Rio Ave14
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16CD Nacional
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Rio Ave lost to Alverca 0–1 away. CD Nacional lost to Famalicão 0–4. Rio Ave at home: 0W 1D 2L.
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Every fixture in the round, with where both clubs stand, what they have done so far and how they have gone at home and away. Porto go into the round on top with 24 points.
SL Benfica2
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15Vitória SC
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SL Benfica lost to Porto 1–3 away. Vitória SC drew 1–1 at home to Moreirense. SL Benfica sit 13 places above Vitória SC.
Arouca5
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9Amadora
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Arouca drew 2–2 away at Sporting CP. Amadora lost to Acad. Viseu 0–2. Arouca at home: 2W 0D 1L.
Famalicão13
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10Alverca
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Famalicão beat CD Nacional 4–0 away. Alverca beat Rio Ave 1–0. Famalicão at home: 0W 2D 1L.
Reading the round
Portuguese rounds run Friday to Monday and kick off late by northern European standards, with the main Sunday fixture often starting after nine in the evening local time.
Form here counts only finished matches, so a club with a game in hand looks worse than it is. Home and away records matter more than they look in a league this early: two home wins from two says less about a club than the same two results in November will.
Betting on this round
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The fixtures worth a second look are the ones where the table and the form disagree: a club sitting high after a soft opening, or one near the bottom that has played the two hardest away games available. Both get priced on position, and position this early is mostly a function of who they have already faced.
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