Primeira Liga (Week 31) : Porto beats Académica 2-1
PORTUGAL, Apr. 23, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 31: Two wins in a row for Porto. After their 4-0 win against Nacional on April 17, the Dragons continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 2-1 victory over Académica Coimbra this Saturday.
Académica Coimbra forward Pedro Nuno opened the score in the 25th minute, before seeing Porto catch up in the 38th minute thanks to Neves Ruben. 1-1 at half time. The Dragons eventually won the game in the second period with with a goal by Brahimi in the 66th minute.
FC Porto remains in third place with 67 points from 31 games, 7 points behind Sporting Clube de Portugal, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 23, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 21 | 59 | 76 |
| 2 | Sporting Lisbon | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 20 | 45 | 74 |
| 3 | Porto | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 26 | 33 | 67 |
| 4 | Braga | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 28 | 23 | 54 |
| 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 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 37 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 61 | -21 | 37 |
| 11 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 55 | -13 | 35 |
| 13 | Vitoria Setubal | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 52 | -14 | 29 |
| 14 | Boavista | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 29 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 29 |
| 16 | União da Madeira | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 26 |
| 17 | Académica Coimbra | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 55 | -24 | 24 |
| 18 | Tondela | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 52 | -26 | 20 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
Académica Coimbra
- Position: 17
- Best performance of the season:
- Previous game:Belenenses 1-1 Académica Coimbra (17 Apr.)
- Next game:União da Madeira - Académica Coimbra (1 May.)
FC Porto
- Position: 3
- Best performance of the season:Boavista 0-5 Porto (10 Jan.)
- Previous game:Porto 4-0 Nacional (17 Apr.)
- Next game:Porto - Sporting Lisbon (30 Apr.)
- 23 April 2016
- 16:15
- Coimbra
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 76 |
| 2 |  Sporting Lisbon | 74 |
| 3 | Porto | 67 |
| 4 |  Braga | 54 |
| 5 |  Arouca | 46 |
Week 31 Results
| Friday 22 April 2016 | ||||
 | Boavista | 1-0 | Belenenses |  |
| Saturday 23 April 2016 | ||||
| Académica Coimbra | 1-2 | Porto | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 18:30 | União da Madeira | |
 | Paços de Ferreira | 20:45 | Braga | |
| Sunday 24 April 2016 | ||||
 | Nacional | 16:00 | Moreirense |  |
 | Maritimo | 16:00 | Arouca | |
 | Vitoria Setubal | 16:00 | Tondela | |
 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 18:15 | Estoril |  |
 | Rio Ave | 20:30 | Benfica | |