The return of Liga NOS has been a welcome one for most, and despite the necessary restrictions that accompanied Jornada 25 there was plenty for fans to sink their teeth into in what was a dramatic round of action. Five of the top six sides in the division failed to pick up 3 points with only Famalicão doing so in upsetting Porto, who themselves were let off the hook to a degree in the title race by virtue of Benfica’s failure to beat Tondela.

Belenenses, Paços Ferreira and Portimonense all boosted their relative survival hopes, while mid-tablers Santa Clara and Moreirense also recorded impressive victories. The latter mentioned's win featured the individual performance of the round as Brazilian goalkeeper Mateus Pasinato proved to be in unbeatable form, and as a result he is the PortuGOAL Figure of the Week. 

• Primeira Liga,
• Sporting,
• Sporting de Braga,
• Vitória de Guimarães,
• Marcus Edwards
• Francisco Trincao
• Andraz Sporar
• Santa Clara
• Thiago Santana

Sporting de Braga have missed the opportunity to open up a six-point-gap between them and fourth-placed Sporting after going a man down and losing 3-2 to Santa Clara late on in their lockdown comeback.

In action the night before, the Lions led twice against Vitoria de Guimarães before being pegged back by the home side and drawing 2-2 at the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques.

The share of the spoils in Guimarães enabled Braga the chance to steer clear of Sporting with a potential win away to Santa Clara, but Custódio’s men also failed to hold onto their lead on two occasions to eventually lose at the Cidade do Futebol, seeing their four-point-advantage in third shrink to three.

• Benfica
• Tondela
• Andrija Zivkovic,
• Julian Weigl

Benfica’s team bus has been the subject of a late-night attack after their 0-0 draw at home to Tondela on Thursday evening, leaving both Julian Weigl and Andrija Zivkovic requiring treatment in their return to Seixal, the Eagles’ training camp.

The title holders, who sought to overtake FC Porto at the top of the table after the Dragons’ loss to FC Famalicão on Wednesday night, failed to go beyond a 0-0 draw at home to Tondela in their first game since the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown, keeping them level with the league leaders on points, but ultimately behind on head-to-head results.

• Benfica
• Tondela
• Primeira Liga,
• FC Porto,
• Fabio Martins
• Sergio Conceicao
• Bruno Lage
• FC Famalicao
• Jesus Corona

Benfica missed the opportunity to leapfrog FC Porto at the top of the Primeira Liga following the latter’s 2-1 loss away to FC Famalicão, as Tondela helped themselves to a crucial 0-0 draw at the Estádio da Luz.

After almost three months away from action, the Dragons welcomed back the race for the title with a clash against Famalicão, offering Benfica the chance to overtake the ‘Blue & Whites’ after João Pedro Sousa’s side’s shock win.

With just a point between Porto and the Eagles, a draw for Bruno Lage’s men at home was only enough to see them go level with their rivals on points, being kept in second place behind the northern outfit on head-to-head results.