• Benfica
• Primeira Liga,
• Liga NOS,
• Sporting,
• FC Porto,
• Sporting de Braga,
• Ricardo Horta
• Francisco Trincao
• Carlos Vinicius
• Alex Telles
• Andraz Sporar

A late Alex Telles wonder-strike has kept FC Porto firmly in the hunt for the league title after claiming a narrow 1-0 win at home to Portimonense, this Sunday.

The Dragons, eager to build on the momentum gained in recent weeks, broke the deadlock as late as the 87th minute at the Estádio do Dragão to ensure, at the very least, that a one-point gap from the top would be maintained.

Benfica took their position back from the Dragons on Monday night, courtesy of a first-half Carlos Vinícius goal that registered a 1-0 triumph away to Gil Vicente, however. 

Elsewhere, Sporting followed up on their midweek Europa League success to defeat Boavista 2-0 at home prior to Sporting de Braga’s 3-1 victory versus Vitória de Setúbal, reclaiming third spot. Here’s just how the top four got on.

Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Porto 

Bayer Leverkusen beat Porto 2-1 at the BayArena, a result that will ultimately please the Portuguese club. Goals to Lucas Alario and Kai Haverz had the Werkself in complete control before Luis Díaz pulled one back, the result keeps the tie delicately balanced before the 2nd leg at the Estádio Do Dragão.

• Sporting de Braga,
• Europa League
• Francisco Trincao
• Rangers
• Abel Ruiz
• Fransergio
• Ianis Hagi
• Alfredo Morelos

Rangers 3-2 Sp. Braga

Sporting de Braga have picked up their first defeat of the Rúben Amorim era after leading Rangers 2-0, with the Scottish outfit coming out on top of a 3-2 score-line.

The 'Bracarenses' starred in a dominant first-half display, going in front via Fransérgio’s wonder-goal prior to Abel Ruiz’s debut strike in the second half.

Rangers’ comeback was on, however, after Hagi pulled a goal back with little more than 20 minutes to go, inviting Joe Aribo’s equaliser before the Romanian international stole the headlines in Glasgow with an 82nd minute winner ahead of the second leg.

• Europa League

Sporting 3-1 Istanbul Basaksehir

Sporting put their patchy form behind them to produce an excellent performance in Lisbon tonight against Basaksehir Istanbul and take a big step towards the last 16 of the Europa League. Goals from Sebastián Coates, Andraz Sporar (his first for the club) and Luciano Vietto gave the hosts a comfortable and richly deserved lead with less than an hour played. Sporting created enough chances in this period to put the tie to bed. 

But Edin Visca's penalty in the 77th minute will give the visitors hope of turning the result around next week in the Turkish capital.