Sporting captain William Carvalho scored a stoppage-time winner on Monday (30th November) to give his side a slender 1-0 victory over Belenenses.

Benfica moved up to third in the Portuguese Liga with a 2-0 win at Sporting Braga on Monday (30th November).

Sporting Lisbon welcomed Belenenses looking for three that would see open up a five point gap with second placed Porto.

The visitors have struggled so far this season and provided a glimpse of their problems in the first half.

Bryan Ruiz simply allowed to waltz his way into the penalty area without much of a challenge coming from the Belenenses defenders.

However, the Costa Rican playmaker was denied by an excellent stop from Hugo Ventura.

The game appeared to be heading towards a stalemate when Tonel gifted the hosts a penalty with a moment of madness.

The defender handling the ball in the box in stoppage time.

William Carvalho stepped and calmly converted the spot kick to secure the win for Sporting.

That meant Benfica had to win in Braga in order to keep them in the hunt for the title.

And they got off to the perfect start, taking the lead in just the second minute of the match.

Kostas Mitroglou showing all the skill Fulham fans never witnessed as he set up Pizzi with a perfect back heel.

The Portuguese midfielder getting some luck on the finish itself.

The visitors doubled their lead minutes later, Lisandro Lopez beating the offside trap to slot home Jardel's assist.

It ended 2-0, Benfica remain third in the table, eight points adrift of top spot but with a game in hand.