Primeira Liga (Week 17) : Belenenses defeats Rio Ave 1-0
PORTUGAL, Jan. 15, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 17: After three straigth defeats, O Belém bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Rio Ave this Sunday.
45 minutes of play and neither Belenenses nor Rio Ave have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Belenenses defender Gonçalo Silva in the 72nd minute.
Rio Ave FC are down in 8th place with 24 points from 17 games, tie on points with GD Chaves.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of January 15, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| 2 | Porto | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Braga | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Chaves | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Arouca | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Vitoria Setubal | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Boavista | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Estoril | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Feirense | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -19 | 15 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 14 |
| 17 | Nacional | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Tondela | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -14 | 10 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
CF Os Belenenses
- Position: 12
- Best performance of the season:Belenenses 2-1 Nacional (10 Sep.)
- Previous game:Moreirense 1-0 Belenenses (9 Jan.)
- Next game:Belenenses - Vitoria Setubal (22 Jan.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 8 -2
- Best performance of the season:Rio Ave 3-1 Tondela (3 Dec.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 2-2 Chaves (8 Jan.)
- Next game:Porto - Rio Ave (21 Jan.)
Belenenses
1:0
Rio Ave
1:0 (0:0)
- 15 January 2017
- 21:15
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 42 |
| 2 |  Porto | 38 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 34 |
| 4 |  Braga | 33 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 31 |
Week 17 Results
| Friday 13 January 2017 | ||||
 | Arouca | 2-1 | Estoril |  |
| Saturday 14 January 2017 | ||||
 | Vitoria Setubal | 1-0 | Nacional |  |
| Benfica | 3-3 | Boavista |  |
| Chaves | 2-2 | Sporting Lisbon | | |
| Feirense | 0-0 | Vitoria Guimaraes | | |
| Sunday 15 January 2017 | ||||
 | Maritimo | 3-1 | Paços de Ferreira |  |
| Porto | 3-0 | Moreirense |  |
| Belenenses | 1-0 | Rio Ave | |
| Monday 16 January 2017 | ||||
| Braga | 21:00 | Tondela | |