| Portugal superliga week 29
Porto were held 1-1 at Paços Ferreira yesterday whilst Sporting & Benfica both won to close the gap at the top.
Next Sunday sees the end of the Portuguese season and it's still all to play for at both ends of the table
Top 3
1st Porto 66 pts, 2nd Sporting 65, 3rd Benfica 64
Bottom 3
14th Desportivo Aves 22pts, 15th Beira-Mar 22, 3rd Vitória Set'ubal 21.
( 2 go down)
Last week fixtures
Porto v Desp. Aves
Sporting v Belenenses
Benfica v Académica
Beira-Mar v Paços Ferreira
Naval v V.Setúbal
At the top , whilst Porto have stuttered somewhat in recent weeks I can't see them failing to beat Aves so they will win the title again , Sporting are the form team & I believe the most talented squad but once again a few silly results have cost them another title & they could lose a lot of players in the summer, Benfica to finish 3rd.
At the bottom the important game is Beira-Mar v Paços Ferreira , I think Aves will lose to Porto so if Beira-Mar win they will be safe no mater what result Setúbal get here in Figueira.
Naval's form has been dire for months we haven't won at home since December so Setúbal may be confident , but I think Naval will win this game & Beira-Mar will draw with P.Ferreira to survive by a point.
My predicted final standings
TOP
1st Porto 69, 2nd Sporting 68, 3rd Benfica 67
BOTTOM
14th Beira-Mar 23, 15th Desp.Aves 22,16th V.Setúbal 21.
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