Sporting closes this Monday the 19th day of the 1st Portuguese football league at home, in Rio Ave, seeking to continue chasing the top three, all winners on the weekend.
Galvanized by the 5-0 win against Sporting de Braga the previous day, closing in on Minho, who occupies third place, the ‘leões’, fourth with 35 points, want to follow the first three.
The leader Benfica (50 points), who beat Casa Pia (3-0), the runner-up FC Porto (45), who beat Vizela (2-0), and Braga, with a win against Famalicão (4-1) , expired over the weekend, mounting pressure over the charges against Rúben Amorim.
Ahead, in a match, scheduled for 9:15 p.m., in which the reinforcements Héctor Bellerín and Diomandé will be able to debut, they will have a Rio Ave in the middle of the ‘black phase’, in 12th place, since they have not won five games
Earlier, at 7:00 p.m., Portimonense seeks to move up to 11th, which it will achieve if it beats the red light Paços de Ferreira at home, ending a streak of six games in a row without winning the championship.
The 18th and last classified, for his part, beat Gil Vicente (2-1) on the last day, and in the last five days he has scored in three.
Program of the 19th:
– Saturday, February 4:
Santa Clara-Boavista, 2-2.
Benfica – Casa Pia, 3-0.
Estoril Praia – Victory of Guimarães, 0-1.
– Sunday, February 5:
Sporting de Braga – Famalicão, 4-1.
Desportivo de Chaves – Marítimo, 2-1.
FC Porto – Vizela, 2-0.
Gil Vicente-Arouca, 1-1.
– Monday, February 06:
Portimonense – Paços de Ferreira, 7:00 p.m.
Rio Ave – Sporting Lisbon, 21:15.
Source: TSF
