The referees for the 9th round of the League were announced this Wednesday. The main appointments put Luís Godinho in charge of FC Porto's visit to GIL Vicente, Miguel Nogueira on Sporting-Académico de Viseu and Cláudio Pereira at Santa Clara-Benfica.
The headline appointments
Godinho's team for FC Porto's trip includes Pedro Martins and Gonçalo Freire as assistants, Daniel Pinto as 4th referee, and Pedro Ferreira and Leonel Ferreira on VAR duty. Cláudio Pereira's team for Santa Clara-Benfica is Tiago Costa and Jorge Fernandes as assistants, Sérgio Guelho as 4th referee, and Rui Soares plus Márcio Azevedo on VAR/AVAR.
Miguel Nogueira's appointment for Sporting-Académico de Viseu comes with Paulo Brás and Nuno Pires as assistants, Fávio Duarte as 4th referee, Luís Ferreira as VAR and Valdemar Maia as assistant.
The league context
The appointments land on a round that already carries weight at the top end of the table. FC Porto sit first with 24 points from 8 matches, Benfica are second with 19 points, Sporting CP are third with 18 and Santa Clara are fourth with 18.
Gil Vicente are sixth with 14 points from 8 matches, which keeps the trip to Barcelos in the mix of fixtures that can shift the shape of the table. The league has now laid out the officials for the round's biggest games, and the three title-side clubs have their referee teams in place before the weekend.
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