Gil Vicente will pray that their home support is enough to get a result from this gruelling duel, vs gutsy Benfica.
- Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (69) in Liga Portugal
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gil Vicente form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Gil Vicente have to build on here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the Liga Portugal. Gil Vicente have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 479 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ronaldo (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
Gil Vicente lost their last game at Portimonense (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Carvalho (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.23/10. Carvalho hit one key pass and had 50 successful passes (of 60 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sporting Braga (0-1).No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Gil Vicente had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Vicente lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Low on goals? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have had two goals or less.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gil Vicente here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 14 games). Gil Vicente have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 11-1-2 from 14 games.
Benfica are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Estoril (placed 15th). Otamendi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.74. Otamendi scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that game, 3-3 away against Inter in the Champions League. Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Benfica given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 12 matches with 10 wins as expected, 1 draw and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 4 of these games by at least two goals.
Observe: 10 of the last 13 league games featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
Benfica has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. The Benfica defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({5 goals} in 14 games).
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Benfica - Vicente 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Gil Vicente victories, one draw and seven Benfica wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 17 goals |   F. Navarro 13 goals |
Gil Vicente missing players
Benfica missing players
| Gil Vicente | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | 69 |
| 34 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 90% | 79% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 55% | 50% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 72% |
| 41% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 43% | 62% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 7% | 34% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 21% |
| 48% | 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 7% | 31% |
| 24% | 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 79% | 62% |
| 38% | 43% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 10% |
| 6.6 | 7.3 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 13.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.2 | 14 | 17.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| 22% | 17% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 36% |
| 14.3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.6 | 6.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Gil Vicente.
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (11) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (18) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (69) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+52) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) in Liga Portugal
| 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 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | Porto | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 70 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 38 | 68 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 58 |
| 5 | Arouca | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 48 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 29 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 41 |
| 8 | Vizela | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 39 |
| 10 | Chaves | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Boavista | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 33 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 25 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -28 | 22 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -30 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | -26 | 16 |
