Topic: Portuguese League - Liga Portugal 2024/25 - page 3. (Read 2805 times)

I don’t think sporting problem is to bring in players because this was the same player Ruben Amorim was using during his time At sporting, the same formation too, I just can’t really figure out what is happening, and it was not as if Ruben Amorim left without notifying them that he was leaving, they were happy when he left, they even lifted him and gave him a standing oviation. Maybe the players don’t like the new coach and don’t want to play for him. Victor Gykores was the key player for Amorim when he was in sporting and he is now struggling, all the players in sporting are struggling, they lack confidence and they all look like a spark was taken away from them. I think the sporting management have made a big mistake in letting Amorim go this period that should have waited till the end of season before letting him go to Manchester United.

With the points sporting have dropped so far and with the kind of teams they’ve dropped points to I don’t see them winning the league this season. For sure benfica will win today for they know a win will put them first in the league. Benfica now seems favorite in winning the league this season. Porto are also closing the gap and they can be more of a threat to benfica than sporting.

Can poor patterns in Sporting get better anytime soon? I doubt Sporting could improve if the board did not address their issues during the January transfer window. But players are not the major issue with this squad, the reason they are not winning games is obvious: the new manager is incapable of replacing Amorim spots in the team. If Sporting can't defeat a club in the league's middle or bottom, I believe they will be unable to beat any opponents this season. They just changed managers, and Sporting players lack the skills to convert their chances into goals; they had 7 shots on goal against Gil Vicente, but the match ended in a draw.

However, Sporting has the same number of points as Porto, and if Benfica defeats Estoril today, they will go to the top of the table. Sporting is putting their position at risk in order to finish first in the league; it appears that another team will win the Portuguese league this season since we are not confident in Sporing's performance right now. Sporting performed far better than Porto this season under Amorim, while Porto beat Moreirense, whom Sporting had lost to in the previous three league matches.

Moreirense vs Porto

Still as I expected with the chance for victory for Porto and they really created 3 goal without reply in yesterday away match, Moreirense was only able to have 7 shots and 1 on target which all of them could not produce any results.

It just that today Sporting again had bad results and they had to be held to draw by Gil Vicente and in this away match Sporting was very satisfying and quite convincing to win but the reality said otherwise, with this draw Sporting had to have the same points as Porto.
Even today if Benfica managed to win against Estoril Praia then the top of the standings would be taken over by Benfica.

Another poor game from Sporting. Game against Gil Vicente ended 0:0 and they failed to score against team that parked a bus. They had ball posession, they made plenty of shots, but not dangerous enough to score a goal. Sporting board should take some actions to save season before it's not too late.
Already tomorrow Benfica can reach 1st place if they will beat Estoril.

You're right
I agree with Benfica being the easiest game and I think they'll score the most goals

Sporting, I believe, won't have that many difficulties as they've managed to win their last two games and at least seem to be a bit more relaxed about playing well and winning well again

As for Porto, even if it's more difficult, I still believe they'll win, but I'm not good at betting on the number of goals or that both teams score
I do well with single wins or multiple wins. Several times I've tried to bet on goals and ended up losing hehehe

These are good picking but risky ones too, the Porto match is going to be a tough one, they are playing away against moreirense, Porto foam away from home this season is concerning, even though they barely lose but they draw a lot. This particular match might spoil your picking. As for me I would include this 3 games in my ticket too but with a different option, I will go for both team to score. Porto always concede away from home and they are also likely to score.

Benfica match is suppose to an easy one, we know how they sometimes battle and struggle to win matches like this but their title hope depends on matches like this. All 3 point is what they are out for, so a straight win is the best option in this match. And Estoril have not beaten benfica in both club history so I don’t see them beating them this season.

Sporting season is fluctuating so far, especially since they departed with their former coach Ruben Amorim. It’s going to be a tough match, Gil Vicente are a tough side too especially at home, sporting seems to be the favorite to win this fixture, but with their recent foam I would prefer to use the corner option. Sporting play corner a lot especially they they find it difficult to score and I feel they will find it difficult to score in this match too, so I will play corner over 8.5

For this round, I'm going to bet on the top 3 (Sporting, Porto and Benfica), making a good multiple of 2.22 odds.
I think all three can win their matches without too much difficulty, especially Benfica

Sporting need to win anyway, otherwise they'll lose the lead

I've been thinking here, if Sporting lost Gyökeres it would be terrible
The coach's departure has already hurt the team, imagine without the striker?

Sporting Lisbon has also put its league championship at risk with the points it has lost in a row. Sporting, which was in a very good position in the league with Amorim, has become even worse after he left the team. We will probably see a new and long-term manager at the end of the year. It seems that their race with Benfica and Porto will continue until the end of the year.

Below are the results of the last round and the leaderboard. Benfica ended up tying the game, thus reducing the pressure on their main rivals.

MATCH DAY 14 - RESULTS:
Rio Ave 2-2 Vit. Guimarães
Porto 2-0 Estrela Amadora
Braga 3-3 Famalicão
Estoril 0-2 Casa Pia
AVS 1-1 Benfica
Arouca 1-0 Santa Clara
Sporting 3-2 Boavista
Nacional 1-0 Moreirense
Farense 0-1 Gil Vicente

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LEADERBOARD:

POS	Team	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Sporting	14	12	0	2	43	10	33	36
2	Porto	14	11	1	2	33	9	24	34
3	Benfica	13	10	2	1	32	8	24	32
4	Santa Clara	14	9	0	5	16	13	3	27
5	Braga	14	7	4	3	25	16	9	25
6	Vit. Guimarães	14	6	4	4	18	14	4	22
7	Moreirense	14	6	2	6	19	19	0	20
8	Famalicão	14	4	7	3	17	15	2	19
9	Casa Pia	14	4	5	5	13	17	-4	17
10	Gil Vicente	14	4	4	6	17	24	-7	16
11	Rio Ave	14	4	4	6	15	25	-10	16
12	Estoril	14	3	5	6	12	21	-9	14
13	Estrela Amadora	14	3	3	8	12	24	-12	12
14	Nacional	13	3	3	7	8	17	-9	12
15	AVS	14	2	6	6	11	22	-11	12
16	Boavista	14	2	5	7	10	19	-9	11
17	Arouca	14	3	2	9	8	23	-15	11
18	Farense	14	2	3	9	7	20	-13	9

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POS - League Position, PLD - Games Played, PTS - Points Earned
W - Games Won, L - Games Lost, D - Games Drawn
GD - Goal Difference, GF - Goal For, GA - Goal Against

In soccer, we can't predict about things until last minute because changes are essential and can happen at any moment even I am feeling João Pereira deserve more time for having things under control after four matches losing control now they have first won at home against Boavista which relegation zone team and this was not easy win but not tonight they are going to face another challenging game against Santa Clara for spot into quarterfinal of the Taça de Portugal.

Even home team is hot favourite but if we have another win then surely things could be on track for them, and they could be in right direction, and we can feel João Pereira is right replacement for the Ruben Amorim but if we have another problematic result then surely we can expect things could be not right, and they can go for another change in coming days.

One of the issues that Benfica has failed to dealt with this season is the problem of inconsistency, they have also failed to take advantage of sporting Lisbon woes in the league, they should be in front by now but lost the chance due to their inability to win their last game but I believe they would still get a similar opportunity because I don't trust sporting Lisbon and I think they might continue dropping points. It's probably going to be an open race in the Portuguese league this season and either of the three big teams, (Porto, sporting and Benfica) still stand a chance of winning the title due to the nature of the competition this season and it would nice to see Benfica lay their hands on the trophy this time around if they can.

Moreirense is strong enough to play at home and even beat Sporting, but Sporting defeat was not because of Moreirense really great strength because Sporting itself is in an unstable condition after Amorim left there and it is only natural that Sporting has to struggle and even get some defeat.
Even though Porto is playing away, they still have chance to win, the most important thing is that Porto can prioritize their defense and not make mistakes, this will be an important point that can give Porto competitive game and get 3 full points later.

In my opinion, the current Sporting coach's situation is still not good. It will only be good if he wins the title. If he fails to win the title, I see him being fired, because Sporting fans were seeing the title being Sporting's without much difficulty and now they need to pray that they can win the title. This type of situation is not pleasant for the fans. It is clear that Sporting is dependent on luck, but when they play Benfica, it will be very visible if they lose. Sporting's luck, in my opinion, is that Benfica and Porto are inconsistent. Regarding the arrival or not of Abel Ferreira, I read that Palmeiras said that he would not leave the team any time soon.

I don't know if you've seen the news, but there are rumors that Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, who is currently in charge of Palmeiras (Brazil), may return to Portuguese soccer and Sporting, the club where he played from 2006 to 2011
He has won many important titles with Palmeiras, including the Libertadores 2 times and the national championship 2 times, and is considered to be almost the best coach in Brazil today.

What do you think?
Can João Pereira be reassured after Sporting's victory?

My bet is: with one or 2 more wins, João Pereira can have some peace and start to win more matches in sequence...
Sporting were lucky that Porto and Benfica also failed to win all their last matches

What I can say that all 3 big clubs of Portugal looks so vulnerable now, they all struggled so much in recent games. Porto weren't able to do much against Estrela who basically parked a bus.
I'm not even talking about Benfica who conceded goal on 94th minute and ended 1:1 with AVS.
It's good sign for Sporting. Even struggling with new coach they keep 1st place.

Porto pick vital 3 point yesterday and it was much needed in this title race, they are now only 2points behind sporting and 2points above benfica though benfica have a match in hand to play. It was a match we all know Porto was going to win but maybe with much goals, they only scored 2 goals, one each in both halves. I lost my bet because I played home to win and over2.5 because I was expecting at least 4 goals in this match. It was a good match, Porto controlled the match so easily as the opponent did have much chance, they didn't even threaten that much.

Porto will play moreirense next and it away from home, for sure it not going to be an easy one because moreirense are very strong at home, they even beat the league leader sporting. It's going to take Porto extra work to win this match, alot of work, commitment and belive.

Amorin has made a bold decision, namely leaving Sporting CP and trying to manage Manchester United. Although Amorin intends to improve his reputation as a coach, Sporting CP looks more promising because they play in the Champions League.

I say Amorin is brave because managing a team as big as MU is not easy, the pressure that Amorin will get will be very big, considering that MU is one of the clubs with the most fans in the world and has a very glorious history.

And you are right, that with Amorin's departure from the club, his departure is very much felt. Where Sporting was unable to maintain its position in the UCL league, and now its position continues to decline. Likewise in the domestic league, where Sporting was unable to maintain its record as a team that was unbeaten in 11 consecutive matches this season. But fortunately they were able to win narrowly over Boavista, so that their position at the top of the standings was still maintained.

AVS SAD played very well in the second half, it seemed like they were the team in the top positions and Benfica in the relegation zone. When Benfica plays at home, they have been a terrible team. In some games, they have even improved, but in most of the games they play away from home, they have struggled even when playing against weak opponents. In yesterday's game, in the 87th minute, Benfica scored the second goal, but it was considered an offside, and to Benfica's great misfortune, AVS SAD scored an equalizer. Honestly, it is difficult for me to have much hope of seeing Benfica become champions.

Benfica who has played one game lesser than current league leaders were just two points shy of top before the Portuguese league games of the weekend and for a club that's trying so hard to overtake current league leaders Sporting, I was surprised to see them concede a 97th minute goal that ensured they left the Estádio do Desportivo das Aves with just a point. Now they're four points behind Sporting and even if they should win their outstanding game, Benfica will still not be able to overtake Sporting. Disappointing result of you ask me