Benfica enjoy wild weekend for opponents

Benfica enjoyed a wild weekend for their opponents after earning a hard fought victory over Vizela and then sitting back and watching their two closest rivals FC Porto and Braga both suffer hard wrenching defeats that saw Benfica's lead atop Portugal stretch to eight and nine points with twelve games left in the season.

Benfica's weekend was not all roses as midfielder Chiquinho looks to have suffered a muscle injury to his left thigh which will see him miss some time, while manager Roger Schmidt was given a straight red card by the match official after throwing back a water bottle into the home stands and will miss Friday's home game against Famalicao.