With another round of the championship completed, there are seven rounds left to go and FC Porto has a good advantage to manage until the title. There are 21 points left and FC Porto have an open path to become champions, they just have to avoid stumbling in the seven games left until the end of the championship.
With seven rounds to play, FC Porto maintains a significant advantage in the fight for the title. .
The Dragon’s Beads
The theory is nothing more than that, especially in sport, but the calendar that remains to be completed for Francesco Farioli’s team is less winding than that of its rivals. Starting with the fact that there are only three away games. FC Porto now only has to travel to the fields of Estoril, Estrela da Amadora and AVES.
And at home there are games with teams with very different objectives: Famalicão, Tondela, Alverca and Santa Clara.
Of course, these games take place between European competitions and in between there is the second leg of the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup with Sporting.
The lion’s accounts
The two-time national champion has a tougher time to revalidate the title and has one more championship game to play, as a result of having postponed his commitment to Tondela, to focus on the Champions League.
Rui Borges’ team also only has three trips to make: Estrela da Amadora, AVES and Rio Ave. But at home they still have opponents who can give them a headache.
In addition to the game with Tondela, they also have Santa Clara, Benfica, Vitória and Gil Vicente as opponents. Meanwhile, Sporting remains in the Champions League and has two games with Arsenal.
The eagle’s beads
Further behind is Benfica, with very complicated accounts for the title and unlike their rivals, they have four away games. Casa Pia, Sporting, Famalicão and Estoril. And at home there are only 3 games: Nacional, Moreirense and in the penultimate round, Sporting de Braga.
However, if the rivals have two other competitions on the calendar, Benfica will only play for the championship.
Warriors without a chance
This is the Primeira Liga scenario for the big three, which once again, are the only ones that mathematically can still reach the title, because SC Braga, which is in fourth, has 46 points, 19 less than third.
Now comes the break for national team commitments, a break in the championship that FC Porto has been leading since the first round.
