The majority of football betting in Portugal is focused on the Primeira Liga. And top teams like Benfica, Porto and Sporting get most of the attention. The big three clubs have dominated the league since it began nearly a century ago. So it’s usually a 3-way race for punters who want to have a flutter on which team will win the league each year.

Betting sites receive a good deal of interest in Portuguese football. And there are plenty of fans based in the United Kingdom and elsewhere who love to keep up with the Primeira Liga. 

The twentieth round of matches of Liga Bwin’s 2021/22 season concluded last night as Portugal’s top flight action spilled over into midweek. Highlights of the round included the continuation of the resurgent form from the likes of Santa Clara, Vizela and Braga, the trio all securing important victories.

Tondela were a team that arrested some recent struggles with a commendable win away at Portimonense, while the top two in the division remained as is, Porto and Sporting helping themselves to three points each over Marítimo and Belenenses SAD respectively.

Benfica’s title hopes suffered another major blow however as they became the latest victim of what is proving to be a fantastic Gil Vicente side. So much of the credit for their terrific campaign lies at the feet of their manager Ricardo Soares, whose masterminding of the famous triumph makes him our PortuGOAL Figure of the Week.

• Benfica
• Gil Vicente
• Paulinho
• Pedro Porro
• Belenenses SAD
• Samuel Lino

Benfica have dropped a staggering 12 points behind table-topping FC Porto after a shock 2-1 loss at home to Gil Vicente, led by Samuel Lino, at the Estádio da Luz.

The latest Atlético Madrid recruit was the first to score in a 2-1 victory for the Barcelos outfit, looking strong in 5th place after back-to-back wins in the red half of Lisbon for the Primeira Liga.

Benfica’s defeat also sees them fall six points behind Sporting, who followed up their Taça da Liga triumph with a 4-1 win away to Belenenses SAD, this Wednesday night.

• Benfica
• Moreirense
• Primeira Liga,
• Sporting,
• FC Porto,
• Sporting de Braga,
• Vitória de Guimarães,
• Estoril
• Jovane Cabral
• Luis Diaz
• Famalicao
• Galeno
• Marcus Edwards
• Nicolas Gaitan
• Ruben Semedo
• Islam Slimani
• Kevin Mirallas

Calling on big names and even bigger figures, the January transfer window swept through Europe in its best efforts to change the course of the season.

Never an exception to the rule, Portuguese football played its part in what turned out to be an eventful final day on the footballing stock market. 

After a long and testing night for some of the Primeira Liga’s main characters, here are some of the key sagas to have come out of the Winter transfer window.