Primeira Liga (Week 14) : Braga beats Sporting 1-0
PORTUGAL, Dec. 18, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 14: The Sportinguistas crashed to their 2nd consecutive defeat as they lost 1-0 against Braga.
Sporting Lisbon made Braga doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Eduardo Wilson in the 70th minute.
SG Braga climbed to third place with 29 points from 14 games, 2 points behind FC Porto.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of December 18, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 31 |
| 3 | Braga | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Sporting Lisbon | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Chaves | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Paços de Ferreira | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Estoril | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Boavista | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Nacional | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Feirense | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 11 |
| 18 | Tondela | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 10 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 4 -1
- Best performance of the season:Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Arouca (6 Nov.)
- Previous game:Benfica 2-1 Sporting Lisbon (11 Dec.)
- Next game:Belenenses - Sporting Lisbon (22 Dec.)
SG Braga
- Position: 3 +1
- Best performance of the season:Braga 6-2 Feirense (28 Nov.)
- Previous game:Braga 3-0 Paços de Ferreira (11 Dec.)
- Next game:Braga - Moreirense (22 Dec.)
Sporting Lisbon
0:1
Braga
0:1 (0:0)
- 18 December 2016
- 21:15
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 35 |
| 2 |  Porto | 31 |
| 3 | Braga | 29 |
| 4 | Sporting Lisbon | 27 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 27 |
Week 14 Results
| Friday 16 December 2016 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 1-0 | Belenenses |  |
| Saturday 17 December 2016 | ||||
 | Moreirense | 1-4 | Arouca |  |
 | Estoril | 0-1 | Benfica | |
| Sunday 18 December 2016 | ||||
| Tondela | 1-1 | Boavista |  | |
 | Rio Ave | 2-1 | Nacional |  |
| Vitoria Guimaraes | 3-1 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
| Sporting Lisbon | 0-1 | Braga | |
| Monday 19 December 2016 | ||||
 | Maritimo | 18:30 | Feirense | |
| Porto | 21:00 | Chaves | |