Porto beat Benfica to come close to Portuguese title!
FC Porto are on the way to secure third Portuguese championship crown in a row! The team of Magnus Andersson beat Benfica SL 32:28 in derby match last weekend to secure better score in direct encounter so they need just a point in the last two matches to win the new trophy.
The MVP of the match was Croatian left back Ivan Sliskovic with 7 goals in his last home match for the “Dragons”.
– FC Porto (32): Sebastian Frandsen, Pedro Valdés, Victor Iturriza (5), Djibril M’Bengue (5), Rui Silva (4), Leonel Fernandes (3) and António Areia (2). Nikola Mitrevski, Pedro Cruz (3), Diogo Oliveira, Daymaro Salina (2), Ivan Sliskovic (7), Diogo Branquinho (1), Miguel Alves, Jesús Hurtado and Fábio Magalhães.
– Benfica (28): Sergey Hernández, Jonas Kallman (5), Alexis Borges (6), Ole Rahmel (6), Lazar Kukic (1), Demis Grigoras (2), Rogério Moraes (2). Gustavo Capdeville, Mahamadou Keita, Belone Moreira (1), Paulo Moreno (1), Carlos Martins, Tadej Kljun, Luciano Silva, Petar Djordjic (4), Francisco Pereira.
STANDING:
| 1. | Porto | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1003:706 | 82 | |
| 2. | Benfica | 29 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 997:742 | 80 | |
| 3. | Sporting | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 977:697 | 79 | |
| 4. | Belenenses | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 818:827 | 64 | |
| 5. | Aguas Santas | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 774:712 | 62 | |
| 6. | Maia-Ismai | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 795:783 | 59 | |
| 7. | Vitoria | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 757:788 | 56 | |
| 8. | Gaia | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 817:865 | 56 | |
| 9. | ABC Braga | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 769:782 | 54 | |
| 10. | Madeira | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 782:808 | 54 | |
| 11. | Povoa | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 740:758 | 52 | |
| 12. | Avanca | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 768:822 | 51 | |
| 13. | Sanjoanense | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 701:831 | 43 | |
| 14. | SC Horta | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 676:809 | 43 | |
| 15. | Xico Andebol | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 679:911 | 34 | |
| 16. | Boa Hora | 28 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 674:886 | 31 |
photo: https://portal.fpa.pt/
