Primeira Liga (Week 31) : Rio Ave defeats Nacional 2-0
PORTUGAL, Apr. 29, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 31: Two wins in a row for Rio Ave. After their 3-0 win against Arouca on April 21, Rio Grande continued their sensational form in the Primeira Liga with a 2-0 victory over Nacional this Saturday.
45 minutes of play and neither Rio Ave nor Nacional have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with goals by Monteiro Tarantini ('49) and Krovinovic Filip ('74).
Rio Ave FC remains in 7th place with 45 points from 31 games, 2 points behind CS Maritimo, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 29, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 15 | 47 | 72 |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 63 | 14 | 49 | 69 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 28 | 31 | 64 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 16 | 59 |
| 5 | Braga | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 51 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 47 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 45 |
| 8 | Boavista | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Chaves | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Feirense | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 43 | -18 | 36 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 35 |
| 12 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 39 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 39 | -17 | 32 |
| 14 | Estoril | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 36 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Arouca | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 48 | -20 | 31 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 43 | -18 | 25 |
| 17 | Tondela | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 50 | -27 | 23 |
| 18 | Nacional | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 50 | -31 | 20 |
Fixtures and Results : Primeira Liga 2016-2017
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Overview
CD Nacional
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Feirense 0-3 Nacional (24 Sep.)
- Previous game:Tondela 2-0 Nacional (22 Apr.)
- Next game:Boavista - Nacional (6 May.)
Rio Ave FC
- Position: 7
- Best performance of the season:Rio Ave 3-0 Arouca (21 Apr.)
- Previous game:Rio Ave 3-0 Arouca (21 Apr.)
- Next game:Rio Ave - Benfica (7 May.)
Nacional
0:2
Rio Ave
0:2 (0:0)
- 29 April 2017
- 17:00
- Funchal
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 72 |
| 2 |  Porto | 69 |
| 3 |  Sporting Lisbon | 64 |
| 4 |  Vitoria Guimaraes | 59 |
| 5 |  Braga | 51 |
Week 31 Results
| Friday 28 April 2017 | ||||
 | Vitoria Setubal | 0-2 | Vitoria Guimaraes | |
| Saturday 29 April 2017 | ||||
| Nacional | 0-2 | Rio Ave | |
 | Boavista | 1-0 | Tondela | |
| Benfica | 19:15 | Estoril |  |
| Chaves | 21:30 | Porto | | |
| Sunday 30 April 2017 | ||||
| Feirense | 17:00 | Maritimo |  | |
 | Arouca | 17:00 | Moreirense |  |
| Braga | 19:00 | Sporting Lisbon | |
 | Belenenses | 21:15 | Paços de Ferreira |  |