Primeira Liga (Week 12) : Guimaraes beats Rio Ave 3-1
PORTUGAL, Dec. 7, 2015 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 12: Rio Grande crashed to their 3rd consecutive defeat as they lost 3-1 against Vitoria Guimaraes.
Henrique scored dual goals
Rio Ave midfielder Bressan Renan opened the score in the 19th minute, before seeing Vitoria Guimaraes catch up in the 34th minute thanks to Henrique. 1-1 at half time. The Vimaranenses eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Henrique ('60) and Silva Xande ('77).
Rio Ave FC are down in 6th place with 18 points from 12 games, tie on points with Vitoria FC.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of December 7, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Lisbon | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Braga | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Vitoria Setubal | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Paços de Ferreira | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Arouca | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Nacional | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Estoril | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 13 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | União da Madeira | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Boavista | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Académica Coimbra | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 7 |
| 18 | Tondela | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 5 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
Vitoria SC
- Position: 9 +3
- Best performance of the season:Vitoria Guimaraes 3-1 Rio Ave (7 Dec.)
- Previous game:Boavista 1-2 Vitoria Guimaraes (28 Nov.)
- Next game:Vitoria Guimaraes - Maritimo (12 Dec.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 6 -1
- Best performance of the season:Paços de Ferreira 0-3 Rio Ave (19 Sep.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 0-1 Moreirense (29 Nov.)
- Next game:Rio Ave - Arouca (12 Dec.)
Vitoria Guimaraes
3:1
Rio Ave
3:1 (1:1)
- 7 December 2015
- 20:00
- Guimaraes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sporting Lisbon | 32 |
| 2 |  Porto | 30 |
| 3 |  Benfica | 24 |
| 4 |  Braga | 21 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Setubal | 18 |
Week 12 Results
| Friday 4 December 2015 | ||||
| Benfica | 3-0 | Académica Coimbra |  |
| Saturday 5 December 2015 | ||||
 | Belenenses | 0-3 | Vitoria Setubal | |
| Porto | 2-1 | Paços de Ferreira |  |
 | Maritimo | 0-1 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Sunday 6 December 2015 | ||||
 | Arouca | 3-2 | Boavista |  |
 | Estoril | 1-1 | Nacional |  |
| União da Madeira | 2-0 | Tondela | ||
 | Moreirense | 0-0 | Braga | |
| Monday 7 December 2015 | ||||
| Vitoria Guimaraes | 3-1 | Rio Ave | |