• Benfica
• Tondela
• Sporting,
• FC Porto,
• Vitória de Guimarães,
• Mehdi Taremi
• Sergio Conceicao
• Darwin Nunez
• Belenenses SAD
• Pablo Sarabia

City rivals Benfica and Sporting have finalised preparations for next weekend’s derby date with a victory each, as Porto continued their pursuit of the Primeira Liga title with another win.

The Eagles were the first up in the Portuguese capital, starring with a Darwin Nuñez hat-trick that served to take down Belenenses SAD at 3-1.

Sporting mimicked the result, away to Tondela, with goals from Pablo Sarabia and Gonçalo Inácio to keep Benfica at bay and the pressure on first-placed Porto.

In Guimarães, a first-half Mehdi Taremi penalty tipped the balance in a tight result for Sérgio Conceição’s men, defeating Vitória 1-0 to reinstate a six-point lead at the top and set a new record for invincibility in the Primeira Liga at 57 games. 

Braga 1-0 Rangers

Braga again showed they are a team to reckoned with on the continental stage with a vibrant and mature performance at the Quarry to win the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final against Rangers.

A first-half goal by Abel Ruiz proved the difference after 90 minutes, with Braga unable to turn their dominance for much of the game into further goals. It sets up a mouth-watering return match in Scotland next week. 

Benfica 1-3 Liverpool

An entertaining night at the Estádio da Luz saw Liverpool overcome Benfica 3-1 to put themselves in a strong position to make the last four of this season's Champions League. 

The English side dominated the first half and were good value for their 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Konaté and Sadio Mané. But Benfica came out all guns blazing after the break, pulled a goal back through Darwin Núñez and several times came close to drawing level. 

The equaliser did not come, however, and a late Luis Díaz goal all but sealed the tie for Liverpool. 

Only six rounds of games remain of the 2021/22 Liga Bwin season, the 28th Jornada seeing top two sides Porto and Sporting pull further away from the pack with comfortable wins over Santa Clara and Paços Ferreira respectively.

Benfica lost ground in the title race by losing a thriller against Braga on Friday evening, whilst the latter’s Minho rivals Vitória Guimarães kept their faint top five hopes alive by beating Moreirense.

The relegation battle heated up with a number of the sides in the bottom half of the table all registering victories, one of which being Arouca who arguably secured the result of the weekend by overcoming a strong Gil Vicente thanks to two goals from their Brazilian striker André Silva, who is our nomination for the PortuGOAL Figure of the Week.