Primeira Liga (Week 18) : Nacional beats Moreirense 3-2
PORTUGAL, Jan. 25, 2015 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 18: Three wins in a row for Nacional. After their success against Boavista and Paços de Ferreira, the Alvinegros continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 3-2 victory over Moreirense this Sunday.
Moreirense had started off well by taking the lead in the 37th minute with a goal by Argentine midfielder Battaglia. Trailing 1-0 at half time, the Alvinegros nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring three times in the second period (Matias '46, Rondón '82 and Joao '90).
Moreirense FC remains in 8th place with 24 points from 18 games, tie on points with Rio Ave FC.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of January 25, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 | Porto | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 40 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Braga | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 6 | Belenenses | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Paços de Ferreira | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Estoril | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Nacional | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Vitoria Setubal | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 31 | -16 | 17 |
| 14 | Boavista | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 16 |
| 15 | Arouca | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Académica Coimbra | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Penafiel | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 35 | -22 | 12 |
| 18 | Gil Vicente | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -20 | 10 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2014-2015
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Overview
Moreirense FC
- Position: 8
- Best performance of the season:Moreirense 2-0 Paços de Ferreira (7 Dec.)
- Previous game:Moreirense 1-0 Arouca (18 Jan.)
- Next game:Braga - Moreirense (30 Jan.)
CD Nacional
- Position: 11 +1
- Best performance of the season:Nacional 3-0 Maritimo (8 Dec.)
- Previous game:Paços de Ferreira 2-3 Nacional (18 Jan.)
- Next game:Nacional - Belenenses (31 Jan.)
- 25 January 2015
- 16:00
- Moreira de Conegos
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 46 |
| 2 |  Porto | 40 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 39 |
| 4 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 35 |
| 5 |  Braga | 31 |
Week 18 Results
| Saturday 24 January 2015 | ||||
| Vitoria Guimaraes | 2-2 | Gil Vicente |  |
| Sunday 25 January 2015 | ||||
| Sporting Lisbon | 1-0 | Académica Coimbra |  |
 | Vitoria Setubal | 4-1 | Rio Ave |  |
 | Belenenses | 0-0 | Penafiel |  |
| Moreirense | 2-3 | Nacional | |
 | Estoril | 17:00 | Arouca |  |
 | Maritimo | 18:00 | Porto | |
 | Boavista | 20:15 | Braga | |
| Monday 26 January 2015 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 20:00 | Benfica | |