Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2023/24

[Essential10]

If Braga beat Guimarães tomorrow, they will have the same points as Porto. And Porto is already 5 points away from first, and with the disadvantage of direct confrontation with the two opponents in front of them.

After yesterday's draw, Porto's points are 35 from 16 matches and League table is in third place. Braga is fourth in the league table with 32 points, one game less than Porto. Guimaraes have been doing very well this season and are three points behind Braga. The battle for the top 3 in the Primeira Liga is heating up and both SC Braga and Vitoria SC are hungry for a crucial win in today's match. But I think Braga will be favorites at home and  both teams will score, the game will be a high scoring match. I think Braga will win the match and finish in the top three in the league table.

[klidex]

If you look at the Head 2 Head records, Sporting CP is definitely at the top and will be the favorite in this match, especially since Sporting CP is in much better performance when compared to Estoril. So I am quite confident that Sporting CP can beat Estoril even though with a thin score because Sporting CP doesn't want to lose its place in first place and wants to try to widen the gap with Porto and Benfica because the competition in the top 3 clubs is still very fierce until now because this match takes place at home so I think Sporting CP will be very profitable.

In the Boavista vs Porto match, I think Porto will also win because Boavista has been in bad condition in the last few matches Boavista has not won. Meanwhile, this match is quite tough for Boavista if they win even though they are playing at home. I'm not sure they can beat Porto with their condition at the moment.

In the Portuguese league, there are teams with higher impacts in the league games and European contests too. Benfica, Sporting, Porto are most impactful in this regard. For Porto, they're doing well in the league and also have good performance records in the UCL too. Same applies for Benfica and Sporting who's got their own record in the EPL too. Sporting were able to win their game confidently yesterday as well as Porto which signifies an improvement to their performances in the league.

 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 making 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.

Of course, the clubs you mentioned above are indeed the top clubs in the Portuguese League and have a very big influence on the league and it is only these clubs that always dominate the Portuguese League. So it is no surprise that these clubs will continue to be the bookies favorites in betting on top clubs because these clubs are the ones that are most relied on to win in matches against clubs below them. Sporting CP managed to win the match with an amazing landslide score of 5 goals and Estoril was only able to reply with 1 goal in the 82nd minute but it was in vain because Estoril had conceded a lot.

Of course, with this victory, Sporting CP still sits comfortably at the top of the standings with 40 points, meanwhile Porto failed to win the match with Boavista and could only get 1 point so Porto failed to shift Benfica's position in 2nd place.
And in tomorrow's match we will see Benfica against Erauca. If Benfica wins this match, the difference in points with Porto will become bigger and it will be increasingly difficult for Porto to catch up on the points they are left behind.

[Jossque]

Benfica travel to Arouca.Arouca, who haven't lost for 5 weeks, will most probably lose this streak today.I expect Benfica to come away with a win in this away game.Even if they struggle a bit, I think they will at least win.Benfica already have a heavy advantage in the matches played between the 2 teams.
The most important and enjoyable match of the day will be the one between Braga and Guimaraes.These 2 teams are doing well this season and are only 3 points apart.Although Braga are the home favorites, it is important to remember that Guimaraes will have a chance to win on the road.Guimaraes is not a team to be taken lightly, having beaten Sporting Lisbon 3-2 at home 3 weeks ago.

[snipie]

Boavista FC Vs FC Porto
Boavista FC will need to put in a strong defensive performance to have any chance of getting a result against FC Porto, especially with them missing at the back. FC Porto's recent form and history at the Estadio do Bessa make them clear favorites for this match.
I think the match will go to Porto. My prediction is Porto to beat Boavista 3-1.

I expect FC Porto victory too, I don't know if Boavista will be able to score or not. Until now, 20 minutes after the starting of the match, they didn't reach the goalkeeper.
FC Porto as well, tends to not receive many goals..

Porto failed to win, and ended up drawing 1-1 with Boavista. It seems that this time they didn't have that luck of scoring the winning goal in the 90+8 minute.

I didn't see this coming! I mean statistically and practically FC Porto are way better and taking fewer goals. In that game they were better but Biavista concentrated in a successful attack and won a point.

If Braga beat Guimarães tomorrow, they will have the same points as Porto. And Porto is already 5 points away from first, and with the disadvantage of direct confrontation with the two opponents in front of them.

Braga are third right now after FC Porto draw and since the result is in their favour for the moment. Only extra time left to be played.

[nelson4lov]

Braga are third right now after FC Porto draw and since the result is in their favour for the moment. Only extra time left to be played.

Well they won't be in 3rd place anymore since the game ended in a draw. Vitória de Guimarães got a late equalizer in the 98th minute which is hard to believe because I had expected Braga to put this one to bed and keep it under wraps. The fact that Braga can't win  games like this is the reason why they haven't won Liga Portugal.



Well, there goes my bet for today. Benfica delivered in the acca only for Braga to lose it all for me with that draw. I will have to go again.

[Slow death]

honestly, this Porto team has been very bad in recent seasons, they made me lose my bet



It seems to me that Porto need to change coaches, they were the first to score a goal in the 23rd minute and it really looked like they were going to win this game easily, but the opponent tied in the 28th minute, I even thought that Porto would be able to score more goals and I would win that game until the game ended in a draw and I was shocked to have lost a bet in which in this bet I saw the Porto game as being the safest, because Boavista is going through bad times, they are the last ones games they were unable to win any game, but they still managed to draw a draw in that game against Porto, which they were supposed to win easily.

Porto needs to start thinking that their problem needs to be solved, either the problem is with the coach or the problem is with the signings that are not being effective. But something needs to be done to fix these problems. Benfica, which is always Porto's main opponent in the fight for the title, managed to win the game, it was an easy game for Benfica as they managed to score 3 goals and didn't concede any goals, with this victory Benfica remains in second place and is 5 points advantage over Porto, it seems to me that this season the fight will be beneficial against Sporting and knowing that Sporting is a team that at the end of the league starts to make mistakes, they are very similar to Arsenal, so I see the Benfica being champion

[LTU_btc]

Well they won't be in 3rd place anymore since the game ended in a draw. Vitória de Guimarães got a late equalizer in the 98th minute which is hard to believe because I had expected Braga to put this one to bed and keep it under wraps. The fact that Braga can't win  games like this is the reason why they haven't won Liga Portugal.

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Well, there goes my bet for today. Benfica delivered in the acca only for Braga to lose it all for me with that draw. I will have to go again.

Damn, I checked on result Flashscore just just few minutes before the end when Braga was still leading and was sure that I won my bet already. You're right, that's typical Braga and this is why they're always out of Top 3, not even talking about winning league. And now they're already 7 points behind Sporting.
Porto also ruined my acca few days ago. It's big upset, but after all, it's their city derby and surprises like this sometimes happens in derbies.

[QueenVera]

honestly, this Porto team has been very bad in recent seasons, they made me lose my bet

It seems to me that Porto need to change coaches, they were the first to score a goal in the 23rd minute and it really looked like they were going to win this game easily, but the opponent tied in the 28th minute, I even thought that Porto would be able to score more goals and I would win that game until the game ended in a draw and I was shocked to have lost a bet in which in this bet I saw the Porto game as being the safest, because Boavista is going through bad times, they are the last ones games they were unable to win any game, but they still managed to draw a draw in that game against Porto, which they were supposed to win easily.

Porto needs to start thinking that their problem needs to be solved, either the problem is with the coach or the problem is with the signings that are not being effective. But something needs to be done to fix these problems. Benfica, which is always Porto's main opponent in the fight for the title, managed to win the game, it was an easy game for Benfica as they managed to score 3 goals and didn't concede any goals, with this victory Benfica remains in second place and is 5 points advantage over Porto, it seems to me that this season the fight will be beneficial against Sporting and knowing that Sporting is a team that at the end of the league starts to make mistakes, they are very similar to Arsenal, so I see the Benfica being champion

In the Portuguese league, there are teams with higher impacts in the league games and European contests too. Benfica, Sporting, Porto are most impactful in this regard. 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.

[nelson4lov]

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Damn, I checked on result Flashscore just just few minutes before the end when Braga was still leading and was sure that I won my bet already. You're right, that's typical Braga and this is why they're always out of Top 3, not even talking about winning league. And now they're already 7 points behind Sporting.
Porto also ruined my acca few days ago. It's big upset, but after all, it's their city derby and surprises like this sometimes happens in derbies.

That late goal spoiled my acca. I was optimistic about a Braga win but it wasn't to be.  I had two acca featuring braga but only the one where I had them to win 1x2 lost. What's even more interesting about that Braga game was that the equalizer by  Vitória de Guimarães was an absolute screamer and a very good volley.

Btw, Sorry About your Porto loss. I might stay aware from making any Liga Portugal teams from my acca bet slips in the foreseeable future.

[rdluffy]

That late goal spoiled my acca. I was optimistic about a Braga win but it wasn't to be.  I had two acca featuring braga but only the one where I had them to win 1x2 lost. What's even more interesting about that Braga game was that the equalizer by  Vitória de Guimarães was an absolute screamer and a very good volley.

Btw, Sorry About your Porto loss. I might stay aware from making any Liga Portugal teams from my acca bet slips in the foreseeable future.

This last round was another one in which I didn't place any bets, I already suspected that it would be difficult to predict any result, especially in the Porto and Braga games, and I got it right (even though I didn't place any bets hehe)
Vitória and Boavista are good teams, and Vitória in particular is well placed in the table, very close to Braga, so I thought it was too risky, I realized that it's better to skip a few rounds of the Portuguese championship

In the next round there's an interesting Porto vs Braga game, maybe I'll stay away from betting once again, or I'll leave this game aside

[joker_josue]

Here are the results of a match day, full of exciting games:

MATCH DAY 16 - RESULTS:
Moreirense 1-4 Casa Pia
Famalicão 2-2 Chaves
Rio Ave 2-0 Portimonense
Braga 1-1 Vit. Guimarães
Arouca 0-3 Benfica
Estrela Amadora 1-1 Vizela
Farense 1-0 Gil Vicente
Boavista 1-1 Porto
Sporting 5-1 Estoril


FEATURED MATCH - STATISTICS:

	Boavista 1-1 Porto
32%	Ball possession	68%
7	Goal attempts	24
2	Goal kick	7
5	Kick out	14
17	Free kick	18
1	Corner kick	6
0	Offside	3
16	Touch line	15
6	Goalkeeper defenses	1
18	Fouls	14
1	Red cards	0
5	Yellow cards	1
47	Attacks	161
14	Dangerous Attacks	78

LEADERBOARD:

POS	Team	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Sporting	16	13	1	2	37	17	20	40
2	Benfica	16	12	3	1	31	10	21	39
3	Porto	16	11	2	3	23	12	11	35
4	Braga	16	10	3	3	40	23	17	33
5	Vit. Guimarães	16	9	3	4	26	18	8	30
6	Moreirense	16	7	5	4	21	17	4	26
7	Farense	16	6	3	7	23	22	1	21
8	Casa Pia	16	5	4	7	18	21	-3	19
9	Famalicão	16	4	7	5	15	20	-5	19
10	Estrela Amadora	16	4	5	7	17	23	-6	17
11	Boavista	16	4	5	7	22	30	-8	17
12	Estoril	16	5	2	9	30	29	1	17
13	Arouca	16	4	4	8	22	23	-1	16
14	Gil Vicente	16	4	3	9	26	30	-4	15
15	Rio Ave	16	3	6	7	18	24	-6	15
16	Portimonense	16	4	3	9	17	36	-19	15
17	Vizela	16	2	7	7	15	23	-8	13
18	Chaves	16	3	2	11	18	41	-23	11

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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 next round will feature Porto vs Braga
My reason for not betting is that it's a match between the TOP 4 and it's very difficult to predict
But as Porto have already drawn the previous round and will be playing the match at home, they have a good chance of beating Braga, so I'm thinking about the possibility
The odds for Porto to win are 1.84, and if you combine them with Sporting and Benfica, it's a good bet at 2.86 odds + a 1.11 boost = 2.96



Any tips here? Do you think it's worth the risk?

[joker_josue]

Any tips here? Do you think it's worth the risk?

Porto is entering a phase of very high unpredictability. They are not playing well, but they are always a dangerous team. Braga has been playing well, despite the draw in the last game. In turn, historically speaking, Braga tends not to have good results with the Big 3 in Portugal, even when they are at their best.

Therefore, I personally have some difficulty saying that he can win. I think a draw is very likely, and I would tend to say that Porto has a slight advantage to win. But, at this moment, for me, a draw seems to be the most likely.

[QueenVera]

Porto is entering a phase of very high unpredictability. They are not playing well, but they are always a dangerous team. Braga has been playing well, despite the draw in the last game. In turn, historically speaking, Braga tends not to have good results with the Big 3 in Portugal, even when they are at their best.

Therefore, I personally have some difficulty saying that he can win. I think a draw is very likely, and I would tend to say that Porto has a slight advantage to win. But, at this moment, for me, a draw seems to be the most likely.

Let’s take a look at Benfica who sits second in the log; this team is composed defensively and have lost just one match out of over 16. And they’re just a point away from Sporting. I think Benfica are good competition for Sporting. They're at the top of the league with just a gap of one point have lost 2 matches, and conceded more goals than Sporting. I think Benfica could overthrow them if they don’t maintain their good form

 Porto are pretty good defensively but poor when attacking and that’s resulting for them sitting out on 3rd and when compared with Braga are not a match to them though they’re above Braga with 2 points but I think Braga seems more composed in attack than Porto, Well the league is getting tougher since it's the 2nd half of the season and they all have to be at their best currently especially Sporting that's at the very top of the league, if they drop more points they'll give Benfica a chance to overthrow them.

[joker_josue]

And I forgot to mention that the games for the Portuguese Cup are taking place this week, and Benfica plays Braga today.
So Braga will have a difficult game today, and then another difficult game against Porto at the weekend. So, I see Porto still more likely to beat Braga than Braga to beat Porto.

[rdluffy]

And I forgot to mention that the games for the Portuguese Cup are taking place this week, and Benfica plays Braga today.
So Braga will have a difficult game today, and then another difficult game against Porto at the weekend. So, I see Porto still more likely to beat Braga than Braga to beat Porto.

Good point, I hadn't taken the cup games into account
And yesterday Porto beat Estoril 4x0

In my opinion it's a point in favor for me to bet on Porto in the league, so I believe I'll place my bet on the top 3, believing in Porto's victory
If I bet Sporting, Benfica and Porto (to win or draw), the odds are 1.90
Not bad either, but as I'm betting a smaller amount, I'll just take my chances on Porto winning hehe, 2.96 odds   

[Slow death]

The next round will feature Porto vs Braga
My reason for not betting is that it's a match between the TOP 4 and it's very difficult to predict
But as Porto have already drawn the previous round and will be playing the match at home, they have a good chance of beating Braga, so I'm thinking about the possibility
The odds for Porto to win are 1.84, and if you combine them with Sporting and Benfica, it's a good bet at 2.86 odds + a 1.11 boost = 2.96



Any tips here? Do you think it's worth the risk?

I just added Benfica and Sporting to my multi bet, if I had only placed the 3 big Portuguese teams in a multi bet the odds would have been very low and with a great risk of me losing my bet, this is because Porto's game against braga will be a game with the risk of a draw and is very unpredictable, today's port is not that very reliable port of the past where if it were in the past they would win this game against braga and these two teams don't have much difference in confrontations between them, the Porto won 8 times and Braga won 5 times. If it were just this scenario I might not consider the possibility of a draw, but these two teams have already had 5 draws in direct confrontations and in their last games against other teams both teams had a draw

So in my opinion the chances of seeing a draw in this game are very high. It's funny that both teams in the last 5 games had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat and only have a difference of 2 points, Braga and Porto also did badly when they played against Benfica and Sporting. These two teams are at the same level. but Porto is being seen as the favorite, in my opinion, given the value of the odds, it would be worth making a single bet, but placing a multi bet would be a risk for me. If I change my mind and want to bet on Porto, first I'll watch the game a little and then I'll decide what I'll do. But I've already made my bet for this weekend. Here is my bet:



I believe that Sporting and Benfica will win in their games, my concern in this bet is in the Leverkusen game, which despite being a team that is doing well may have some difficulties in their game, but as for other games in this bet I believe that They don't cause me much uncertainty. Also, at the odds of 5.00, the risk I'm taking is worth it, because if I win, it would give me a profit that would allow me to place 4 bets with higher odds without me incurring losses if I lost all 4 of my next bets. I would still have my capital to bet again if I lost all of the next 4 bets.

[joker_josue]

So that everyone can analyze their options, below is the list of games, on the 17th match day:

MATCH DAY 17:
^{12.01. 20:15} Portimonense vs Farense
^{13.01. 15:30} Casa Pia vs Famalicão
^{13.01. 18:00} Chaves vs Sporting
^{13.01. 20:30} Estoril vs Moreirense
^{14.01. 15:30} Gil Vicente vs Estrela Amadora
^{14.01. 18:00} Benfica vs Rio Ave
^{14.01. 18:00} Vizela vs Boavista
^{14.01. 20:30} Porto vs Braga
^{15.01. 20:15} Vit. Guimarães vs Arouca
_{Info: day.month. time (Lisbon time)}

[QueenVera]

I just added Benfica and Sporting to my multi bet, if I had only placed the 3 big Portuguese teams in a multi bet the odds would have been very low and with a great risk of me losing my bet, this is because Porto's game against braga will be a game with the risk of a draw and is very unpredictable, today's port is not that very reliable port of the past where if it were in the past they would win this game against braga and these two teams don't have much difference in confrontations between them, the Porto won 8 times and Braga won 5 times. If it were just this scenario I might not consider the possibility of a draw, but these two teams have already had 5 draws in direct confrontations and in their last games against other teams both teams had a draw

So in my opinion the chances of seeing a draw in this game are very high. It's funny that both teams in the last 5 games had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat and only have a difference of 2 points, Braga and Porto also did badly when they played against Benfica and Sporting. These two teams are at the same level. but Porto is being seen as the favorite, in my opinion, given the value of the odds, it would be worth making a single bet, but placing a multi bet would be a risk for me. If I change my mind and want to bet on Porto, first I'll watch the game a little and then I'll decide what I'll do. But I've already made my bet for this weekend. Here is my bet:


I believe that Sporting and Benfica will win in their games, my concern in this bet is in the Leverkusen game, which despite being a team that is doing well may have some difficulties in their game, but as for other games in this bet I believe that They don't cause me much uncertainty. Also, at the odds of 5.00, the risk I'm taking is worth it, because if I win, it would give me a profit that would allow me to place 4 bets with higher odds without me incurring losses if I lost all 4 of my next bets. I would still have my capital to bet again if I lost all of the next 4 bets.

Adding 3 to 4 of the Top Teams in your multi-bet slip is quite frustrating and can be pretty crazy because not all the time these teams can achieve success. Now the game of Porto against Braga, I think this will be quite difficult to predict. Porto is playing quite noce but they’re not a team one can bank on and besides, Braga are good on the attack than Porto. But for a safe bet I’ll rather double chance on the Home Team thaan ignoring the match out of my slip.

 Braga and Porto are both statistically balanced in the league and separated by just little points, so I feel it’ll be safe to see how the match progresses before making a bet, maybe a live bet on both teams in about 30mins into the game would be more preferable, well that's my opinion,  however I have this feeling that Braga could beat Porto though I'm not very convinced.

[rdluffy]

If I change my mind and want to bet on Porto, first I'll watch the game a little and then I'll decide what I'll do. But I've already made my bet for this weekend. Here is my bet:

I think it's a good multiple at these odds of 5.08
Sporting and Benfica should really have no problem winning
I myself only bet on the 3 including Porto's win because it's a low bet, and only on the 3 wins
Good luck!

I believe that Sporting and Benfica will win in their games, my concern in this bet is in the Leverkusen game, which despite being a team that is doing well may have some difficulties in their game, but as for other games in this bet I believe that They don't cause me much uncertainty. Also, at the odds of 5.00, the risk I'm taking is worth it, because if I win, it would give me a profit that would allow me to place 4 bets with higher odds without me incurring losses if I lost all 4 of my next bets. I would still have my capital to bet again if I lost all of the next 4 bets.

I also believe that your bet on Leverkusen will work out, Augsburg aren't doing well in the league and haven't been playing good games, I'm not going to go into details but you've made some good choices, specially in the portuguese matches