Primeira Liga (Week 33) : Benfica defeats Maritimo 2-0
PORTUGAL, May. 8, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 33: 11 wins in a row for Benfica. After their success against Paços de Ferreira, União da Madeira, Sporting Lisbon, Tondela, Boavista, Braga, Académica Coimbra, Vitoria Setubal, Rio Ave and Vitoria Guimaraes, the Eagles continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 2-0 victory over Maritimo this Sunday.
45 minutes of play and neither Benfica nor Maritimo have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Mitroglou Kostas ('48) and Talisca Anderson ('83).
SL Benfica remains in first place with 85 points from 33 games, a 2-point lead over runner-up Sporting Clube de Portugal.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of May 8, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 84 | 21 | 63 | 85 |
| 2 | Sporting Lisbon | 33 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 21 | 54 | 83 |
| 3 | Porto | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 30 | 33 | 70 |
| 4 | Braga | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 58 |
| 5 | Arouca | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 52 |
| 6 | Paços de Ferreira | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 48 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 43 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Estoril | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 51 | -8 | 39 |
| 10 | Nacional | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 52 | -13 | 38 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 65 | -23 | 38 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 61 | -17 | 35 |
| 13 | Boavista | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 37 | -13 | 33 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 33 |
| 15 | Vitoria Setubal | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 61 | -21 | 29 |
| 16 | União da Madeira | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 48 | -22 | 29 |
| 17 | Tondela | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 54 | -22 | 27 |
| 18 | Académica Coimbra | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 58 | -26 | 25 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2015-2016
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Overview
CS Maritimo
- Position: 12
- Best performance of the season:Maritimo 5-1 Moreirense (10 Jan.)
- Previous game:Estoril 2-1 Maritimo (1 May.)
- Next game:Moreirense - Maritimo (15 May.)
SL Benfica
- Position: 1
- Best performance of the season:Benfica 6-0 Maritimo (6 Jan.)
- Previous game:Benfica 1-0 Vitoria Guimaraes (29 Apr.)
- Next game:Benfica - Nacional (15 May.)
- 8 May 2016
- 20:30
- Funchal
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 85 |
| 2 |  Sporting Lisbon | 83 |
| 3 |  Porto | 70 |
| 4 |  Braga | 58 |
| 5 |  Arouca | 52 |
Week 33 Results
| Friday 6 May 2016 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 1-4 | Tondela | |
| Saturday 7 May 2016 | ||||
 | Rio Ave | 1-3 | Porto | |
 | Académica Coimbra | 0-0 | Braga | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 5-0 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
| Sunday 8 May 2016 | ||||
 | Nacional | 2-2 | Belenenses |  |
 | Boavista | 1-0 | União da Madeira | |
 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 4-1 | Moreirense |  |
| Maritimo | 0-2 | Benfica | |
| Monday 9 May 2016 | ||||
 | Estoril | 20:00 | Arouca | |