This is a vital fight in the lower section of the Liga Portugal, with both Gil Vicente and Santa Clara feeling more anxiety than happiness. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the team playing at home placed 16th and the visitors in 14th position.
- Gil Vicente is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Liga Portugal
Gil Vicente and Santa Clara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Gil Vicente form and stats
With 1 Liga Portugal win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Gil Vicente are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Gil Vicente hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Paços de Ferreira, Vizela, Maritimo, Gil Vicente and Famalicao), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Gil Vicente with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Rio Ave game, 103 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The followers hope that Gil Vicente will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Porto. Midfield player Carvalho got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Carvalho had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that one, a strong away win at Portimonense. A League Cup match. This is expected to be a close game, with Gil Vicente perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vicente as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Gil Vicente has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
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 (4 from 7 games). Gil Vicente have conceded 8 in these home matches. Vicente has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Santa Clara form and stats
There's been little loot from Santa Clara's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Liga Portugal. Santa Clara only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home loss versus Arouca with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A loss, in the League Cup away at Feirense, earlier. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa Clara playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 3 Santa Clara wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats.
Santa Clara are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 6 away games. Santa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gil Vicente victories, three draws and four Santa Clara wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Navarro 8 goals |   K. Boateng 2 goals |
Gil Vicente missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Gil Vicente | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 92% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 17% | 54% |
| 54% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 54% |
| 15% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 38% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.5 | 13.9 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11 | 10.4 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 24% | 14% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 14% | 24% |
| 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Gil Vicente is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (2) away 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 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Arouca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
