Sporting claimed its first set of consecutive victories with a 3-1 away triumph against Portimonense, this Sunday, capitalising on Benfica’s 2-0 defeat to FC Porto in Saturday’s ‘Clássico’ to rise above both rivals and top the Primeira Liga table, alongside Famalicão.
Two strikes in the opening five minutes set the Lions up for victory prior to a prompt response from the home side in the first half. Completing a brace, Raphinha sealed all three points for Sporting in the second period.
Sporting de Braga came close to joining the title hopefuls in victory later that night, but a late equaliser, in a game marked by a power outage in Barcelos, saw Gil Vicente claw a deserved point to draw 1-1 via Sandro Lima’s goal. PortuGOAL brings you the action coming out of Matchday Three.
Porto gave the fledgling Liga NOS title race a shot in the arm with a superb 2-0 win over arch rivals Benfica at Estádio da Luz. 
Minho rivals Braga and Vitória Guimarães both gained a slight advantage after the first legs of their playoff ties. Sá Pinto’s Braga put in a controlled performance against Russian big guns Spartak Moscow and were good value for a 1-0 victory at the Quarry thanks to Ricardo Horta’s second-half strike, while Vitória will be satisfied to come back from Romania with a goalless draw against FCSB.
Benfica welcome arch rivals Porto to the Estádio da Luz in the Portuguese capital on Saturday evening with an eye on further cementing their current domination of domestic football.
Week 2 of Liga NOS 2019/20 saw Famalicão and Benfica register wins to be the only sides with 100% records at this early stage of the season, while newly promoted Paços Ferreira are still looking to get off the mark after defeat to Santa Clara.