Following the twists and turns in this most fascinating of title races in the midweek round of games, what more surprises could the Primeira Liga throw up at the top of the table panorama?
Despite Rio Ave's best efforts, Benfica rose to their fans' demands by overcoming a one-goal half time deficit, as Jonas starred in a 5-1 victory. By the same token, in this weekend's main event, FC Porto battled to skip by Sporting de Braga with a 3-1 victory to reclaim top-spot, apparently on a temporary basis.
Whether the Dragons stayed at the summit hinged on Sporting's away trip to Estoril's Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, and it was there that Jorge Jesus' team succumbed to a shock 2-0 defeat - their first in domestic competitions this season - to slip down to third in the standings. PortuGOAL recaps the weekend's events.
A potentially pivotal week in the title race saw Sporting take advantage of Porto and Benfica dropping points away from home.
The title race is ultra-competitive, we have no idea who is going down and European spots are still up for grabs – Liga NOS has been great this season and clubs will be doing everything they can to get an edge over one another via some mid-season transfer business.
With the winter transfer window slamming shut across most of Europe, it was business as usual in Portugal with its latest midweek instalment of Primeira Liga fixtures.
Sporting suffered a scare in the Taça da Liga final, going down early to Vitória Setúbal in Braga, before earning a victory through sheer tenacity and coming out on top in a penalty shootout. The win avenges the loss on penalties a decade ago to the same club in the very first edition of this tournament.