The 27th round of the I Liga ends tonight, at 8:15 pm, with Braga at Portimonense’s home, where the Algarvians intend to leave the zone of play-off maintenance and the northerners put pressure on FC Porto.
Sporting de Braga visits Portimonense’s stronghold today, at the end of the 27th round of the 1st Portuguese football league, looking to place itself two points behind FC Porto and third place.
After returning to their triumphs in the previous round, against Gil Vicente (2-1), the Minho team seek to remain winners, against a team afflicted in the fight for maintenance.
You dragonsthird placed, were defeated last Saturday, March 30th, in their visit to Estoril Praia (1-0) and reopened the fight for the podium, which continues to be topped by Sporting, with 68 points, one more than Benfica, according to , and 10 above blue and white.
Braga, which has 53 points, was also caught in this round by Vitória de Guimarães, who reached four consecutive victories against Moreirense (1-0), being under pressure from their rivals in the fight for fourth place.
On the other hand, the possibility of victory is also attractive for Portimonense, since a home victory allows them to equal the 26 points of Rio Ave and Estrela da Amadora.
Remember that, in the preview of this game, the coach of the Algarve assumed that Portimonense is in a «delicate» position, but that the team «is strong and confident and will not let itself be shaken by anything».
With 23 points, and in a position to play-off maintenance, in 16th place, the formation led by Paulo Sérgio can take advantage of the defeats of the teams immediately below, Vizela (17th) and Desportivo de Chaves (18th), trying to avoid prolonging a current series of seven games without winning.
Photography: Portimonense Archive.
