Benfica smash Famalicão 4-0 with unlikely hat-trick hero Leandro Barreiro

01/17/2025

The feel-good factor continues for Benfica. After last weekend’s Taça da Liga triumph, the Eagles saw off Famalicão with ease tonight at the Estádio da Luz, running out 4-0 winners against the northerners who are now nine matches without a victory.Luxembourger Leandro Barreiro had a match to remembe

Rio Ave FC vs Sporting CP: Preview, Odds, Form Guide and Players to Watch (January 18)

01/17/2025

Sporting CP will travel to Vila do Conde to take on Rio Ave FC this weekend as they look to preserve their slender lead at the top of the table. With FC Porto and SL Benfica within striking distance, Saturday’s encounter takes on added significance for a Lions side that has managed just five points

Santa Clara’s two Gabriels doing justice to their Brazilian football heritage

01/17/2025

Whether you’re talking about population, land size, or footballing impact, Brazil is a global colossus. It’s the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, boasting more than 210 million people, and it’s also the only country to have won five World Cups.One of the m

Promotion contenders stutter with draws all round

01/17/2025

Felgueiras creeping into the pictureRound 16 of the Segunda Liga started in 2024, was interspersed with Round 17, and only ended in 2025.However, the réveillon brought us a lot of surprises in the battles for promotion and relegation. Top of the League but not top performancesDoes anyone want to be

PortuGOAL Figure of the Week: Nacional’s Zé Vítor piles on the pain for Porto

01/15/2025

Before getting into the Figure of the Week, it’s only right to make an exception and throw out two honourable (club) mentions: O Elvas C.A.D. and FC Tirsense.These are two Campeonato de Portugal (4th division) clubs, one of whom is destined for the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal and to make his

Super-sub Diogo Jota earns Liverpool point at Forest [video]

01/15/2025

Nottingham Forest 1-1 LiverpoolNuno Espírito Santo’s Nottingham Forest remain a tough proposition for the major teams in the Premier League, after holding leaders Liverpool to a draw at the City Ground on Tuesday night.Forest came into the match off the back of seven straight wins in all competition

Conceição praises Milan character but demands more after Leão goal earns first Serie A victory [video]

01/15/2025

Como 1-2 AC MilanSérgio Conceição has his first win in Serie A, after AC Milan once again came from behind to beat Como on Tuesday evening in Italy.Rafael Leão scored the winning goal as the Rossoneri overturned an early second-half deficit, securing victory from a losing position for the third time

Benfica score three goals in six minutes to beat Farense 3-1 in the Taça de Portugal

01/14/2025

Benfica advanced to the Taça de Portugal quarter-finals after beating Farense 3-1 at Estádio de São Lúis.Ángel Di María went close in the opening 60 seconds but it was the hosts who went ahead in the 7th minute, Mehdi Merghem’s cross headed home by Tomané.The Eagles drew level in the 56th minute whe

The mysterious case of Daniel Sousa: sacked after a handful of games... for the second time this season

01/14/2025

Vitória SC take drastic action after shock Cup exitDaniel Sousa will not look back on 2024/25 season with fond memories. The 40-year-old coach has been sacked after just three games by Vitória Sport Clube following the Guimarães team’s shock exit from the Portuguese Cup at the weekend at the hands o

Ten top transfer talents from Portugal’s Primeira Liga outside the Big Three

01/14/2025

The Primeira Liga is known for giving to international football the best there is to find. Not only is the academy work out of this world, but the scouting is also among the best in the game.We all know about the gems that there are in the Big Three, but what about outside of Benfica, Porto and Spor