Primeira Liga (Week 5) : Sporting defeats Nacional 1-0
PORTUGAL, Sep. 21, 2015 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 5: Three wins in a row for Sporting Lisbon. After their success against Académica Coimbra and Rio Ave, the Sportinguistas continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 1-0 victory over Nacional this Monday.
45 minutes of play and neither Sporting Lisbon nor Nacional have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Colombian forward Montero Fredy with just 4 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Sporting Clube de Portugal remains in second place with 13 points from 5 games, tie on points with FC Porto.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of September 21, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Sporting Lisbon | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Benfica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Braga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Estoril | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Arouca | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Paços de Ferreira | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Boavista | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Vitoria Setubal | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Nacional | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | União da Madeira | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Académica Coimbra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 2
- Best performance of the season:Académica Coimbra 1-3 Sporting Lisbon (30 Aug.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 1-2 Sporting Lisbon (13 Sep.)
- Next game:Boavista - Sporting Lisbon (26 Sep.)
CD Nacional
- Position: 11 -4
- Best performance of the season:Nacional 2-0 Académica Coimbra (13 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nacional 2-0 Académica Coimbra (13 Sep.)
- Next game:Nacional - Vitoria Setubal (27 Sep.)
- 21 September 2015
- 21:00
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Porto | 13 |
| 2 | Sporting Lisbon | 13 |
| 3 |  Benfica | 9 |
| 4 |  Braga | 9 |
| 5 |  Estoril | 9 |
Week 5 Results
| Friday 18 September 2015 | ||||
 | Vitoria Setubal | 2-2 | Vitoria Guimaraes |  |
| Saturday 19 September 2015 | ||||
| Tondela | 0-1 | Estoril | | |
 | Paços de Ferreira | 0-3 | Rio Ave |  |
| Sunday 20 September 2015 | ||||
 | Académica Coimbra | 0-2 | Boavista |  |
| União da Madeira | 0-0 | Arouca |  | |
| Porto | 1-0 | Benfica | |
| Monday 21 September 2015 | ||||
 | Belenenses | 2-0 | Moreirense |  |
| Braga | 5-1 | Maritimo |  |
| Sporting Lisbon | 1-0 | Nacional | |