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