Best European football match day

Russinating · 8 Jan 2023 at 14:59

BaZ87 said:
I really wouldn't be planning this far ahead. Assuming the situation in Portugal is similar to the UK, matches can and will be moved to work around tv schedules and month or two before the game is played. It could simply be a change of kick-off time but the match could also move from Sunday to Saturday or even the Friday.

Yeah appreciate that. If that's the case then that's fine, we'll be there Saturday and Sunday. If it's Friday then will just have to suck that up and enjoy a weekend in Porto. Can't not plan it in advance with people's diaries/commitments/childcare help. And if it moved to Friday we couldn't go anyway as there's no flights.

BaZ87 · 8 Jan 2023 at 15:14

Russinating said:
Yeah appreciate that. If that's the case then that's fine, we'll be there Saturday and Sunday. If it's Friday then will just have to suck that up and enjoy a weekend in Porto. Can't not plan it in advance with people's diaries/commitments/childcare help. And if it moved to Friday we couldn't go anyway as there's no flights.

Ok, as long as you're aware. I think the chances of the match being moved to the Friday are very slim - it's usually only done due to scheduling of midweek fixtures. There's no midweek European matches to worry about however there is the semi final of the Portuguese cup being played over 2 legs the midweek before and after that fixture. Even if Porto made the semi (which there's a decent chance of), given that you typically play Tuesday/Wednesday or Wednesday/Tuesday, worst case scenario is the League game gets moved to the Saturday.

Russinating · 8 Jan 2023 at 15:35

BaZ87 said:
Ok, as long as you're aware. I think the chances of the match being moved to the Friday are very slim - it's usually only done due to scheduling of midweek fixtures. There's no midweek European matches to worry about however there is the semi final of the Portuguese cup being played over 2 legs the midweek before and after that fixture. Even if Porto made the semi (which there's a decent chance of), given that you typically play Tuesday/Wednesday or Wednesday/Tuesday, worst case scenario is the League game gets moved to the Saturday.

Yeah I've just looked at their historical results, looks like they often put Sporting and Benfica on the Friday as the big games, but Boavista has never not been a Sat/Sun (was a Wed once but looks like that was a COVID anomaly).