 5-0 against Braga, they are really good scorers.

In a game like this where Sporting was playing against a team that was not very weak, we are talking about Braga who have generally conceded 1 to 3 goals when playing against Porto, Benfica and Sporting, I highly doubt that anyone imagined that Braga were going to concede 5 goals in that game, from what I could see from the highlights, it seemed that the Braga players were thinking about their problems off the field rather than being focused on the game that was in front of them at that moment, for example Sporting's first goal, It was a serious error by the Braga player that allowed the Sporting player to recover the ball and manage to score a goal with some ease and this was seen a lot in this game



Braga players were not focused on this game, especially the defensive players, so Sporting has been a very strong team in attack in recent games, with such great weaknesses in Braga's defense, it makes perfect sense to have the goals that Sporting scored. , looking at the 3 big teams at the moment, I see Sporting as the team that deserves to win the league, but as in football a lot can happen until the last round, so only Sporting could start to feel comfortable if they ended up with a difference of more than 10 points in relation to Porto and Benfica, I still think that this is possible, since Benfica and Porto have had inconsistent moments at times, then they recovered, then they became inconsistent again.


Vitoria SC 2 - 2 benfica

Really thinking about a Benfica champion this season starts to be something that will depend on Sporting and Porto losing a lot, it's funny that in that game Vitória was playing with 10 players since the 64th minute, but even with this great help Benfica did poorly, they only managed draw when there were just a few minutes left in the game, Vitória deserved to leave this game with victory. Benfica at certain times seem like Porto, and it is strange that in some games when Benfica is losing the opponent receives a red card and Benfica manages to leave the game without defeat. I find it very strange, in this vitória game I didn't even understand why the hell the player did what led to his expulsion

[rdluffy]

Whoever bet that Sporting would score a lot of goals must have been very happy.
Sporting won 5-0 against Braga, they are really good scorers.

@LTU_btc won the bet hahaha, I was doing well, but with Benfica's draw I ended up losing the bet
Who could have imagined such a good result for Sporting, this victory will certainly give the team a lot more confidence, they had lost in Taça da Liga to Braga, and now they have a very good victory

About Benfica:
Benfica suffered to draw, in my opinion they only managed it because Vitória ended up with one player less for half an hour, otherwise they could have lost this game and complicated the fight for the title

[joker_josue]

Really thinking about a Benfica champion this season starts to be something that will depend on Sporting and Porto losing a lot, it's funny that in that game Vitória was playing with 10 players since the 64th minute, but even with this great help Benfica did poorly, they only managed draw when there were just a few minutes left in the game, Vitória deserved to leave this game with victory. Benfica at certain times seem like Porto, and it is strange that in some games when Benfica is losing the opponent receives a red card and Benfica manages to leave the game without defeat. I find it very strange, in this vitória game I didn't even understand why the hell the player did what led to his expulsion

The player made a foul, making a cart with his feet together, against the opponent's legs. Even if he hadn't seen direct red, he would have been sent off, because he already had a yellow card. So upon seeing the second yellow, he would be expelled.

Otherwise, Benfica played very poorly, it seemed like they were afraid of the rain. 

[Hirose UK]

~snip~

One of the fixtures for the UCL round of 16 between Arsenal and Porto is more of an average probable game. Both teams are likely to win. Although Arsenal are a better side judging from their EPL performances, to their group stage performances too. Porto themselves aren't doing so bad in their league and they've got good track record in the group stage.

 Arteta's Arsenal are young, vibrant and victory oriented too. They won't want to give off their chances at the trophy just so easily to Porto. They're a side more likely to put up a fierce contest and make the game tough for their opponent Porto. Maybe or maybe not, Porto will be able to endure the strength Arsenal would put up. Arsenal are to some extent technically better than them still.

In the Portuguese League, Porto actually didn't perform that bad and managed to become one of the top team, but in the UCL match against Arsenal, I not really sure that Porto can play well and be able to qualify for the next round.
It just that we don't know whether Porto will be able to provide an unexpected surprise by winning the two matches that will take place, if indeed Porto succeeds then this is big achievement for them because the last 8 match awaits.
We can only wait and see how the final result in this match will be.

~snip~

It's very difficult for Porto to get through to the next round of UCL, but even if they only play two games in the round of 16, it's already two games that they'll need to focus on as much as possible and they could lose a bit of momentum in the Portuguese championship, I'm sure Porto will try their best to pass to next round, even if it's Arsenal in their way

But talking about the portuguese league, the way they're playing, Porto look to be strong contenders for third place, even second place may not be easy for them, as Benfica and Sporting are even better so far and more consistent, but by my count there are still 42 points at stake

Nobody would ever think that Porto could win the match and be able to enter the top 8, it just that there is one factor that can give Porto victory, namely luck or surprises that occur.
If Arsenal makes fatal mistake, it does not rule out the possibility that Porto will succeed, but this opportunity is very small and even feels impossible.

Just look at the difference in points between Porto and Sporting and Benfica, it is clearly very large, it will be difficult for Porto to surpass these two top team.
Porto only hope is to finish the league in 3rd position like they are currently occupying.

[Slow death]

Really thinking about a Benfica champion this season starts to be something that will depend on Sporting and Porto losing a lot, it's funny that in that game Vitória was playing with 10 players since the 64th minute, but even with this great help Benfica did poorly, they only managed draw when there were just a few minutes left in the game, Vitória deserved to leave this game with victory. Benfica at certain times seem like Porto, and it is strange that in some games when Benfica is losing the opponent receives a red card and Benfica manages to leave the game without defeat. I find it very strange, in this vitória game I didn't even understand why the hell the player did what led to his expulsion

The player made a foul, making a cart with his feet together, against the opponent's legs. Even if he hadn't seen direct red, he would have been sent off, because he already had a yellow card. So upon seeing the second yellow, he would be expelled.

Otherwise, Benfica played very poorly, it seemed like they were afraid of the rain. 

This season things are not going well for Benfica and also for Porto, something very strange to see, usually when Porto is not doing very well, Benfica is doing well and when Benfica is not doing well, Porto is doing well. but this season Benfica and Porto are not doing well. In the case of Porto, it seems to me that the situation tends to be worse than that of Benfica. This season I don't see Porto playing well and this comes from last season when most games were won thanks to penalties that appeared whenever they were at a disadvantage. but this season the penalties are gone and Porto has not been able to play very dominant and pleasant games like in the past, it seems to me that it is time for the club's managers to think about another coach, but I see that this option should not be on the table anytime soon

the Porto coach is still not leaving Porto, I read in a Portuguese newspaper that someone said that he is doing his best because the team is not having much investment in terms of buying great players and how every season there has been a reduction in money to buy players and even so the team manages to stay in the top 3 and has been fighting for the title so Sérgio Conceição, who has been coach of Porto for many seasons, his position is not threatened, I read that in a Portuguese newspaper. I don't know the real financial situation of the port, perhaps Sérgio Conceição is doing well with the limited resources he has. Whatever the case, Porto in this condition will have difficulty winning the league, I saw that Mehdi Taremi is leaving Porto

Inter are completing agreement to sign Mehdi Taremi as free agent

source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3QAG2SoK2q/

With that, Porto won't gain anything from Taremi's departure, I wonder if Taremi really goes to Inter, I wonder who Porto will hire to take Taremi's place

[rdluffy]

... This season I don't see Porto playing well and this comes from last season when most games were won thanks to penalties that appeared whenever they were at a disadvantage. but this season the penalties are gone and Porto has not been able to play very dominant and pleasant games like in the past, it seems to me that it is time for the club's managers to think about another coach, but I see that this option should not be on the table anytime soon
...

Sometimes I wonder if we're not too critical hehehe, after all, the team is in third place, and that's not a bad position  , but I understand, it doesn't seem to be the same Porto team as last year, for example
I think it's because we're used to Porto's team almost always fighting for the title, and we expect them to always be in first place

Think about that, Porto are in the round of 16 of the Champions League, the only portuguese classified. Who knows, maybe a miracle will happen and they'll get through to the semi-finals and maybe save a season
Too dificulty of course, but like Hirose UK said:

... it just that there is one factor that can give Porto victory, namely luck or surprises that occur.
If Arsenal makes fatal mistake, it does not rule out the possibility that Porto will succeed, but this opportunity is very small and even feels impossible.

Hehehe, who knows