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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Loyal fans at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Gil Vicente lying uncomfortably in the 14th position. The opposing Boavista will try to shield their higher league position in this match.

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) in Liga Portugal
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Liga Portugal

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous match. Let's look for an in-your-face match!

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Gil Vicente form and stats

4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Gil Vicente so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Gil Vicente with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Chaves game, 32 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

No payout for Vicente in their previous match, an away game at Santa Clara that ended in defeat 2-3. Andrew had a busy but productive day in the Santa Clara match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that game, the home loss against Benfica with the scoreline 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gil Vicente have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Not much happening? In this team's last 13 league games, 10 have produced 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 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vicente are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Boavista form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Boavista so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose).

Boavista won their last game, 1-0 versus Estoril played at home. Gorré got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Gorré served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 31 total).

Prior to that match, the Boavista manager Petit faced defeat when travelling to Porto and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Boavista playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 6 Boavista wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

As for defending, Boavista rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Boavista - Gil Vicente 1-0 was the result in these teams' last H2H game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Vicente victories, three draws and three Boavista wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro
F. Navarro
14 goals
BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
12 goals
Gil VicenteM. De Souza Costa
M. De Souza Costa
4 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Boavista missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gil Vicente Boavista
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
8 4 0 Won W 2 3 11
7 6 4 Drew D 1 2 7
16 5 0 Lost L 2 10 13
28 11 3 Scored S 9 15 37
39 13 3 Conceded C 9 29 49
90% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
58% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 71%
42% 20% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 60% 58%
23% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 32%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 16%
48% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 58%
23% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 19%
39% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 29%
 
6.5 7.3 9.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.3 5.4
5.2 4.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 5.4 5
2.4 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 3.1
3 2 2 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
13.3 13.4 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.7 10.6
4.2 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 2.9 3.5
22% 16% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 34% 34%
 
14.5 13.9 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 12.7 11.2
5.5 4.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 5.5 4.1
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Liga Portugal
  • Boavista have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 31 26 2 3 72 17 16 14 1 1 45 12 15 12 1 2 27 5 55 80
2 Porto 30 23 4 3 63 19 15 13 0 2 39 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 44 73
3 Sporting Braga 31 23 2 6 66 26 15 11 2 2 32 8 16 12 0 4 34 18 40 71
4 Sporting CP 30 20 4 6 61 28 15 12 1 2 38 9 15 8 3 4 23 19 33 64
5 Arouca 30 13 9 8 33 34 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 4 7 4 12 18 -1 48
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 13 5 12 29 36 15 8 3 4 14 12 15 5 2 8 15 24 -7 44
7 Famalicao 30 13 3 14 34 39 15 9 1 5 18 13 15 4 2 9 16 26 -5 42
8 Casa Pia 31 11 7 13 28 35 16 6 4 6 16 15 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 40
9 Chaves 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -4 40
10 Boavista 31 11 7 13 37 49 16 8 5 3 22 20 15 3 2 10 15 29 -12 40
11 Vizela 30 11 6 13 33 32 15 5 3 7 17 17 15 6 3 6 16 15 1 39
12 Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 31 35 15 8 2 5 16 11 15 2 6 7 15 24 -4 38
13 Portimonense 31 10 4 17 24 40 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 4 1 11 11 26 -16 34
14 Gil Vicente 31 8 7 16 28 39 15 4 6 5 11 13 16 4 1 11 17 26 -11 31
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Maritimo 30 6 4 20 27 56 15 5 2 8 18 21 15 1 2 12 9 35 -29 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 30 5 5 20 23 52 15 2 2 11 10 28 15 3 3 9 13 24 -29 20
18 Santa Clara 31 4 7 20 22 50 16 3 5 8 17 29 15 1 2 12 5 21 -28 19

Table
  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 31 26 2 3 72 17 16 14 1 1 45 12 15 12 1 2 27 5 55 80
2 Porto 30 23 4 3 63 19 15 13 0 2 39 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 44 73
3 Sporting Braga 31 23 2 6 66 26 15 11 2 2 32 8 16 12 0 4 34 18 40 71
4 Sporting CP 30 20 4 6 61 28 15 12 1 2 38 9 15 8 3 4 23 19 33 64
5 Arouca 30 13 9 8 33 34 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 4 7 4 12 18 -1 48
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 13 5 12 29 36 15 8 3 4 14 12 15 5 2 8 15 24 -7 44
7 Famalicao 30 13 3 14 34 39 15 9 1 5 18 13 15 4 2 9 16 26 -5 42
8 Casa Pia 31 11 7 13 28 35 16 6 4 6 16 15 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 40
9 Chaves 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -4 40
10 Boavista 31 11 7 13 37 49 16 8 5 3 22 20 15 3 2 10 15 29 -12 40
11 Vizela 30 11 6 13 33 32 15 5 3 7 17 17 15 6 3 6 16 15 1 39
12 Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 31 35 15 8 2 5 16 11 15 2 6 7 15 24 -4 38
13 Portimonense 31 10 4 17 24 40 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 4 1 11 11 26 -16 34
14 Gil Vicente 31 8 7 16 28 39 15 4 6 5 11 13 16 4 1 11 17 26 -11 31
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Maritimo 30 6 4 20 27 56 15 5 2 8 18 21 15 1 2 12 9 35 -29 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 30 5 5 20 23 52 15 2 2 11 10 28 15 3 3 9 13 24 -29 20
18 Santa Clara 31 4 7 20 22 50 16 3 5 8 17 29 15 1 2 12 5 21 -28 19

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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.