Famalicão vs Gil Vicente pre-match guide

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

This match features two teams dwelling in the basement of the Liga Portugal, Famalicão at 13th position and Gil Vicente sitting at 15th. A decent chance for one of the teams to better their situation.

Insights:
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga Portugal

Famalicão have less rest than Gil Vicente in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Taça De Portugal game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Belenenses, was also a home game here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho. The away team is better rested.

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Famalicão form and stats

5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Famalicão so far this season. When Famalicão hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Pacos de Ferreira, Santa Clara, Maritimo, Estoril and Famalicão), they have won 3 of 3 matches!

Famalicão's previous fixture was a Taça De Portugal game also played at their own stadium, ending 4-1 vs Belenenses. The home side are looking to continue in that form.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sporting Braga (1-4).

This is expected to be a close game, with Famalicão perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Famalicão as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Famalicão has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Famalicão are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Famalicão have conceded only 8 goals. Famalicão has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

There's been little loot from Gil Vicente's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Liga Portugal. Gil Vicente only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.

There were no winners in Gil Vicente's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Arouca (placed 7th). Midfielder Carvalho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Carvalho scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Prior to that match, the Gil Vicente manager Sousa faced defeat when travelling to Pacos de Ferreira and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gil Vicente playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gil Vicente wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gil Vicente have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. Vicente struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games. When Gil Vicente is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Pacos de Ferreira, Santa Clara, Maritimo, Gil Vicente and Estoril.

Head 2 Head

Gil Vicente - Famalicão 0-0 was the end result in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Famalicão won six, Gil Vicente triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro
F. Navarro
12 goals
FamalicãoI. Jaime Pajuelo
I. Jaime Pajuelo
3 goals
FamalicãoS. Colombatto
S. Colombatto
2 goals

Famalicão missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Famalicão Gil Vicente
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
6 5 3 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
10 3 0 Lost L 1 6 10
18 11 4 Scored S 3 11 19
27 8 1 Conceded C 3 17 27
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
58% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 63%
47% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 53%
26% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 56% 32%
21% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
37% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 58%
37% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
42% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 32%
 
4.2 4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.6 6.1
5.1 5.3 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 6.2 5.3
2.6 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.5 11.2 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 18 12 13
3.3 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 4.2
29% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 24%
 
14.6 14.4 13 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 15.9 14.4
4.9 4.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.3 5.3
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Famalicão have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Gil Vicente have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gil Vicente have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga Portugal
  • Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga Portugal
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 20 17 2 1 51 12 10 9 1 0 32 8 10 8 1 1 19 4 39 53
2 Porto 19 14 3 2 45 11 9 8 0 1 30 5 10 6 3 1 15 6 34 45
3 Sporting Braga 19 14 1 4 43 19 9 6 1 2 19 6 10 8 0 2 24 13 24 43
4 Sporting CP 19 12 2 5 39 19 9 8 0 1 26 5 10 4 2 4 13 14 20 38
5 Casa Pia 19 9 3 7 18 20 10 4 2 4 8 8 9 5 1 3 10 12 -2 30
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 19 9 3 7 18 20 10 6 2 2 11 7 9 3 1 5 7 13 -2 30
7 Arouca 19 7 6 6 23 29 10 5 1 4 15 15 9 2 5 2 8 14 -6 27
8 Chaves 19 6 7 6 19 24 9 2 5 2 9 9 10 4 2 4 10 15 -5 25
9 Boavista 18 7 4 7 22 29 10 5 3 2 15 15 8 2 1 5 7 14 -7 25
10 Vizela 19 7 3 9 22 20 9 4 1 4 12 7 10 3 2 5 10 13 2 24
11 Portimonense 19 7 2 10 16 25 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 3 0 6 8 16 -9 23
12 Rio Ave 19 5 6 8 18 24 9 4 1 4 9 8 10 1 5 4 9 16 -6 21
13 Famalicão 19 6 3 10 18 27 9 5 1 3 11 8 10 1 2 7 7 19 -9 21
14 Estoril 18 5 4 9 16 23 8 2 2 4 8 13 10 3 2 5 8 10 -7 19
15 Gil Vicente 19 5 4 10 19 27 10 3 3 4 8 10 9 2 1 6 11 17 -8 19
16 Santa Clara 19 3 6 10 14 25 10 2 4 4 11 17 9 1 2 6 3 8 -11 15
17 Maritimo 19 3 4 12 12 35 9 2 2 5 6 10 10 1 2 7 6 25 -23 13
18 Pacos de Ferreira 20 2 3 15 12 36 11 1 2 8 7 20 9 1 1 7 5 16 -24 9

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.