We may have only had 6 rounds of Primeira Liga football so far this season, but already it feels like we’ve been back for months with the emergence of new stars, managerial sackings, and clubs already judged to be relegation fodder.

It’s so easy to forget that a lot can change in football in a very short space of time, and the way the table has shaped up so far may not be close to how it finishes in May. The next storylines will start to be written tomorrow as Jornada 7 kicks off. 

Albert Carter-Phillips has the PortuGOAL preview of the seventh round of matches in the Primeira Liga.

FC Porto began their Europa League campaign with defeat in Norway as Bodo/Glimt came from a goal down to beat the Portuguese team 3-2, despite playing the last 40 minutes with ten men.

Samu Omorodion scored early on to give Porto the lead but the Dragons found it difficult stopping the home team’s fast attacking transitions all night. Kasper Hogh and Jens Hauge both scored on the break to turn it around for Bodo/Glimt before half time.

Porto were given hope when Isak Maatta was sent off for picking up a second yellow at the start of the second half, but the visitors were undone again on the break with Hauge netting his second goal and Bodo’s third.

Porto poured forward to try and get back into the game but Deniz Gül’s late goal was too little too late. 

The draw for the third round of the Portuguese took place this afternoon. It is at this stage of the competition where the top-flight and second-division clubs join in the action.

The Taça da Portugal regulations dictate that all Primeira Liga clubs must play their tie away from home in this round.

The most difficult tasks among the clubs from Portugal’s top division, at least in theory, have been handed to Sporting CP, Vitória SC and Nacional da Madeira who travel to second-tier sides Portimonense, Paços de Ferreira and União de Leiria respectively. 

The weekend results in Portugal’s top flight proved the last straw for the boards of Estrela da Amadora and Farense, who decided to sack their respective head coaches Filipe Martins and José Mota.

The two clubs currently occupy the last two positions in the Liga Portugal and are the only teams yet to win this campaign after six matches of the 2024/25 season.