With Sporting all but out of the title race, Jorge Jesus and his squad have set their sights on Europa League glory as the number one priority for the remainder of the season.

A last-16 draw again Czech team Viktoria Plzen seemingly handed the Lisbon club a good chance of reaching the quarter-finals of the competition… or did it?

With the help of Czech football journalist Chris Boothroyd and Viktoria Plzen fan Martin Mrhálek, PortuGOAL has the full lowdown on Sporting’s Europa League opponents.

With the outcome all but decided before the kick-off, Sérgio Conceição shuffled his pack to gain a respectable result at Anfield, while making it absolutely clear that Sunday’s clash with Paços was his number one priority.

The game was incredibly tame (a Kop out?), but that was always likely to be the case given the context of Liverpool’s resounding first-leg victory.

How did Conceição’s much-changed line-up fare? Stephen Gillett was in the stadium and this is how he saw it.

Liga NOS leaders Porto were the big winners of Week 25, beating rivals Sporting to create an 8-point gap between the pair and possibly eliminate the Lisbon side from this season’s title race.

Their overall lead however remains at five points though, as defending champions Benfica refuse to throw in the towel, registering their 5th straight league victory with a 5-0 hammering of Marítimo.

Their recent resurgence of form has largely been down to star striker Jonas banging in goals for fun as is his custom, but another key factor has been the reintroduction to the side of Serbian winger Andrija Živković, who was in brilliant form again at the weekend. He is PortuGOAL’s Figure of the Week.

• Benfica
• Primeira Liga,
• Sporting,
• FC Porto,
• Sporting de Braga,

With this week's main event in the Primeira Liga pinning title hopefuls FC Porto and Sporting up against each other, the chance fell Benfica's way to take advantage of at least one of their rivals dropping points at the Estádio do Dragão.

The 2-1 win for Porto saw the Dragons solidify their hold on top spot as the Lions all but fell out of the race for domestic glory, especially after the Eagles' 5-0 win at home to Marítimo.

The unstoppable Jonas was again the main man for Benfica, hitting a hat-trick in a victory that leaves Rui Vitória's men three points ahead of their Lisbon rivals, with Sporting de Braga now mounting a final bid to snatch third place after demolishing Estoril 6-0 away from home.