Primeira Liga (Week 27) : Rio Ave defeats Boavista 1-0
PORTUGAL, Apr. 1, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 27: After losing 3-0 to Vitoria Guimaraes on March 19, Rio Grande bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Boavista this Saturday.
45 minutes of play and neither Rio Ave nor Boavista have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Traore Amada in the 76th minute.
Rio Ave FC remains in 7th place with 38 points from 27 games, 2 points behind CS Maritimo, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 1, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 13 | 43 | 64 |
| 2 | Porto | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 12 | 46 | 63 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 54 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Braga | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 46 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 40 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | Chaves | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Boavista | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 32 |
| 11 | Feirense | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 39 | -16 | 32 |
| 12 | Vitoria Setubal | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 31 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 | Arouca | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 42 | -18 | 27 |
| 15 | Estoril | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 25 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 21 |
| 17 | Nacional | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 45 | -27 | 17 |
| 18 | Tondela | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 46 | -28 | 17 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
Boavista FC
- Position: 9 -1
- Best performance of the season:Boavista 3-0 Maritimo (12 Mar.)
- Previous game:Estoril 0-0 Boavista (17 Mar.)
- Next game:Sporting Lisbon - Boavista (8 Apr.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 7
- Best performance of the season:Rio Ave 3-1 Tondela (3 Dec.)
- Previous game:Vitoria Guimaraes 3-0 Rio Ave (19 Mar.)
- Next game:Rio Ave - Vitoria Setubal (9 Apr.)
Boavista
0:1
Rio Ave
0:1 (0:0)
- 1 April 2017
- 19:15
- Porto
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 64 |
| 2 |  Porto | 63 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 54 |
| 4 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 47 |
| 5 |  Braga | 46 |
Week 27 Results
| Friday 31 March 2017 | ||||
| Chaves | 1-0 | Paços de Ferreira |  | |
 | Nacional | 1-2 | Vitoria Guimaraes | |
| Saturday 1 April 2017 | ||||
| Tondela | 0-2 | Estoril |  | |
| Boavista | 0-1 | Rio Ave | |
| Benfica | 21:30 | Porto | |
| Sunday 2 April 2017 | ||||
 | Belenenses | 17:00 | Feirense | |
 | Vitoria Setubal | 17:00 | Moreirense |  |
 | Arouca | 19:00 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Braga | 21:15 | Maritimo |  |