Liga Nos - September update

LIGA NOS

Champions Benfica have been fighting through an injury crisis, but looking at their results and displays on the pitch, it seems everything is fine. The rivals haven’t been able to keep the invincibility and so the Big 3 are already at their spots, whilst newly promoted Chaves is a surprising 5^th placed.



                               

   

SL BENFICA

If Benfica goes on to win the league, we’re going to look back to round 5 as one of the decisive moments for that eventual title. Benfica was to host Braga on Sunday, but Porto and Sporting played and dropped points on Saturday, allowing Rui Vitória’s squad to take advantage and grab the top of the league. They stayed strong in the next two matches and they know they need to grab wins to put pressure on Porto ahead of their clash in early November.

                                                          

SPORTING CP

It’s not a free fall, but 8 goals conceded in 3 matches in a very poor stat to hold and Jorge Jesus will surely have used this international break to find a way to stop this defensive crisis that has hindered Sporting’s league campaign. The games against Estoril and Vit.Guimarães showed they can score goals, but they lose focus and throw away easy wins, and now they are punished by trailing to their bitter rivals knowing Benfica loses few points during a season.

                                 

   

FC PORTO

Two convincing wins and André Silva growing in confidence, helped by the goals he scored for Portugal, make us think that FC Porto can be a threat as much as Sporting or Benfica to go and get the title. The quality of game isn’t still quite there but as long as they keep getting the points, Porto has a chance to get back to title contention

                                 The League

Benfica and Porto will meet in the beginning of November and they will want to win both matches that precede that big clash, one that will be very important to see if Porto can actually fight for the title. For Benfica it has been a stroll but they know they cannot have any slips prior to go to Estádio do Dragão, as they have a good lead to defend. Sporting needs to sort out their defense and soon, if they want to capitalize on the match and consequent loss of points of one of the rivals. 

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