Sporting are trying to consolidate their leadership in the I League ahead of the Porto derby

Sporting will look to extend their lead at the top of the Portuguese Football League this Friday by hosting Estoril Praia at the start of Matchday 16, shortly before chasing Porto face Boavista away in the Porto derby.

The Lisbon side will face Canarinhos at 6.45pm as they look to put pressure on their title rivals, who play foreign stronghold Benfica, who finished second with one point less, in Arouca on Saturday and Porto “, third, three points behind, at Bessa, also this Friday, at 20:45.

Sporting, the only 100% winning team at home with eight wins from eight matches, faces an opponent who, despite sitting comfortably in ninth place, have lost six of the eight matches they have played away, but the only one they have won is imposed on the Lions. you have to be careful, as happened at the Dragau stadium with a score of 1:0 just two months ago.

FC Porto, which suffered a serious blow two rounds ago when it lost 2-0 to Sporting, travels to the Bessa Stadium in Alvalade to face a Boavista team that is in 13th place and not wins. There are 10 games in the championship, seven. of which ended in defeat.

Champions Benfica, only beaten in the first round, face an Arroca side on Saturday who are in rising form, with three wins and a draw in the last four rounds taking them into 10th place, just ahead of Sporting de Braga ” and “Vitoria de”. Guimaraes, ranked fourth and fifth respectively, will face each other in the Minho “classic” match.

Program for round 16:

– Friday, January 5:

Sporting – Estoril Praia, 18:45

Boavista – Porto, 20:45

– Saturday, January 6:

Estrela da Amadora – Vizela, 15:30

Farense – Gil Vicente, 15:30

Arouca – Benfica, 18:00

Sporting Braga – Vitoria Guimaraes, 20:30

– Sunday, January 7:

Rio Ave – Portimonense, 18:00

Famalican – Desportivou de Chaves, 20:30

– Monday, January 8:

Moreirense – Casa Pia, 20:15