Sporting Braga and Sporting Clube de Portugal started their Primeira Liga campaigns with a spectacular 3-3 draw at the Quarry.

It was an electric opening to the contest with Pote putting the Lions ahead in the 9th minute, Simon Banza equalising five minutes later, Nuno Santos restoring Sporting CP's lead in the 18th minute and Sikou Niakaté equalising on the stroke of half-time.

The second half appeared to be cruising towards a tame conclusion before the game came alive in the final 10 minutes. Marcus Edwards was on hand to score in the 83rd minute but Braga wouldn't be denied, Abel Ruiz converting in the 88th minute.

PortuGOAL's Matthew Marshall reports from Estádio Municipal de Braga.

Porto made a promising start to their Primeira Liga title defence with a routine 5-1 win against Marítimo. Mehdi Taremi netted twice in the first half with Evanilson getting in on the act to establish a 3-0 lead at the break.

The Madeiran club had a night to forget on the mainland with further goals scored by Iván Marcano and Toni Martínez making it five. Claudio Winck scored late consolation in the dying minutes of a match that Vasco Seabra and his team will want to forget as soon as possible.

Rio Ave’s return to the Primeira Liga ended in a disappointing 1-0 defeat against Vizela. Nuno Moreira scored the match winning goal in the 66th minute to secure a well deserved victory for the visitors.

The Vila do Conde club failed to fashion a shot on target, saw seven players booked, manager Luís Freire sent off and a large number of supporters directing their anger towards President António Silva Campos. The early signs are not good for the Vilacondenses.

PortuGOAL's Matthew Marshall reports from Estádio dos Arcos.

The Roger Schmidt bandwagon rolls on. After 5/5 wins in preseason, Benfica followed up their 4-1 win over Midtjylland in the Champions League in midweek with a 4-0 drubbing of Arouca in the inaugural match of the 2022/23 Primeira Liga season.

First-half goals from Gilberto, Rafa Silva and Enzo Fernández, along with a red card for Arouca’s Mateus Quaresma meant the match was over by half time at 3-0. Rafa added a late fourth to send another big crowd at the Estádio da Luz home happy.