Sporting travel to Turin today ahead of a daunting Champions League appointment against Juventus on Wednesday evening.

Beaten finalists in two of the last three seasons in the world’s greatest club competition, and 6-time Italian champions, Juve boast scintillating star players such as strike duo Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuaín.

However, the “Old Lady” have not been as dominant this season, and come into the match on the back of a rare home defeat on Saturday, 2-1 to Lazio. Juventus expert Rav Gopal, founder of Juvefc.com tells PortuGOAL what Sporting can expect.

After the international break and a weekend of Portuguese Cup action, attention now turns to the Champions League with a potentially thrilling tie in store on Tuesday night in Germany between RB Leipzig and FC Porto.

Porto have been in superb form this season, winning 9 drawing 1 and losing 1 of their 11 matches in all competitions, but now face a tough task as Sérgio Conceição’s team travel to one of Europe’s emerging forces.

Leipzig currently lie in third place in the Bundesliga and have built a reputation for their fast-paced attacking approach. PortuGOAL’s Matthew Marshall, currently stationed in Germany, runs the rule over Ralph Hasenhüttl’s outfit.

Week 8 brought us the first Clássico of the 2017/18 Liga NOS season as Sporting hosted Porto in a top-two clash at Estádio José Alvalade.

An intensely fought encounter saw honours even in a 0-0 draw, in no small part due to the performance of the Lions’ goalkeeper Rui Patrício, who is PortuGOAL’s Figure of the Week.

Rui Patrício’s abilities in goal are no secret for any Portuguese football fan and indeed those further afield. His performance in 2016’s memorable European Championship triumph in particular will live long in the memory (his display in the final against France is immortalised in a statue in his home town of Leiria, pictured) as well as numerous showings down the years in the Champions League and Europa League.

He again showed his ability to play at his highest levels when it matters most on Sunday as he helped nullify what was at times a very dangerous Porto side.

As Sporting and FC Porto battled it out for top spot in Lisbon, Benfica’s mind was on extinguishing the fury that’s raged on from last week’s 5-0 hammering at the hands of FC Basel in the UEFA Champions League.

The fixture list could’ve been kinder, however, handing the Eagles a tricky away trip to Madeira that would see them stutter once more, as Marítimo fought hard to share the spoils at 1-1.

Elsewhere, there were goals galore at the Quarry where Sporting de Braga decimated Estoril Praia 6-0, closing the gap between them and the top four. PortuGOAL brings you the action from Matchday 8.