Primeira Liga (Week 8) : Sporting and Tondela play out 1-1 draw
PORTUGAL, Oct. 22, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 8: Sporting Lisbon was held to a 1-1 draw by Tondela on Saturday.
No goals in the first half and one each in the second, Campbell Joel ('90) for Sporting Lisbon, Murillo Jhon ('74) for Tondela.
Sporting Clube de Portugal climbed to second place with 17 points from 8 games, 2 points behind SL Benfica, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of October 22, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Sporting Lisbon | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 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 | Maritimo | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Feirense | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Boavista | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Estoril | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Nacional | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Tondela | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Arouca | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Moreirense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 4 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 2 +1
- Best performance of the season:Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Moreirense (10 Sep.)
- Previous game:
- Next game:Nacional - Sporting Lisbon (28 Oct.)
CD Tondela
- Position: 16 +1
- Best performance of the season:Tondela 2-1 Paços de Ferreira (30 Sep.)
- Previous game:Tondela 2-1 Paços de Ferreira (30 Sep.)
- Next game:Tondela - Moreirense (29 Oct.)
Sporting Lisbon
1:1
Tondela
1:1 (0:0)
- 22 October 2016
- 19:15
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 19 |
| 2 | Sporting Lisbon | 17 |
| 3 |  Porto | 16 |
| 4 |  Braga | 14 |
| 5 | Chaves | 12 |
Week 8 Results
| Friday 21 October 2016 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 1-1 | Nacional |  |
 | Maritimo | 1-1 | Boavista |  |
| Saturday 22 October 2016 | ||||
| Feirense | 1-1 | Vitoria Setubal |  | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 1-1 | 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 | |