Primeira Liga returns with Vitória SC hosting Marítimo
Porto lead on 24 points with a goal difference of +16, while the division's top scorer Vangelis Pavlidis has 8 goals for SL Benfica.
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Primeira Liga resumes on Friday 23 October after a short break, with Vitória SC taking on Marítimo at 2026-10-23T19:45:00Z in the ninth matchday of the campaign.
The table has already separated itself into clear layers. Porto sit top on 24 points, backed by a goal difference of +16. Behind them, the gap is tight: SL Benfica are second with 19, Sporting CP third with 18 and Santa Clara fourth on the same points tally but a weaker goal difference of +8.
Look at that second line. SL Benfica have scored their way to +17, the best goal difference in the division, yet they still trail the leaders by five points. That is what happens when draws pile up.
Arouca and Gil Vicente round out the top six on 14 points apiece. For Arouca, a goal difference of +4 hints at a side that wins narrowly. For Gil Vicente, +2 is thinner still.
The scoring charts carry their own story. Vangelis Pavlidis of SL Benfica leads with 8, one clear of Luis Suárez at Sporting CP on 7. Then comes a three-way tie: Georgios Koutsias of Famalicão, Barbero of Arouca and Gianluca Prestianni of SL Benfica all sit on 5.
Before the pause, the league's last outing ended 1-2 in favour of Gil Vicente over Braga on Monday 19 October.
So what should you watch when play returns? The distance between SL Benfica's scoring and their points total is the most interesting number in the table. A team with that goal difference should not be chasing from behind.
Vitória SC and Marítimo get the restart underway. The table above them does not move, but everything below it can.