FC Porto travels this Sunday to the stronghold of Sporting de Braga, in the 25th round of the 1st Football League, seeking to move eight points away from leader Benfica and consolidate second place, which the Minho team will reach if they win.
In the ‘quarry’, at 6:00 p.m., the second place is played, with the ‘dragons’, with 57 points, who seek to reinforce this position, with direct access to the group stage of the Champions League next season , and Braga, with 55, to surpass the rival.
In the ‘hangover’ from the elimination of the ‘Champions’, in the round of 16 against Inter Milan, Sérgio Conceição’s men also know that the leader Benfica has already won, on Saturday at home with Vitória de Guimarães (5- 1), and therefore provisionally placed the difference in points between the first two places in the championship at 11.
Without fourth-placed Sporting, who postponed Gil Vicente’s home game to April 5 due to participation in the Europa League, the road also continues with Casa Pia trying to catch up with Arouca in sixth place, which they achieve if they win to the Maritime, at 3:30 p.m., in Lisbon.
The Madeirans are in 16th place, in the relegation play-off, and were led by Paços de Ferreira, who ‘tied’ the Arouquenses on Saturday (1-1), needing to score points to get out of the situation in which they find each other.
At 8:30 p.m., Boavista enters the field to follow Rio Ave “closely”, eighth, after Vila-Condenses won at Santa Clara’s home (2-0) in the opening of the second leg , against a Famalicão that adds the same points and has the same objectives.
Program of the 25th:
– Friday, March 17:
Santa Clara – Rio Avenue, 0-2
– Saturday, March 18:
Portimonense – Vizela, 0-1.
Arouca – Pacos de Ferreira, 1-1.
Benfica – Victory of Guimarães, 5-1.
Estoril Praia – Desportivo de Chaves, 0-2.
– Sunday, March 19:
Casa Pia – Maritime, 3:30 p.m.
Sporting de Braga – FC Porto, 6:00 p.m.
Boavista – Famalicão, 8:30 p.m.
– Wednesday, 05 Apr:
Gil Vicente – Sporting, 8:15 p.m.
Source: TSF
