Primeira Liga (Week 20) : Arouca hold Nacional to 3-3
PORTUGAL, Feb. 8, 2015 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 20: The match between Arouca and Nacional ended in a 3-3 draw on Sunday.
Nacional players started off well by taking the lead thanks to goals by Rondón ('18, '28) while Arouca only scored once Sampaio ('40). However, even though they were leading 2-1 at half time, and despite Rondón goal ('87) in the second period, they could not prevent a comeback by Arouca with goals by Roberto ('80) and Artur ('84).
CD Nacional climbed to 9th place with 25 points from 20 games, 2 points behind Rio Ave FC, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of February 8, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 8 | 36 | 49 |
| 2 | Porto | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 39 | 46 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 42 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Braga | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 34 |
| 6 | Belenenses | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Paços de Ferreira | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Nacional | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Estoril | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Vitoria Setubal | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Boavista | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 34 | -19 | 19 |
| 15 | Arouca | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 32 | -18 | 16 |
| 16 | Académica Coimbra | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 14 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 35 | -19 | 14 |
| 18 | Penafiel | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 38 | -23 | 13 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2014-2015
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Overview
Arouquenses
- Position: 15
- Best performance of the season:Rio Ave 1-2 Arouca (21 Sep.)
- Previous game:Arouca 1-3 Sporting Lisbon (1 Feb.)
- Next game:Braga - Arouca (15 Feb.)
CD Nacional
- Position: 9 +3
- Best performance of the season:Nacional 3-0 Maritimo (8 Dec.)
- Previous game:Nacional 2-1 Belenenses (31 Jan.)
- Next game:Nacional - Estoril (16 Feb.)
Arouca
3:3
Nacional
3:3 (1:2)
- 8 February 2015
- 16:00
- Arouca
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 49 |
| 2 |  Porto | 46 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 42 |
| 4 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 36 |
| 5 |  Braga | 34 |
Week 20 Results
| Saturday 7 February 2015 | ||||
 | Moreirense | 0-2 | Porto | |
| Sunday 8 February 2015 | ||||
| Arouca | 3-3 | Nacional | |
 | Maritimo | 1-2 | Gil Vicente |  |
 | Vitoria Setubal | 0-0 | Académica Coimbra |  |
 | Paços de Ferreira | 2-1 | Penafiel |  |
| Vitoria Guimaraes | 0-1 | Belenenses |  |
 | Estoril | 18:00 | Braga | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 20:00 | Benfica | |
| Monday 9 February 2015 | ||||
 | Boavista | 20:00 | Rio Ave |  |