Benfica wins and closes the gap on Sporting to two points. A very hard-fought victory over Vitoria Guimaraes for Bruno Lage’s team – future Euro-rivals for Juventus and Bologna -: in the second part of the match they had enormous difficulties in creating dangerous actions towards the opponent’s goal, but in the end the advantage achieved was sufficient Aktürkoğlu in the 29th minute to get their eighth success in a row in Liga Portugal. Thus, having been reduced to a certain extent, theeurorival of Fiorentina in the Conference League (19 December).
The result
Benfica 1-0 Vitoria Guimaraes: Aktürkoğlu 29′
Saturday 7 December
4.30pm – Gil Vicente vs Nacional 2-1
19:00 – Benfica vs Guimaraes 1-0
7:00pm – Santa Clara vs Rio Ave 1-0
9.30pm – Famalicao vs FC Porto
Sunday 8 December
4.30pm – Boavista vs Farense
7.00pm – Casa Pia vs AVS
Monday 9 December
9.15pm – Estrela vs Arouca
The updated ranking
Sporting – 32 points (13 games played)
Benfica – 31 points (12 games played)
FC Porto – 30 points (12 games played)
Santa Clara – 27 points (13 games played)
Braga – 24 points (13 games played)
Guimaraes – 21 points (13 games played)
Moreirense – 20 points (13 games played)
Famalicao – 17 points (12 games played)
Rio Ave – 15 points (13 games played)
Estoril – 14 points (13 games played)
Casa Pia – 13 points (12 games played)
Gil Vicente – 13 points (13 games played)
Boavista – 10 points (12 games played)
AVS – 10 points (12 games played)
Estrela – 9 points (12 games played)
Nacional – 9 points (12 games played)
Arouca – 8 points (12 games played)
Farense – 8 points (12 games played)
Juventus’ Champions League calendar
Juventus-PSV 17 September 3-1
RB Leipzig-Juventus 2-3
Juventus-Stuttgart 0-1
Lille-Juventus 1-1
Aston Villa-Juventus 0-0
Juventus-Manchester City 11 December at 9pm
Club Brugge-Juventus 21 January at 9pm
Juventus-Benfica 29 January at 9.00pm
Bologna’s Champions League calendar:
Bologna-Shakhtar 0-0
Liverpool-Bologna 2-0
Aston Villa-Bologna 2-0
Bologna-Monaco 0-1
Bologna-Lille 1-2
11/12/24 Benfica-Bologna
21/01/25 Bologna-Borussia Dortmund
29/01/25 Sporting CP-Bologna
Fiorentina’s calendar in the Conference League
Fiorentina – The New Saints 2-0
San Gallo – Fiorentina 2-4
APOEL – Fiorentina 2-1
Fiorentina – Pafos 3-2
Fiorentina – LASK 12 December at 6.45pm
Vitória Guimarães – Fiorentina 19 December at 9pm