 Batuque's first and only match of 2018 which was on January 7 was another win, this time Farense, Batuque took the number spot which Mindelense had for the first two weeks and is their current position, At round two, they had four goals scored, third in the region and later had seven which became second, shared with Castilho.At round 5, they did not lose a single match with their win over the mighty Académica.Batuque was still first with 13 points and 11 goals scored, still second.