Lisbon - XINHUA
Following are the Portuguese soccer league results on Saturday:
Rio Ave FC lost to FC Porto 1-3
A. Academica tied SC Braga 0-0
Sporting CP bt Vitoria FC 5-0
Standings (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
1 Sporting CP 33 26 5 2 75 21 83
2 SL Benfica 32 27 1 4 82 21 82
3 FC Porto 33 22 4 7 63 30 70
4 SC Braga 33 16 10 7 54 31 58
5 FC Arouca 32 13 13 6 44 35 52
6 FC P. Ferreira 33 13 9 11 43 42 48
7 Rio Ave FC 33 13 8 12 42 43 47
8 Estoril Praia 32 13 7 12 38 38 46
9 CD Nacional 32 10 7 15 37 50 37
10 Os Belenenses 32 9 10 13 40 63 37
11 Vitoria SC 32 8 12 12 39 50 36
12 Maritimo M. 32 10 5 17 44 59 35
13 Moreirense FC 32 8 9 15 35 49 33
14 Boavista FC 32 7 9 16 23 37 30
15 U. Madeira 32 7 8 17 26 47 29
16 Vitoria FC 33 6 11 16 40 61 29
17 CD Tondela 33 7 6 20 32 54 27
18 A. Academica 33 5 10 18 32 58 25
Playing on Sunday:
CD Nacional vs Os Belenenses
Boavista FC vs U. Madeira
Vitoria SC vs Moreirense FC
Maritimo M. vs SL Benfica