Primeira Liga (Week 31) : Sporting beats Braga 3-2
PORTUGAL, Apr. 30, 2017 (AMP) — Primeira Liga / Match day 31: After their 1-1 draw against Benfica on April 22, the Sportinguistas bounced back with a 3-2 victory over Braga this Sunday.
Bas Dost scored tripple goals
Braga had started off well by taking the lead in the 13th minute with a goal by forward Horta Ricardo. Trailing 1-0 at half time, the Sportinguistas nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring three times in the second period (Dost '50 on penalty, '75, '84).
Sporting Clube de Portugal remains in third place with 67 points from 31 games, 5 points behind FC Porto.
View : Full Primeira Liga table (as of April 30, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 31 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 16 | 48 | 75 |
| 2 | Porto | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 65 | 14 | 51 | 72 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 30 | 32 | 67 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 16 | 59 |
| 5 | Braga | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 51 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 45 |
| 8 | Feirense | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 44 | -17 | 39 |
| 9 | Boavista | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Chaves | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 34 | -3 | 37 |
| 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 | Arouca | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 50 | -20 | 32 |
| 15 | Estoril | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 31 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 45 | -18 | 26 |
| 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
SG Braga
- Position: 5
- Best performance of the season:Braga 6-2 Feirense (28 Nov.)
- Previous game:Paços de Ferreira 3-1 Braga (23 Apr.)
- Next game:Moreirense - Braga (5 May.)
Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Position: 3
- Best performance of the season:Sporting Lisbon 4-0 Boavista (8 Apr.)
- Previous game:Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Benfica (22 Apr.)
- Next game:Sporting Lisbon - Belenenses (7 May.)
Braga
2:3
Sporting Lisbon
2:3 (1:0)
- 30 April 2017
- 19:00
- Braga
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 75 |
| 2 |  Porto | 72 |
| 3 | Sporting Lisbon | 67 |
| 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 | 2-1 | Estoril |  |
| Chaves | 0-2 | Porto | | |
| Sunday 30 April 2017 | ||||
| Feirense | 2-1 | Maritimo |  | |
 | Arouca | 2-2 | Moreirense |  |
| Braga | 2-3 | Sporting Lisbon | |
 | Belenenses | 21:15 | Paços de Ferreira |  |