Primeira Liga (Week 15) : Sporting beats Belenenses 1-0
PORTUGAL, Dec. 22, 2016 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 15: After losing 2-1 to Benfica on December 18 and 0-1 to Braga on December 18, the Sportinguistas bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Belenenses this Thursday.
Belenenses made Sporting Lisbon doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Dutch forward Bas Dost in stoppage time.
Sporting Clube de Portugal are down in fourth place with 30 points from 15 games, 2 points behind SG Braga.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of December 22, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Porto | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Braga | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting Lisbon | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Chaves | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Boavista | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Vitoria Setubal | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Estoril | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Feirense | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 14 |
| 16 | Nacional | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Tondela | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 10 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
CF Os Belenenses
- Position: 11 -3
- Best performance of the season:Belenenses 2-1 Nacional (10 Sep.)
- Previous game:Paços de Ferreira 1-0 Belenenses (16 Dec.)
- Next game:Moreirense - Belenenses (9 Jan.)
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 4 -1
- Best performance of the season:Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Arouca (6 Nov.)
- Previous game:Sporting Lisbon 0-1 Braga (18 Dec.)
- Next game:Sporting Lisbon - Feirense (8 Jan.)
Belenenses
0:1
Sporting Lisbon
0:1 (0:0)
- 22 December 2016
- 22:00
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 38 |
| 2 |  Porto | 34 |
| 3 |  Braga | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting Lisbon | 30 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 27 |
Week 15 Results
| Thursday 15 December 2016 | ||||
| Porto | 2-1 | Maritimo |  |
| Wednesday 21 December 2016 | ||||
| Benfica | 2-0 | Rio Ave |  |
| Thursday 22 December 2016 | ||||
 | Nacional | 0-2 | Boavista |  |
| Braga | 2-1 | Moreirense |  |
| Feirense | 2-0 | Paços de Ferreira |  | |
| Chaves | 1-0 | Estoril |  | |
| Belenenses | 0-1 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Friday 23 December 2016 | ||||
 | Vitoria Setubal | 20:00 | Tondela | |
 | Arouca | 22:00 | Vitoria Guimaraes | |