The 9th round of the Portuguese league saw no surprises. The top four teams recorded convincing wins.
Titleholder Vitoria extended its winning streak with a 29:9 win over Pacense.
After a 16:17 defeat to Vitoria, Parades trashed Aminata, which still has no points.
Alges hosted Povoense. The visitors led 1:0 after the first eight minutes. However, Alges dominated the middle two quarters and cruised to a 14:8 win.
The derby of the round was played in Alvalade, where Sporting hosted Fluvial. The visitors had a slow start, but after a 2:1 first quarter, Fluvial jumped to a 10:5 lead by the middle break. In the second half, Fluvial stretched the margin of the win to 11 – 21:10.
Portuguese League 2019/20, Round 9
Pacense – Vitoria 9:29 (3:4, 2:7, 2:8, 2:10)
CA Pacense: Konstantinos Kavouras, Diogo Azevedo, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Bruno Silva, Gonçalo Rodrigues, Tiago Leal (1), Luís Carneiro, Luís Moreira (2), Ricardo Sousa (3), Emanuel Moura (1), Gonçalo Leal (1), Ricardo Abreu (1), Gabriel Meireles, Tiago Costa, José Moreira.
Vitoria SC: João Serra, Tiago Teixeira, Vítor Matos (2), André Rocha (1), Dumitru Sobetchi (3), João Costa (2), Miguel Castro, Kincses Attila (9), Pedro Sousa (6), Nuno Fernandes (2), André Pereira, Daniel Ribeiro (1), Szabo Marcell, Miguel Mariani (3), Vasco Abreu.
Alges – Povoense 14:8 (0:1, 3:1, 7:2, 4:4)
Alges: António Pombinho, Jairo Campos (2), Manuel Pinheiro, Diogo Madeira, Pedro Alves, Luís Abreu (5), Jorge Lopes (2), Alberto Júnior, Cristiano Joaquim (5), Diogo Lourenço, Gonçalo Carmo, Sandro Figureiredo.
CN Povoense: Tiago Carvalhais, Bruno Sousa (1), Tiago Mineiro, Guilherme Silva, Tiago Silva (2), Diogo Fonte (2), Pedro Coentrão, André Vieira, José Pereira, Ricardo Ferreira (1), João Brito (1), Jorge Figueiredo (1), Miguel Costa.
Sporting – Fluvial 10:21 (1:2, 4:8, 4:6, 1:5)
Sporting CP: Gonçalo Silva, Daniel Veríssimo (1), Tiago Gomes (2), Miguel Conde (1), Ricardo Mendes (1), Guilherme Gaspar (1), Tomás Marques, Ivo Barbosa (2), Edoardo Colella (1), Mário Bergano, Tiago Noira, João Ramos, Francisco Silva, Tomás Gomes (1), Tiago Lé.
Fluvial: Tiago Aparício, Tomás Magalhães, Ricardo Santos (1), Filipe Oliveira (2), Tiago Paraty (6), José Brandão (1), Nuno Marques (1), Salvador Lopes (1), Manuel Cardoso (4), Leonardo Duarte (2), Miguel Ramalheira, André Leite (2), Samuel Veiga, Diogo Pinto (2), Miguel Oliveira.
Cascais – Academica 17:5 (4:2, 4:3, 4:0, 5:0)
Cascais WPC: Duarte Grego (1), Diogo Catarino (1), Pedro Borges (5), Manuel Augusto (5), Gonçalo Lousa (2), Manuel Campos (3).
Academica: Tiago Pinheiro (1), João Santos (1), Francisco Rodrigues (2), Diogo Barreira (1).
Parades – Aminata 23:8
1 Vitoria 9 – 27
2 Parades 9 – 24
3 Alges 9 – 21
4 Fluvial 8 – 18
5 Sporting 9 – 15
6 Pacense 9 – 12
7 Povoense 9 – 9
8 Cascais 9 – 6
9 Academica 9 – 3
10 Aminata 9 – 0