Primeira Liga (Week 26) : Nacional defeats Rio Ave 1-0
PORTUGAL, Mar. 13, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 26: Three wins in a row for Nacional. After their success against Paços de Ferreira and Boavista, the Alvinegros continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 1-0 victory over Rio Ave this Sunday.
45 minutes of play and neither Nacional nor Rio Ave have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Brazilian defender Ricardo Gomes in the 55th minute.
Rio Ave FC remains in 6th place with 36 points from 26 games, 5 points behind Arouquenses.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of March 13, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Lisbon | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 16 | 35 | 62 |
| 2 | Benfica | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 17 | 49 | 61 |
| 3 | Porto | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 58 |
| 4 | Braga | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 25 | 47 |
| 5 | Arouca | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Estoril | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 33 |
| 9 | Paços de Ferreira | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 34 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Nacional | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 51 | -15 | 29 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 52 | -21 | 29 |
| 13 | Vitoria Setubal | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 45 | -13 | 27 |
| 15 | União da Madeira | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 35 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Boavista | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 24 |
| 17 | Académica Coimbra | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 23 |
| 18 | Tondela | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 43 | -22 | 13 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
CD Nacional
- Position: 10 +2
- Best performance of the season:Nacional 3-0 Paços de Ferreira (26 Feb.)
- Previous game:Boavista 0-1 Nacional (6 Mar.)
- Next game:Nacional - Vitoria Guimaraes (20 Mar.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 6
- Best performance of the season:Paços de Ferreira 0-3 Rio Ave (19 Sep.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 1-3 Estoril (7 Mar.)
- Next game:Rio Ave - Maritimo (18 Mar.)
Nacional
1:0
Rio Ave
1:0 (0:0)
- 13 March 2016
- 16:00
- Funchal
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sporting Lisbon | 62 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 61 |
| 3 |  Porto | 58 |
| 4 |  Braga | 47 |
| 5 |  Arouca | 41 |
Week 26 Results
| Friday 11 March 2016 | ||||
 | Maritimo | 0-3 | Boavista |  |
| Saturday 12 March 2016 | ||||
 | Estoril | 1-2 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Porto | 3-2 | União da Madeira | |
| Sunday 13 March 2016 | ||||
| Arouca | 1-0 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
 | Moreirense | 2-2 | Académica Coimbra |  |
| Nacional | 1-0 | Rio Ave | |
 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 18:15 | Paços de Ferreira |  |
 | Belenenses | 20:30 | Braga | |
| Monday 14 March 2016 | ||||
| Benfica | 20:00 | Tondela | |