PAÇOS DE FERREIRA, Portugal (Interstat) — Desmond Nketia and Tiago Ribeiro scored early goals Sunday to lift Feirense to a 2-1 victory over Paços de Ferreira at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in a Segunda Liga contest.

Nketia opened the scoring in the sixth minute, and Ribeiro doubled the lead four minutes later. David Costa pulled one back for the home side in the 26th minute, but Paços de Ferreira could not find an equalizer.

Feirense improved to 12 wins, 11 losses and nine draws in league play, and 12-12-9 across all competitions.

Paços de Ferreira dropped to 8-13-8 in the league and 10-14-8 overall.

The visitors had drawn 0-0 with SC União Torreense on April 28 in their previous match. Paços de Ferreira lost 2-0 at Lusitania Lourosa on April 26 in its last outing.