Primeira Liga (Week 24) : Porto beats Nacional 7-0
PORTUGAL, Mar. 4, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 24: 8 wins in a row for Porto. After their success against Moreirense, Rio Ave, Estoril, Sporting Lisbon, Vitoria Guimaraes, Tondela and Boavista, the Dragons continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 7-0 victory over Nacional this Saturday.
Silva Andre scored dual goals
Porto dominated the first half thanks to goals from Torres ('31) and Brahimi ('45). Leading 2-0 at the break, the Dragons further widened their lead in the second period by scoring five times (Silva Andre '51, '89, Soares Francisco '55, Layún '63 and Soares Francisco '71).
FC Porto climbed to first place with 59 points from 24 games, a 2-point lead over runner-up SL Benfica, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of March 4, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 42 | 59 |
| 2 | Benfica | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 13 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Braga | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 42 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Chaves | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Vitoria Setubal | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Boavista | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Arouca | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 35 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Feirense | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 35 | -17 | 26 |
| 14 | Paços de Ferreira | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 24 |
| 15 | Estoril | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | Nacional | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 40 | -24 | 16 |
| 18 | Tondela | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 39 | -23 | 15 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
FC Porto
- Position: 1 +1
- Best performance of the season:Porto 7-0 Nacional (4 Mar.)
- Previous game:Boavista 0-1 Porto (26 Feb.)
- Next game:Arouca - Porto (10 Mar.)
CD Nacional
- Position: 17
- Best performance of the season:Feirense 0-3 Nacional (24 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nacional 0-0 Feirense (26 Feb.)
- Next game:Nacional - Paços de Ferreira (13 Mar.)
- 4 March 2017
- 19:15
- Porto
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 59 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 57 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 47 |
| 4 |  Braga | 42 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 39 |
Week 24 Results
| Friday 3 March 2017 | ||||
 | Moreirense | 0-0 | Boavista |  |
| Saturday 4 March 2017 | ||||
| Braga | 3-1 | Arouca |  |
| Porto | 7-0 | Nacional | |
| Feirense | 21:30 | Benfica | | |
| Sunday 5 March 2017 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 12:45 | Tondela | |
 | Maritimo | 17:00 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
 | Belenenses | 19:00 | Chaves | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 21:15 | Vitoria Guimaraes | |
| Monday 6 March 2017 | ||||
 | Estoril | 21:00 | Rio Ave |  |