Primeira Liga (Week 14) : Porto defeats Académica 3-1
PORTUGAL, Dec. 20, 2015 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 14: 6 wins in a row for Porto. After their success against Vitoria Setubal, Tondela, União da Madeira, Paços de Ferreira and Nacional, the Dragons continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 3-1 victory over Académica Coimbra this Sunday.
Porto dominated the first half thanks to a goal scored by midfielder Pereira Danilo in the 7th minute. Leading 1-0 at the break, the Dragons further widened their lead in the second period by scoring twice (Aboubakar '54 and Herrera '72).
FC Porto climbed to first place with 36 points from 14 games, one point ahead of runner-up Sporting Clube de Portugal.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of December 20, 2015) »
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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1 | Porto | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
2 | Sporting Lisbon | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
3 | Benfica | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 31 |
4 | Braga | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
5 | Vitoria Setubal | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 21 |
6 | Rio Ave | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 21 |
7 | Paços de Ferreira | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 20 |
8 | Arouca | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 19 |
9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 19 |
10 | Maritimo | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 17 |
11 | Estoril | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
12 | Nacional | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
13 | Moreirense | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 14 |
14 | União da Madeira | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 14 |
15 | Belenenses | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 30 | -15 | 13 |
16 | Boavista | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 10 |
17 | Académica Coimbra | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 10 |
18 | Tondela | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 21 | -15 | 5 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
FC Porto
- Position: 1 +1
- Best performance of the season:União da Madeira 0-4 Porto (2 Dec.)
- Previous game:Nacional 1-2 Porto (14 Dec.)
- Next game:Sporting Lisbon - Porto (2 Jan.)
Académica Coimbra
- Position: 17
- Best performance of the season:Académica Coimbra 4-3 Belenenses (14 Dec.)
- Previous game:Académica Coimbra 4-3 Belenenses (14 Dec.)
- Next game:Académica Coimbra - União da Madeira (2 Jan.)
- 20 December 2015
- 20:30
- Porto
Table
Pos | Team | Pts |
---|---|---|
1 | Porto | 36 |
2 | Sporting Lisbon | 35 |
3 | Benfica | 31 |
4 | Braga | 24 |
5 | Vitoria Setubal | 21 |
Week 14 Results
Saturday 19 December 2015 | ||||
Arouca | 4-1 | Maritimo | ||
Estoril | 0-1 | Vitoria Guimaraes | ||
Sunday 20 December 2015 | ||||
Moreirense | 2-0 | Nacional | ||
Benfica | 3-1 | Rio Ave | ||
Tondela | 1-3 | Vitoria Setubal | ||
União da Madeira | 1-0 | Sporting Lisbon | ||
Porto | 3-1 | Académica Coimbra | ||
Monday 21 December 2015 | ||||
Belenenses | 19:00 | Boavista | ||
Braga | 21:00 | Paços de Ferreira |