Primeira Liga (Week 30) : Paços de Ferreira beats União 4-3
PORTUGAL, Apr. 17, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 30: Two wins in a row for Paços de Ferreira. After their 1-0 win against Porto on April 10, the Beavers continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 4-3 victory over União da Madeira this Sunday.
União da Madeira had started off well by taking the lead thanks to goals by Martins Elio ('18) and Breitner Da Silva ('41). Trailing 2-0 at half time, the Beavers nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring four times in the second period (Estrela Minhoca '47, Cicero Casimiro '51, Henrique Paulo '68 and Jota '88).
FC Paços de Ferreira remains in 7th place with 42 points from 30 games, 4 points behind Rio Ave FC.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 17, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Lisbon | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 20 | 45 | 74 |
| 2 | Benfica | 29 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 20 | 58 | 73 |
| 3 | Porto | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 25 | 28 | 61 |
| 4 | Braga | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Arouca | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 46 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 46 |
| 7 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Estoril | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 36 | -1 | 42 |
| 9 | Nacional | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 42 | -5 | 37 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 60 | -20 | 37 |
| 11 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 45 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 55 | -16 | 32 |
| 13 | Vitoria Setubal | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 29 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 29 |
| 15 | Boavista | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 36 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | União da Madeira | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 26 |
| 17 | Académica Coimbra | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 53 | -23 | 24 |
| 18 | Tondela | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 49 | -23 | 20 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
União da Madeira
- Position: 16
- Best performance of the season:União da Madeira 3-0 Nacional (23 Jan.)
- Previous game:Tondela 1-0 União da Madeira (10 Apr.)
- Next game:Sporting Lisbon - União da Madeira (23 Apr.)
FC Paços de Ferreira
- Position: 7
- Best performance of the season:Paços de Ferreira 6-0 União da Madeira (12 Dec.)
- Previous game:Paços de Ferreira 1-0 Porto (10 Apr.)
- Next game:Paços de Ferreira - Braga (23 Apr.)
- 17 April 2016
- 16:00
- Funchal
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sporting Lisbon | 74 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 73 |
| 3 |  Porto | 61 |
| 4 |  Braga | 51 |
| 5 |  Arouca | 46 |
Week 30 Results
| Saturday 16 April 2016 | ||||
| Arouca | 0-0 | Rio Ave |  |
 | Estoril | 1-0 | Boavista |  |
 | Moreirense | 0-1 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Sunday 17 April 2016 | ||||
 | Belenenses | 1-1 | Académica Coimbra |  |
| União da Madeira | 3-4 | Paços de Ferreira | | |
 | Maritimo | 18:15 | Vitoria Guimaraes |  |
| Porto | 20:30 | Nacional |  |
| Monday 18 April 2016 | ||||
| Braga | 19:00 | Tondela | |
| Benfica | 21:00 | Vitoria Setubal |  |