Primeira Liga (Week 8) : Paços de Ferreira and Nacional play out 1-1 draw
PORTUGAL, Oct. 21, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 8: The match between Paços de Ferreira and Nacional ended in a 1-1 draw on Friday.
Nacional players started off well by taking the lead thanks to Nacional midfielder Tiago Rodrigues in the 19th minute. However, even though they were leading 1-0 at half time, they could not prevent a comeback by Paços de Ferreira with a saving goal from Paços de Ferreira midfielder Valente Ricardo in the 67th minute.
FC Paços de Ferreira climbed to 8th place with 9 points from 8 games, only one point behind Rio Ave FC, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of October 21, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Braga | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Chaves | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Paços de Ferreira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Belenenses | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Maritimo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Feirense | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Vitoria Setubal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Boavista | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Estoril | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Nacional | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Arouca | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Tondela | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Moreirense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 4 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
FC Paços de Ferreira
- Position: 8 +3
- Best performance of the season:Vitoria Setubal 1-4 Paços de Ferreira (17 Sep.)
- Previous game:Tondela 2-1 Paços de Ferreira (30 Sep.)
- Next game:Benfica - Paços de Ferreira (28 Oct.)
CD Nacional
- Position: 15
- Best performance of the season:Feirense 0-3 Nacional (24 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nacional 0-4 Porto (1 Oct.)
- Next game:Nacional - Sporting Lisbon (28 Oct.)
Paços de Ferreira
1:1
Nacional
1:1 (0:1)
- 21 October 2016
- 20:00
- Paços de Ferreira
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 19 |
| 2 |  Porto | 16 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 16 |
| 4 |  Braga | 14 |
| 5 | Chaves | 12 |
Week 8 Results
| Friday 21 October 2016 | ||||
| Paços de Ferreira | 1-1 | Nacional | |
 | Maritimo | 22:00 | Boavista |  |
| Saturday 22 October 2016 | ||||
| Feirense | 17:00 | Vitoria Setubal |  | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 19:15 | Tondela | |
| Porto | 21:30 | Arouca |  |
| Sunday 23 October 2016 | ||||
 | Moreirense | 17:00 | Rio Ave |  |
 | Estoril | 19:00 | Vitoria Guimaraes |  |
 | Belenenses | 21:15 | Benfica | |
| Monday 24 October 2016 | ||||
| Braga | 21:00 | Chaves | |