While today’s first matches valid for the eighth round of Liga Portugal are underway, Benfica is preparing to take the field against Nacional away from home. The future challenger of Juventus and Bologna in the Champions League is called upon to win against the team from the slums, also because this would allow them to overtake Porto in the standings, albeit momentarily.
The official lineups
National (4-3-3): Franca; G.Garcia, Ze Vitor, Ulisses, José Gomes; Esteves, Dias, Soumaré; Appiah, Isaac, Thomas. Trainer: Margarido.
Benfica (4-2-3-1): Trubin, Bah, Tomás Araújo, Otamendi, Carreras; Florentino, Kökçü, Di María, Aursnes, Aktürkoglu; Pavlidis. Trainer: Bruno Lage.
The program of the 8th round of Liga Portugal
Friday 4 October
Rio Ave – Famalicao 1-1
Saturday 5 October
Gil Vicente – Estrela Amadora 3-0
Moreirense – Santa Clara 1-0
Arouca – AVS 1-1
Sporting – Casa Pia 2-0
Sunday 6 October
Farense – Estoril
Guimaraes – Boavista
National – Benfica
Porto – Braga
The ranking
Sporting 24
Port 18
Benfica 16
Santa Clara 15
Braga 14
Guimaraes 13
Famalicao 13
Moreirense 11
Gil Vicente 10
AVS 9
Casa Pia 8
Rio Ave 8
Arouca 7
Estoril 6
Estrela Amadora 5
Boavista 5
National 5
Farense 1
Markers
11 goals: Gyokeres (Sporting CP)
5 goals: Fujimoto (Gil Vicente) and Galen (Porto)
4 goals: Gonçalves (Sporting CP), Samu (Porto) and Vinicius Lopes (Santa Clara)