Benfica fly into weekend's Classico with win over Farense

Benfica barely beat Farense 3-2 earlier today behind a brace from winger Kerem Akturoglu but now all eyes are on the big game against FC Porto. Both Benfica and Sporting have 65 points. With seven games left, the title race is super tight. This Classico match could have huge implications on who wins the Portuguese League.

Benfica's win over Farense showed some good things. It also showed areas where the club can improve, as the team needs to be ready for FC Porto. Against Farense, Benfica used their usual formation. They focused on attacking quickly and keeping the ball. Sometimes, the defense had problems. The Eagles need to fix this for the FC Porto game.

FC Porto are always a tough test and traveling to the Estadio do Dragao for this contest will present the club with a hostile environment as Porto look to exact revenge for an earlier season 4-1 loss to Benfica and will look to feed off the crowd in hopes of inflicting damage to Benfica's chase for the league title.

Sporting will also have their hands full this weekend as they face Braga, in a weekend that will have all four top league sides in action against one another. Benfica will hope for a positive result in Porto on Sunday with they hope that Braga can do the club a solid on Monday.