Sporting de Braga, fourth, and Benfica, third, play this Sunday in the 14th round of the I Portuguese Football League in search of provisional leadership of the championship, before the classic between the leaders Sporting and FC Porto on Monday.
The top four finishers come to this round separated by two points and, on Monday, the José Alvalade Stadium will host the classic between the top two, tied at 31 points.
Before, Braga, fourth, two points behind the duo and one from the ‘eagles’, receives the Lisbon team in another ‘gala’ match, with both teams after leaving the Champions League heading for the Europa League, a secondary competition in the European context.
The team coached by Roger Schmidt has lost its last two visits to Braga in the championship.
If the Minho team, whose great highlight is the Congolese Simon Banza, the competition’s top scorer with 13 goals, has won the last four games of the championship, the Lisbon team arrives in Braga after two draws in a row and in a moment of challenge to the coach.
This is a crucial match so that the winner, if there is one, can take the provisional lead of the championship before the classic.
Before the highlight match of the day, scheduled for 8:30 p.m., the red lantern Desportivo de Chaves and Casa Pia, who occupy 14th place, face each other in an attempt to move away from the relegation places at 3:30 p.m. , the same time as the reception of Moreirense, with European aspirations, to Portimonense.
At 6:00 p.m., Famalicão, another club looking to get closer to the top spots, receives Estoril Praia, wanting to ‘close’ the middle of the table.
Source: TSF
