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Black: what has already happened.Yellow: the model’s margin.Tick alone: one run, no margin.

Liga Portugal

MD8forecast of 17 Oct 2026, 14:04

Porto win the league in half of the simulated seasons

In 24,541 of 50,000 simulated seasons, in a forecast made after matchday 8. Sporting: +2.6 pp on the title since the previous forecast.

Chance of the title, points now and at the end of the season (median and 90% interval), and where each club can finish.
ClubTitlePoints now and at the end
Porto49%−2.4 pp24 now, 82 72–91
Sporting29%+2.6 pp18 now, 79 69–87
Benfica22%−0.1 pp19 now, 78 68–87
Sp. Braga0.1%−0.1 pp11 now, 61 51–72

what has already happenedthe model’s margin, 90%

Share of the 50,000 simulated seasons in which each club wins the title; final points: median and 90% interval. How the model works

Relegation17th or 18th

The four clubs most likely to go down
Casa Pia53%+5.4 pp
Nacional43%+4.1 pp
Marítimo31%+0.3 pp
Estoril18%+3.4 pp

Next games

Chances of a home win, a draw and an away win, and what each game puts at stake
Game, Lisbon timeHomeDrawAway
Mon 19 Oct · 20:15 · postponed, matchday 2Sp. Braga – Gil Vicente60%23%16%
Little at stake: neither club’s title or relegation chance moves by 5 percentage points.
Fri 23 Oct · 20:45Vitória – Marítimo57%25%18%
Marítimo’s relegation chance: 19% if they win, 29% if they draw, 36% if they lose.
Sat 24 Oct · 15:30Estrela – Casa Pia42%29%29%
Casa Pia’s relegation chance: 41% if they win, 54% if they draw, 60% if they lose.
Sat 24 Oct · 18:00Alverca – Arouca44%27%29%
Little at stake: neither club’s title or relegation chance moves by 5 percentage points.
Sat 24 Oct · 20:30Gil Vicente – Porto13%22%65%
Porto’s title chance: 54% if they win, 42% if they draw, 37% if they lose.

The whole league: table, games and clubs

Synthetic population

v1.0.3dated 5 October 2026

The 3,092 parishes of the 2021 Census, one by one

10,340,441 people and 4,154,571 households, generated by a model from the INE tables. Every parish answers the same eight questions, with its own quality tier.

one model run, no marginGenerated people and households, not real people, families, or addresses.

Your location is used only on your device, to find the nearest parish.

Elections

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These are the forecasts as they were published before the vote, not the official results.

Methodology for each section