Sporting Braga produced an extraordinary comeback in the Minho derby, scoring three late goals to beat Vitória de Guimarães 3-2 in the Taça de Portugal Round of 16.

Jota Silva put the visitors into the lead in the 16th minute before Anderson Silva extended the advantage on the stroke of half-time.

Nélson Luz missed a great chance to put the game to bed in the 72nd minute, Braga making him and Guimarães pay the price by scoring three goals in the space of six minutes.

Abel Ruiz reduced the deficit in the 81st minute, Vitinha equalising with a screamer before Ruiz scored again to complete the comeback against their bitter rivals.

PortuGOAL’s Matthew Marshall reports from the Quarry.

B-SAD ended Länk Vilaverdense’s unbeaten start to the season with a 4-1 win in the Taça de Portugal Round of 16.

Tiago Lopes put the visitors into the lead after 17 seconds before Jefferson extended the lead in the 20th minute.

Vilaverdense got back into the contest in the 66th minute when Kikas headed a corner into his own net, but the striker had the last laugh after converting a penalty and assisting Edgar Pacheco in added time.

PortuGOAL’s Matthew Marshall reports from Campo Cruz do Reguengo.

It was a wet and windy start to 2023’s Liga Bwin action as the title race followed the Portuguese weather in taking a turn. Leaders Benfica’s victory over Portimonense extended their lead at the top to 6 points, the Eagles recovering from last week’s loss to Braga, who in turn jumped into second place themselves by battering Santa Clara.

The aforementioned dynamic occurred by virtue of Porto and Sporting dropping points, the former held by the ever-impressive and arguable story of the season Casa Pia, while the latter were stunned in Madeira by Marítimo.

Another of the league’s surprise packages this campaign has been Arouca, who have quietly established themselves into the top half of the table. Their charge up the table has been spear-headed largely by forward Oday Dabbagh, who is our PortuGOAL Figure of the Week after a terrific individual display in helping his team overcome Estoril.

Boavista got back on track in the Primeira Liga after securing a deserved 1-0 victory against Gil Vicente at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI.

The Panthers weathered an early storm before taking charge of the contest, going ahead in the 31st minute when Yusupha Njie headed Bruno Lourenço’s corner past Stanislav Kritsyuk.

Reggie Cannon’s 76th minute dismissal gave Gil Vicente a great opprtunity to get back into the contest, their best chance coming in added time when Bracali made an incredible save to deny Ali Alipour.