Sporting defeated Rio Ave 4-0 in Vila do Conde and took the provisional leadership of the Portuguese football league. The "lion" team resolved the match during the first half, scoring all their goals before halftime.
Forward Suárez was the most decisive player in the match, scoring two goals, at 26 and 37 minutes. The visiting team already had a numerical advantage on the scoreboard from the first minutes, after Flávyo Gonçalves had opened the scoring at 5 minutes.
Geny Catamo completed the rout with a goal at 19 minutes, contributing to a first half largely dominated by the "lions". With this result, Sporting reached the league leader position, at least provisionally.
