Sporting fixtures announced, Benfica clash set for date and time | OneFootball

The Portuguese League announced the upcoming games for Sporting and the derby against Benfica already has a date and time set

The Portuguese Professional Football League announced the schedules for the games up to the 13th round. In this round of matches, Sporting and Benfica are set to meet on Friday, December 5th at 20:15. After the clash for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the second eternal derby of the season will take place at the Estádio da Luz.

Still in September, the team of Rui Borges found out the date and time of their clashes until December. Besides the match against their red rival, the Alvalade Club has a match scheduled against Braga at 19:15 on Sunday, October 5th. In this same round, there is a place for a Porto - Benfica, which could be important for the leonine accounts.

The schedules made by the Portuguese Professional Football League ended up being influenced by other competitions taking place during this period, such as the Portuguese Cup, League Cup, breaks for international commitments and European competitions, which in the case of Sporting will be the Champions League, where they also already have their matches defined.

These games will be of utmost importance since, at the end of this period, Rui Borges and his pupils will have already faced Benfica, Porto and Braga, their main rivals, before the Christmas break and the turn for the second round of the championship.

The Sporting will return to the field only on Saturday, September 13, against Famalicão. The match, counting for the fifth round of the National Championship, which will be played against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, will be played in Minho at 20:30.

Check out Sporting's games up to the 13th round:

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