FC Porto have seen an unbeaten run of 59 Primeira Liga games come to an end after falling to a 1-0 defeat away to Sporting de Braga, this evening.
The Dragons, nine points clear at the top of the table, were hopeful of edging themselves closer to securing the league title in their visit to Braga but instead saw a Ricardo Horta second-half goal register their first defeat of the season.
Sporting cut Porto’s lead down to six points in the follow-up to the action at the Estádio Municipal de Braga, winning away to Boavista after a Matheus Nunes first-half strike, an own goal from Boavista’s Rodrigo Abascal and a Bruno Tabata spot-kick.
Elsewhere, Benfica failed to ramp up the heat on their city rivals Sporting following last week’s victory in the Lisbon derby, succeeding the win away at the Alvalade with a goalless draw against Famalicão to leave them eight points behind second place.
FC Porto reinforced their dominance of Portuguese football this season by beating Sporting 1-0 at a rainy Estádio do Dragão last night in the Portuguese Cup semi-final second leg for a 3-1 aggregate victory. The Blue and Whites are now well set to complete the League and Cup double.
Only four rounds of Portuguese Primeira Liga action remain after a pivotal long weekend of action that seemingly settled the destination of this season’s league title, Porto’s thrashing of Portimonense likely confirming the return of the championship to the 
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Benfica exacted revenge on Lisbon rivals Sporting for two defeats earlier this season by beating the Lions 2-0 in front of their own fans at Alvalade.