🏆 Porto thank rivals, do their bit and are Portuguese champions again

🏆 Porto thank rivals, do their bit and are Portuguese champions again

FC Porto are back on top in Portugal.

After three seasons without lifting the country’s biggest trophy, the Dragons can celebrate again.

Benfica had already helped by failing to beat Famalicão. And Farioli’s team defeated Alverca 1-0 in front of their home fans this Saturday (2). Bednarek scored.

They only needed a draw to start the party already in this 32nd round.

It is Porto’s 31st Portuguese title, for Brazilians Pepê, William Gomes and Thiago Silva.

Will Benfica be unbeaten runners-up?

Porto moved up to 85 points. That is 27 wins, four draws and just one defeat (against Casa Pia).

They opened up a nine-point lead over Benfica — who are still unbeaten — with only six points left to play for.

The league’s big battle now is precisely for second place.

Which also gives direct qualification to next season’s Champions League league phase.

Benfica have 76 points. Three more than Sporting, who will host Vitória de Guimarães this Sunday (3) and are in a difficult position.

National champions in 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, the Lions will need to earn more points than their rivals to finish second.

The reason: Mourinho’s team have the edge on the first tiebreaker, head-to-head record.

In other words: Benfica will finish as runners-up if both teams end the league with the same number of points.

Champions ranking 🏆

Benfica (38) - 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23