Benfica not only lost their 18 game win streak with the loss to Braga yesterday they also lost three players for their upcoming encounter against Portimonense in Week 23 of the Portuguese League.Benfica will be without the services of Javi Garcia who picked up a red card in the game against Braga as well as Maxi Pereira and Luisao due to yellow cards.

Braga opened up the second half of the Portuguese League with a convincing 3-0 victory over lowly Portimonense as last seasons runner-up looks to regain their form, the victory moved Braga into fifth place in the league.Braga was held by Portimonense to a scoreless first half before Helder Barbosa finally opened up the scoring six minutes into the second half as his low shot evaded the

Setubal have opened Week 15 of the Portuguese League with a shootout victory over Portimonense, marking the half way point of the season for both clubs as they hover around the bottom of the league.Setubal's Pitbull converted a penalty kick at the 15th minute mark after Valdomiro was dragged down in the box.