Primeira Liga (Week 25) : Rio Ave beats Penafiel 2-0
PORTUGAL, Mar. 15, 2015 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 25: After their 1-1 draw against Nacional on March 9, Rio Grande returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Penafiel this Sunday.
Penafiel made Rio Ave doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with goals by Del Valle ('84) and Hassan ('90).
Rio Ave FC climbed to 8th place with 33 points from 25 games, 3 points behind FC Paços de Ferreira.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of March 15, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 25 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 11 | 51 | 65 |
| 2 | Porto | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 10 | 46 | 58 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 23 | 50 |
| 4 | Braga | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 46 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 40 |
| 6 | Belenenses | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Paços de Ferreira | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Nacional | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Moreirense | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Estoril | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 27 |
| 13 | Académica Coimbra | 25 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 25 |
| 14 | Boavista | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 40 | -20 | 25 |
| 15 | Vitoria Setubal | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 40 | -22 | 23 |
| 16 | Arouca | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 38 | -21 | 20 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 19 |
| 18 | Penafiel | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 16 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2014-2015
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Overview
FC Penafiel
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Penafiel 2-0 Vitoria Setubal (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Sporting Lisbon 3-2 Penafiel (9 Mar.)
- Next game:Estoril - Penafiel (21 Mar.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 8 +1
- Best performance of the season:Estoril 1-5 Rio Ave (24 Aug.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 1-1 Nacional (9 Mar.)
- Next game:Rio Ave - Benfica (21 Mar.)
Penafiel
0:2
Rio Ave
0:2 (0:0)
- 15 March 2015
- 16:00
- Penafiel
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 65 |
| 2 |  Porto | 58 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 50 |
| 4 |  Braga | 46 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 40 |
Week 25 Results
| Friday 13 March 2015 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 1-0 | Boavista |  |
| Saturday 14 March 2015 | ||||
| Benfica | 2-0 | Braga | |
| Vitoria Guimaraes | 0-1 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
 | Belenenses | 2-2 | Estoril |  |
| Sunday 15 March 2015 | ||||
 | Gil Vicente | 0-1 | Moreirense |  |
 | Académica Coimbra | 2-1 | Nacional |  |
| Penafiel | 0-2 | Rio Ave | |
 | Maritimo | 17:00 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Porto | 19:15 | Arouca |  |