Gil Vicente

Porto A stunning strike from Ricardo Quaresma and Cristian Tello's impressive late free-kick saw Porto crush Pacos de Ferreira 5-0 on Sunday to stay a point ahead of Sporting in the Primeira Liga.

Sporting Sporting Lisbon's frustrating close-season extended to the new Primeira Liga campaign as they were held 1-1 at Academica on Saturday.

Benfica Benfica and Porto both won on their travels in Sunday's Primeira Liga action and Nacional's unbeaten run continued.

Sporting Sporting Lisbon thumped Vitoria Guimaraes 4-1 on Sunday to take full advantage of Benfica and Porto dropping points a day earlier in the Primeira Liga title race.

Sporting Sporting Lisbon edged closed to securing UEFA Champions League football for next season with a hard-fought 2-1 Primeira Liga win at home to Boavista on Sunday.

Braga Braga strengthened their bid for UEFA Champions League football next season with a 2-0 win at Gil Vicente, while Academica continued to pull away from the drop zone.

Benfica Benfica continued their relentless pursuit of the Primeira Liga title on Saturday with a 6-0 hammering of out-of-sorts Estoril.

Benfica Rodrigo Lima bagged a brace as Benfica beat relegation-threatened Arouca 3-1 to go four points clear at the Primeira Liga summit.

Porto Porto suffered their first home league defeat since 2008 as Estoril claimed a 1-0 win at Estadio do Dragao on Sunday.

Paços de Ferreira In-form striker Bruno Moreira was on target as Pacos de Ferreira thrashed 10-man Vitoria Setubal 4-1 to go fourth in the Primeira Liga.