Primeira Liga (Week 28) : Porto beats Belenenses 3-0
PORTUGAL, Apr. 8, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 28: After their 1-1 draw against Vitoria Setubal on April 1 and 1-1 draw against Benfica on April 1, the Dragons bounced back with a 3-0 victory over Belenenses this Saturday.
Porto dominated the first half thanks to a goal scored by midfielder Pereira Danilo in the 37th minute. Leading 1-0 at the break, the Dragons further widened their lead in the second period by scoring twice (Soares Tiquinho '70 and Brahimi '74/penalty).
FC Porto climbed to first place with 67 points from 28 games, a 2-point lead over runner-up SL Benfica, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 8, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 13 | 49 | 67 |
| 2 | Benfica | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 14 | 43 | 65 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 57 |
| 4 | Braga | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 50 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 47 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 38 |
| 8 | Chaves | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Feirense | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 41 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Boavista | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 32 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 28 |
| 14 | Arouca | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 45 | -19 | 28 |
| 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
55457
Overview
FC Porto
- Position: 1 +1
- Best performance of the season:Porto 7-0 Nacional (4 Mar.)
- Previous game:Benfica 1-1 Porto (1 Apr.)
- Next game:Braga - Porto (15 Apr.)
CF Os Belenenses
- Position: 12
- Best performance of the season:Belenenses 2-1 Chaves (5 Mar.)
- Previous game:Belenenses 1-2 Feirense (2 Apr.)
- Next game:Belenenses - Estoril (14 Apr.)
Porto
3:0
Belenenses
3:0 (1:0)
- 8 April 2017
- 19:15
- Porto
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 67 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 65 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 57 |
| 4 |  Braga | 50 |
| 5 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 47 |
Week 28 Results
| Friday 7 April 2017 | ||||
| Feirense | 0-1 | Braga | | |
| Saturday 8 April 2017 | ||||
 | Paços de Ferreira | 1-1 | Arouca |  |
| Porto | 3-0 | Belenenses | |
| Sporting Lisbon | 21:30 | Boavista |  |
| Sunday 9 April 2017 | ||||
 | Estoril | 17:00 | Nacional |  |
 | Rio Ave | 17:00 | Vitoria Setubal |  |
| Vitoria Guimaraes | 19:00 | Tondela | |
 | Moreirense | 21:15 | Benfica | |
| Monday 10 April 2017 | ||||
 | Maritimo | 21:00 | Chaves | |