Liga Sagres: 20th matchday preview
FC Porto next Sunday, has practically a decisive test for the aspirations of the five-championship in Sagres League, while receiving Sporting de Braga, who arrives in the Dragon victorious in four encounters that has made with the majors.
Fc Porto
After the appointment to the Champions' League in midweek, which won home to Arsenal (2-1), the national champion is facing one of the most important meetings of national calendar, a game that is almost bound to gain ground.
The Dragons are eight points of Sporting Braga and their title aspirations make this match, which is headed by Olegario Benquerença, beeing the more crucial to the 20. Matchday.
Sc Braga
On the other side is a Sporting Braga that can taking back league's leadership (is a point from Benfica, with a game less) and that this season has won the Sporting, home and out, and won home to FC Porto and Benfica.
Domingos Paciencia' team is candidate for the title and, contrary to what one could predict at season's start, was almost always in championship leadership, scoring 15 wins, three draws and one defeat.
The accounts of Sunday night at the Dragon can project various scenarios: a victory for FC Porto reduce distances (and leaves Benfica in the lead), a draw replaces Braga in League's first place(with the same points as Benfica) and a Minho's victory complicates the champions counts, and isolates Braga ahead.
Attentions will be all in the decisions of Sunday's game, in a leagues phase in which FC Porto the weekend immediately following, (February 28) visits Sporting Cp the 21st Matchday.
For this game, Braga counts on Mossoro's return, after serving three-match ban, following incidents in the tunnel of Braga Stadium, while FC Porto has back Raul Meireles, Fernando and Alvaro Pereira.
Benfica
Benfica, leader with more one game (one point from Braga and nine of FC Porto), takes to enjoy a break this weekend, after antecipited and wonning the game of this round front of União Leiria (3 - 0, on 03rd February).
The few days interval between the visit to Hertha Berlin and the reception next Tuesday to the Germans to league Europe matches, led the team to anticipate the journey.
Sporting
Sporting, who lost in Tuesday's visit to Everton (2-1), visits Saturday evening (21h15GMT) the Olhanense, at a time when the "lions" are still licking wounds.
After lost the Cup of Portugal, the League Cup, and the championship to be a real mirage, Sporting reaches Olhão without a win for the League since January 16th, after losing out to Porto, home with the Academica, and drawing out to Pacos de Ferreira.
The "lions", fourths classified, are 21 points behind Benfica (one game more ) and they risk having to fight for access to League Europe (they have one point more that Leiria, and are three away of Maritimo and Nacional ).
The 20th matchday opens, moreover, with the island derby on Friday, between Maritimo and Nacional, in a crucial game to decide the sixth or even fifth place, taking into account that Leiria also takes off (played against Benfica) .
Fc Porto
After the appointment to the Champions' League in midweek, which won home to Arsenal (2-1), the national champion is facing one of the most important meetings of national calendar, a game that is almost bound to gain ground.
The Dragons are eight points of Sporting Braga and their title aspirations make this match, which is headed by Olegario Benquerença, beeing the more crucial to the 20. Matchday.
Sc Braga
On the other side is a Sporting Braga that can taking back league's leadership (is a point from Benfica, with a game less) and that this season has won the Sporting, home and out, and won home to FC Porto and Benfica.
Domingos Paciencia' team is candidate for the title and, contrary to what one could predict at season's start, was almost always in championship leadership, scoring 15 wins, three draws and one defeat.
The accounts of Sunday night at the Dragon can project various scenarios: a victory for FC Porto reduce distances (and leaves Benfica in the lead), a draw replaces Braga in League's first place(with the same points as Benfica) and a Minho's victory complicates the champions counts, and isolates Braga ahead.
Attentions will be all in the decisions of Sunday's game, in a leagues phase in which FC Porto the weekend immediately following, (February 28) visits Sporting Cp the 21st Matchday.
For this game, Braga counts on Mossoro's return, after serving three-match ban, following incidents in the tunnel of Braga Stadium, while FC Porto has back Raul Meireles, Fernando and Alvaro Pereira.
Benfica
Benfica, leader with more one game (one point from Braga and nine of FC Porto), takes to enjoy a break this weekend, after antecipited and wonning the game of this round front of União Leiria (3 - 0, on 03rd February).
The few days interval between the visit to Hertha Berlin and the reception next Tuesday to the Germans to league Europe matches, led the team to anticipate the journey.
Sporting
Sporting, who lost in Tuesday's visit to Everton (2-1), visits Saturday evening (21h15GMT) the Olhanense, at a time when the "lions" are still licking wounds.
After lost the Cup of Portugal, the League Cup, and the championship to be a real mirage, Sporting reaches Olhão without a win for the League since January 16th, after losing out to Porto, home with the Academica, and drawing out to Pacos de Ferreira.
The "lions", fourths classified, are 21 points behind Benfica (one game more ) and they risk having to fight for access to League Europe (they have one point more that Leiria, and are three away of Maritimo and Nacional ).
The 20th matchday opens, moreover, with the island derby on Friday, between Maritimo and Nacional, in a crucial game to decide the sixth or even fifth place, taking into account that Leiria also takes off (played against Benfica) .
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