Looking Back at Week 13 in the Portuguese League

Week 13 saw the see saw battle between Benfica and FC Porto continue as Benfica took the league lead by three points after a 5-1 win Friday over Rio Ave. FC Porto then matched the Eagles with a 2-0 victory over Maritimo as both clubs remain tied for the top spot in Portugal.

Sporting slipped six points back after drawing on the road to Academica 1-1. Braga closed the gap on third place to two points with their 4-3 shoot out win over Olhanense.

Beira Mar jumped into seventh place in the league after their 3-0 victory over last place Pacos Ferreira. Feirense moved three points cleart of relegation with a 2-1 win over Uniao de Leiria and Nacional and Setubal battled to a 1-1 draw.

Road Team of the Week: Beira Mar

Home Team of the Week: Benfica

Player of the Week: Nolito (Benfica)

Looking Back at Week 12 in the Portuguese League

Week 12 saw Braga lay a licking on visiting Pacos Ferreira with a 5-2 victory. The win vaulted Braga into a 4th place tie with Maritimo.

On Saturday FC Porto moved three points clear of Benfica after their 2-1 victory over Beira Mar, quickly erasing their fall from the Champions League a few days earlier.Sporting then defeated Nacional in an uninspiring 1-0 victory.

Sunday's early games saw Rio Ave move out of the cellar after their 2-0 victory over Gil Vicente. Setubal and Feirense drew 1-1 and Uniao de Leiria defeated Guimaraes 1-0. Benfica then scored a late marker to exact revenge on Maritimo for knocking them out of the Taca de Portugal a week earlier defeating the Madeira club 1-0 and moving back into a tie atop the Portuguese League with Porto.

On Monday, Academica closed the week off with a 2-0 win over Olhanense vaulting them pass the Algarve club and into sole position of 6th place in Portugal.

Road Team of the Week: Academica

Home Team of the Week: Braga

Player of the Week: Cristian Atsu (Rio Ave)

Euro 2012: Head to Head all time record of Group B teams

The Euro 2012 groups are set and Portugal find themselves once again in the "Group of Death", what will matter is how the club performs when it counts. Portugal has played numerous games against the Germand, the Dutch and the Danish.

The National side currently has winning all time records against two out of the three teams in their group and if this continues to be the case then the team should be able to get out of their group.

Getting out of the group is the key to getting to possibly to the semi-finals of the tournament as Group B will play the weaker Group A in the quarter-finals knockout phase.

Looking at the Nations all time records versus each other:

Portugal vs Germany

3 Wins 8 Losses 5 Draws

Portugal's last encounter with the Germans was a quarter final loss 3-2 in Euro 2008.

Portugal vs Netherlands

6 Wins 1 Loss 3 Draws

Portugal's last game versus the Dutch was in World Cup 2006 with a Round of 16, 1-0 victory.

Portugal vs Denmark

7 Wins 3 Losses 2 Draws

Portugal's last encounter with the Danes was a 2-1 loss in group qualifying for this Euro 2012.

Germany vs Denmark

14 wins 8 Losses 3 Draws

Germany vs Netherlands

14 Wins 10 Losses 14 Draws

Netherlands vs Denmark

12 Wins 6 Losses 10 Draws