Primeira Liga (Week 27) : Sporting beats Arouca 2-1
PORTUGAL, Apr. 2, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 27: Three wins in a row for Sporting Lisbon. After their success against Tondela and Nacional, the Sportinguistas continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 2-1 victory over Arouca this Sunday.
All the action happened in the first half, with goals from Ruiz Alan ('34) and Cesar Bruno ('36).
Sporting Clube de Portugal remains in third place with 57 points from 27 games, 7 points behind FC Porto.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 2, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 14 | 43 | 65 |
| 2 | Porto | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 13 | 46 | 64 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 57 |
| 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 | Feirense | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 35 |
| 10 | Boavista | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 32 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 | Arouca | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 44 | -19 | 27 |
| 15 | Estoril | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 25 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 42 | -18 | 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
Arouquenses
- Position: 14
- Best performance of the season:Moreirense 1-4 Arouca (17 Dec.)
- Previous game:Maritimo 3-1 Arouca (19 Mar.)
- Next game:Paços de Ferreira - Arouca (8 Apr.)
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 3
- Best performance of the season:Tondela 1-4 Sporting Lisbon (11 Mar.)
- Previous game:Sporting Lisbon 2-0 Nacional (18 Mar.)
- Next game:Sporting Lisbon - Boavista (8 Apr.)
Arouca
1:2
Sporting Lisbon
1:2 (1:2)
- 2 April 2017
- 19:00
- Arouca
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 65 |
| 2 |  Porto | 64 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 57 |
| 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 | 1-1 | Porto | |
| Sunday 2 April 2017 | ||||
 | Belenenses | 1-2 | Feirense | |
 | Vitoria Setubal | 2-0 | Moreirense |  |
| Arouca | 1-2 | Sporting Lisbon | |
| Braga | 21:15 | Maritimo |  |