• Primeira Liga,
• Sporting de Braga,
• Vitória de Guimarães,
• Ricardo Horta
• Pacos de Ferreira
• Arouca
• Vitinha
• Estoril Praia
• Casa Pia
• Simon Banza
• James Lea Siliki
• Joao Carlos

On the week that commenced with a shock 2-0 defeat for Sporting against Chaves and resumed with FC Porto’s first loss of the season, at the hands of Rio Ave, 17-goal Sporting de Braga were on hand to make this round of fixtures their own after taking to the top of the table with another beating - this one handed to Arouca in a 6-0 victory.

Estoril Praia were the first to smile after recapturing their form and claiming a key 3-0 victory against winless Paços de Ferreira that deepens the Castores into crisis mode.

The win takes Estoril up to fifth place, level with Casa Pia who themselves left Vitória, their defeated opponents, with questions to ponder ahead of next week’s derby against high-flying Braga. Here’s a round-up of the action from Matchday 4:

Matchday four of the Liga Bwin is done and dusted after a round of matches punctuated by some major shocks in Portugal’s top division, the first of which being promoted Chaves stunning last season’s runners up Sporting at Estádio José Alvalade.

Portimonense continued their fine form with a third straight win, whilst another of the league new boys Casa Pia also secured consecutive victories in the top flight, impressively winning away at Vitória Guimarães.

The other aforementioned shock though was in some ways bigger than the first, defending champions Porto humbled by Rio Ave after a devastating first half display from the Primeira Liga returnees. The display was lit up by a sensational striker’s performance from Aziz Yakubu, our PortuGOAL Figure of the Week.

Rio Ave produced the second big upset in the Primeira Liga this weekend after sensationally defeating Porto 3-1 in Vila do Conde. The promoted club took a 3-0 lead into the break after Aziz scored twice, either side of creating a goal for Pedro Amaral.

Sérgio Conceição made three changes at the break in an attempt to turn the tide, Mehdi Taremi missing a golden chance to close the gap from the penalty spot. The Dragons huffed and puffed but couldn't find a way back against a dogged home side, Toni Martínez’s added time goal far too little too late.

PortGOAL’s Matthew Marshall reports from Estádio dos Arcos.

Famalicão secured their first goal and first win of the season in a hard fought 1-0 victory against Santa Clara. Zaydou Youssouf scored the winner in the 20th minute with Matheus Babi spurning two great chances to equalise.

Rui Pedro Silva will be hoping the win at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho jump starts his side into gear. The result leaves Mário Silva’s side with one point after four matches.