Sporting Lisbon maintained the pressure on Primeira Liga
leaders Benfica with a 2-0 win over Gil Vicente on Saturday.
Leonardo Jardim's men were seven points adrift of their
local rivals heading into the weekend, but closed the gap to four ahead of
Benfica's trip to Arouca on Sunday.
Islam Slimani got Sporting off the mark inside the
opening two minutes, sending a looping header over helpless goalkeeper Adriano
Facchini and into the back of the net.
The men from the Portuguese capital had to wait until
second-half stoppage time to double their advantage - Heldon tapping home his
first goal in a Sporting shirt to make sure of victory.
At the other end of the table, the battle for top-flight
survival took an interesting turn as the division's bottom two clubs both
triumphed.
Belenenses were 3-1 winners over Vitoria Guimaraes,
lifting themselves out of the relegation play-off position in a match that saw
both sides reduced to 10 men.
Rafael Crivellaro opened the scoring for Guimaraes in the
second minute, before Chris Malonga was given his marching orders for a second
bookable offence.
Belenenses took full advantage of the extra man and moved
into the lead through as Deyverson found the net and Fredy converted a penalty.
Fredy then rounded off the victory deep into stoppage
time, despite his side having Deyverson sent off five minutes earlier.
Olhanense, meanwhile, climbed to within two points of
Pacos de Ferreira, who play on Monday, with a 2-1 win at Rio Ave.
The league's basement club came from a goal down to claim
all three points, but saw Jean-Christophe Coubronne dismissed for a second yellow
card six minutes from time.
Elsewhere, Nacional strengthened their grip on a UEFA
Europa League berth with a 2-0 win over 10-man Maritimo.
The result lifts them six points clear of sixth-placed
Braga, who face Porto on Sunday
Culled from Soccerway
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