Lisbon, May 9 (EFE) .- Benfica and Sporting, tied to points in the first place of the Portuguese championship, face this Saturday in the penultimate league day and the winner will practically have the title in his pocket.
Sporting starts with a slight advantage, since a draw would keep him in the lead, because he won the Benfica in the first round by 1-0. In this way, if Sporting wins tomorrow at the Da Luz stadium, it will be champion. In case of tables, everything will be decided on the last day.
For its part, Benfica needs the victory for more than one goal to leave the league champion after tomorrow’s game.
What happens if Benfica wins for a goal? In this case, Sporting also continues to have some advantage, since in the general “golverage”, the Verdiblanco team has 85 goals in favor and 26 against (+59) and Benfica has 85 goals marked and 29 embedded (+56). In this way, if Benfica won tomorrow by the minimum, the League would be decided on the last day and in case both won their respective meetings, it would be necessary to be aware of the goals scored and conceded in the last game.
Di María, Otamendi and Álvaro Carreras
For the derby, Benfica recovers one of his key pieces, the Galician side Álvaro Carreras, since last day he could not play by sanction.
He will also have the good moment of his captain, the Argentine central Nicolás Otamendi, who marked in the last game and for the second consecutive day, with which he adds seven goals in all competitions, the best scoring record of his career.
The incarnate fans of one of his idols, the Argentine Ángel Di María, who has a very irregular season for his muscle injuries will also be very pending.
Up, the maximum threat to Sporting will be the Greek striker of Benfica Vangelis Pavlidis.
Gyokeres, Trincão y Araújo
For its part, Sporting has important proper names to decide the derby, among which the Swedish Viktor Gyokeres, one of the most scorers in Europe, which in the Portuguese League adds this season 38 goals stands out.
The Portuguese end Trincão, former FC Barcelona, has been one of the most relevant players of the Sporting staff this campaign, with a total of 15 assists and 8 goals, which has earned him a position in the selection of his country that trains the Spanish Roberto Martínez.
The Uruguayan international Maxi Araujo has also grown a lot, which arrived in August from the Mexican Toluca and is already a fixed in the eleven of the ‘lions’.
The Lisbon will not be the only derby of the 33rd day, since the port of the Spanish international Samu Aghehowa will visit the other club of the city ‘Portuense’ on Sunday, the Boavista, which only it is worth winning to get out of the descent positions.
After accumulating three white games, Samu signed a double last day against the Moreirense (3-1) and helped the ‘dragons’ to recover third place, which will now try to keep their neighbors in front of their neighbors.
The former Atlético de Madrid Samu allowed Porto to unseat the podium of his compatriots Gabri Martínez and Víctor Gómez, who after two draws in a row needs to reap a good result on Saturday before Casa Pia (8th) to continue options, since the third place allows the Europa League to be played.
The last three classified with 24 points
In the Portugal League, they directly descend the last two classified and the last last dispute a promotion match against the third classified of the Second Portuguese division.
With 24 points are Boavista (16º), Avs (17º) and Farense (Colista), while the Amador Strew, with 29 points, is fifteenth, first place of salvation.
There is the circumstance that this day the Estrela Amador receives the Avs from the Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and the Farense plays at home at the house of the Vitória de Guimarães.
Match of the 33rd day of the League of Portugal:
-Saturday
Madeira National – Rio Ave
Santa Clara – Famalicão
Benfica – Sporting
Gil Vicente – Arouca
Casa Pia – Braga
-Domingo
AMADORA STAR – AVS
Moreirense – Estoril Praia
Vitória de Guimarães – Farense
Boavista – Oporto.
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