Primeira Liga (Week 22) : Sporting beats Rio Ave 1-0
PORTUGAL, Feb. 18, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 22: Two wins in a row for Sporting Lisbon. After their 2-3 win against Moreirense on February 12, the Sportinguistas continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 1-0 victory over Rio Ave this Saturday.
All the action happened in the first half, with Ruiz Alan goal in the 20th minute.
Sporting Clube de Portugal remains in third place with 44 points from 22 games, 7 points behind SL Benfica, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of February 18, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 34 | 53 |
| 2 | Benfica | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 12 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Braga | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Chaves | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Vitoria Setubal | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Boavista | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Arouca | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Feirense | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 35 | -17 | 25 |
| 14 | Estoril | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Paços de Ferreira | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 35 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Nacional | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 14 |
| 18 | Tondela | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 38 | -23 | 14 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 3
- Best performance of the season:Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Arouca (6 Nov.)
- Previous game:Moreirense 2-3 Sporting Lisbon (12 Feb.)
- Next game:Estoril - Sporting Lisbon (25 Feb.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 10 -1
- Best performance of the season:Rio Ave 3-1 Tondela (3 Dec.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 0-0 Maritimo (13 Feb.)
- Next game:Rio Ave - Paços de Ferreira (25 Feb.)
Sporting Lisbon
1:0
Rio Ave
1:0 (1:0)
- 18 February 2017
- 21:30
- Lisbon
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Porto | 53 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 44 |
| 4 |  Braga | 38 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 35 |
Week 22 Results
| Friday 17 February 2017 | ||||
| Porto | 4-0 | Tondela | |
| Saturday 18 February 2017 | ||||
 | Moreirense | 1-1 | Estoril |  |
| Chaves | 2-0 | Arouca |  | |
| Feirense | 0-1 | Boavista |  | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 1-0 | Rio Ave | |
| Sunday 19 February 2017 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 17:00 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
 | Belenenses | 19:00 | Vitoria Guimaraes | |
| Braga | 21:15 | Benfica | |
| Monday 20 February 2017 | ||||
 | Maritimo | 21:00 | Nacional |  |