The difference between Benfica and Sporting is 3 points, but Benfica has one more game in hand, if they manage to win this game, they will be able to have an equal number of points with Sporting. And it seems that Sporting has already improved their game, after the departure of Amorim they had a difficult period, but it seems that now they are ready to fight again. They will play each other at the very end of the season, before that time everything can change.
Yeah, Sporting has improved a bit. After Amorim left they struggled for a while and they lost points and became level on points with Benfica, but recently they've been better. I thought they were going to lose the league after Amorim left.
If Amorim was still the coach they would not have lost the League Cup to Benfica. Sporting CP under Amorim was heads and shoulders better than every other team in the league. It's a good thing Gyokeres is back to his scoring form, so hopefully he can help them see out the rest of the season.