• Boavista
• Benfica
• Sporting,
• Sporting de Braga,
• Vitória de Guimarães,
• Belenenses
• Farense
• Haris Seferovic
• Rio Ave
• Portimonense
• Gil Vicente
• Santa Clara
• Pedro Goncalves
• Nacional da Madeira
• Yusupha

Big Three close out season with convincing wins

Santa Clara have guaranteed European football for the first time in their history after qualifying for the Conference League with a 4-0 victory over Farense, relegating the men from Faro on the final day of the Primeira Liga season.

The side from Azores took full advantage of Vitória de Guimarães’ 3-1 defeat to Benfica to leapfrog them into 6th place with a comprehensive win on Wednesday night, gluing Farense to 17th place.

In the free-for-all for safety, Rio Ave left it late to defeat the relegated Nacional 2-1, but will have to contend with a relegation/promotion play-off against either Arouca or Vizela from the Liga Pro, after Boavista secured their stay with a 2-1 win over Gil Vicente and Portimonense held Sporting de Braga to a goalless draw.

Elsewhere, the Primeira Liga the champions, Sporting, put on a show at the Alvalade with a 5-1 triumph against Marítimo, but not before FC Porto signed out by putting four last Belenenses at the Dragão.

The penultimate round of Liga NOS 2020/21 saw league champions Sporting’s invincibility come to an end at the hands of rivals Benfica in a thrilling Lisbon derby. The Eagles’ win was not enough to stop Porto from claiming a 2nd place finish though, a 3-0 win over Rio Ave compounding their opponent’s relegation worries.

Marítimo rubber-stamped their top flight status for next year with a draw against Vitória Guimarães, while Boavista and Farense boosted their chances of doing the same on the final day of the season, narrow triumphs against Portimonense and Tondela respectively keeping their hopes alive.

One side that has found themselves comfortably distant from the scrap at the bottom has been Santa Clara, who continued their fine season with a 2-0 win over Belenenses SAD. Few doubts about their star man this weekend, as PortuGOAL Figure of the Week Carlos Júnior fired his team to success once more on Sunday afternoon.

• Boavista
• Primeira Liga,
• FC Porto,
• Farense
• Sérgio Oliveira
• Rio Ave
• Portimonense
• Luis Diaz
• Toni Martinez
• Jackson Porozo
• Ryan Gauld

FC Porto have sealed a second-placed finish in the Primeira Liga, granting themselves automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League and leaving relegation-threatened Rio Ave in 16th place ahead of the final game of the season with a 3-0 win, this Saturday.

Desperate for points, the Vilacondenses were keen on a big result against the Dragons at the Estádio dos Arcos to steer them away from the dangers of relegation, but a 12-minute whirlwind in the second half saw Porto hit three past a troubled Rio Ave side en route to a pivotal 3-0 victory away from home.

Boavista’s 1-0 win against Portimonense saw ‘the Black Panthers’ leapfrog the defeated Rio Ave ahead of the final game of the season, meanwhile also dragging the team from Portimão into a final-day battle for survival.

Farense completed the action at the bottom with a narrow win of their own against Tondela and levelling Rio Ave on points, despite occupying 17th-place.

• Benfica
• Sporting,
• Jorge Jesus
• Pizzi
• Haris Seferovic
• Ruben Amorim
• Pedro Goncalves
• Everton

Benfica 4-3 Sporting

Sporting have failed to keep their invincibility record alive after going 32 league games unbeaten, suffering a 4-3 defeat to Benfica at the Estádio da Luz, this Saturday, in the penultimate game of the season.

The champions were stunned coming into the encounter, accumulating a three-goal deficit to a rampant Jorge Jesus side in the first half, prior to Pedro Gonçalves’ first of the evening.

Benfica were quick to add to their lead coming into the second half before two goals in response from Sporting finalised a 4-3 victory that leaves the hosts a point away from FC Porto ahead of the latter’s game against Rio Ave, tonight.