Benfica won an entertaining encounter 3-2 against Rio Ave in Vila do Conde this evening.

For over an hour Benfica looked on course for a straightforward victory. Showing little sign of tiredness after their Champions League exit at Barcelona in midweek, the Eagles built a well-merited 2-0 lead thanks to a stunning long-range strike from Orkun Kökçü and a Vangelis Pavlidis penalty.

But Brandon Aguilera gave the home team hope with a deflected free kick, and a crass mistake by Florentino Luís was taken advantage of by Clayton Silva to make it 2-2 with 15 minutes remaining.

Benfica did not panic though, and a superb team move ended with Kerem Aktürkoglu netting the winner soon afterwards, the same player then hitting the post.

With all four of the top teams in the Primeira Liga winning this weekend, Benfica remain in second place three points behind leaders Sporting and six points ahead of Porto and Braga with a game in hand on all three rivals. 

Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres scored one goal and created two more as Sporting clocked up a fourth successive win to secure their position at the top of the table with a 3-1 triumph over Famalicão in Lisbon tonight.

It was an explosive start to the match as a brilliant run and cross by Gyökeres inside the first minute set up Trincão, who completely missed his kick but the onrushing Fresneda saved his blushes by drilling into the net on the run.

Famalicão gathered themselves and showed why they have been in good form lately, pushing Sporting back with Gustavo Sá at the heart of most of their enterprising play. When Óscar Aranda equalised from the penalty spot after Diomande had fouled Václav Sejk it was no more than the visitors deserved.

The Lions came out fired up for the second half and their pressure told when Maxi Araújo was upended in the box and Gyökeres fired in the penalty.

However, Sporting were far from home and hosed, especially when Araújo was shown a straight red card for a bad challenge on Sá with ten minutes remaining. The home fans could breathe a sigh of relief in the 88th minute when a fine move allowed Gyökeres to tee up substitute Geny Catamo for a tap-in and make sure of the three points. 

Martin Anselmi earned his first win at Estádio do Dragão where Porto secured a 2-0 victory against AVS. The manager switched to a back four, Rodrigo Mora scoring early on and Nacho Rodríguez sent off in the 46th minute.

Fábio Vieira sealed the deal but the Dragons didn't have it all their own way, Diogo Costa making two great saves to deny John Mercado and Gerson Rodrigues.

Braga backed up their 1-0 victory against Porto by beating Farense 1-0 at Estádio São Luís. 

The Algarve capital club dominated the early stages and saw Rony Lopes test Lukas Hornicek in the 34th minute.

The Warriors came back in the second half and went ahead in the 70th minute. Víctor Gómez found Ricardo Horta on the edge of the box, Horta’s clever pass finding Gabri Martínez who tucked the ball past Ricardo Velho.

Pastor tested Lukas Hornicek from a tight angle but it was Braga who looked more likely to score.

Rúben Furtado spurned two great chances in his senior debut and fellow 19-year-old Diego Rodrigues was unable to get past Velho, the goalkeeper with an unhappy end to his 100th match for Farense.

The win sees Braga temporarily take third spot in the Primeira Liga, three points ahead of Porto who host AVS at Estádio do Dragão.