Primeira Liga (Week 16) : Belenenses draw 2-2 with Nacional
PORTUGAL, Jan. 6, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 16: The match between Belenenses and Nacional ended in a 2-2 draw on Wednesday.
Nacional players started off well by taking the lead thanks to Nacional midfielder Luís Aurélio in the 13th minute. However, even though they were leading 1-0 at half time, and despite Fofana goal ('62) in the second period, they could not prevent a comeback by Belenenses with goals by Kuca ('53) and Caeiro Tiago ('71).
CF Os Belenenses climbed to 11st place with 18 points from 16 games, tie on points with CS Maritimo, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of January 6, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Lisbon | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| 2 | Porto | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Benfica | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 25 | 34 |
| 4 | Braga | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Arouca | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Vitoria Setubal | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 22 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Maritimo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 34 | -14 | 18 |
| 12 | Nacional | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Estoril | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | União da Madeira | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Académica Coimbra | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 13 |
| 17 | Boavista | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 10 |
| 18 | Tondela | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 8 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
CF Os Belenenses
- Position: 11 +2
- Best performance of the season:Belenenses 2-0 Moreirense (21 Sep.)
- Previous game:Paços de Ferreira 2-2 Belenenses (2 Jan.)
- Next game:Estoril - Belenenses (10 Jan.)
CD Nacional
- Position: 12 +2
- Best performance of the season:Nacional 3-1 Maritimo (27 Nov.)
- Previous game:Nacional 2-2 Arouca (2 Jan.)
- Next game:Nacional - Benfica (11 Jan.)
Belenenses
2:2
Nacional
2:2 (0:1)
- 6 January 2016
- 18:00
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sporting Lisbon | 38 |
| 2 |  Porto | 36 |
| 3 |  Benfica | 34 |
| 4 |  Braga | 26 |
| 5 |  Paços de Ferreira | 25 |
Week 16 Results
| Wednesday 6 January 2016 | ||||
| União da Madeira | 1-0 | Boavista |  | |
| Tondela | 0-2 | Paços de Ferreira | | |
 | Arouca | 1-0 | Estoril |  |
 | Moreirense | 3-4 | Vitoria Guimaraes |  |
| Belenenses | 2-2 | Nacional | |
| Braga | 18:15 | Académica Coimbra |  |
| Benfica | 19:00 | Maritimo |  |
| Porto | 20:15 | Rio Ave |  |
 | Vitoria Setubal | 20:15 | Sporting Lisbon | |