This game involves two squads living in the basement of the Liga Portugal, Portimonense having 14th spot and Gil Vicente in 13th. A nice opportunity for one of the squads to better their position.
- Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) 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!
Portimonense form and stats
Portimonense have played 14 Liga Portugal games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Portimonense hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Paços de Ferreira, Santa Clara, Maritimo, Estoril and Portimonense), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Portimonense are returning here after visiting Estoril and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Cariello scored the goal(s). A big relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, six fixtures in a row. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Brito when Cariello scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute. Nakamura, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.02 out of 10 in that game. Nakamura topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rio Ave that ended 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Portimonense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portimonense as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Portimonense has won 7 of these, drawn 6 and lost 6.
It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portimonense here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). Portimonense has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Gil Vicente form and stats
Gil Vicente have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 4-1-9 (14 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Sousa, the Gil Vicente manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Ronaldo (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Vicente haven't scored a league goal in the last 389 minutes.
Gil Vicente play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Sporting Braga (placed 3rd). Gil Vicente goalkeeper Andrew took pride in a terrific day at work vs Sporting Braga, but even with managing eight saves the beating could not be evaded.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Chaves.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Vicente in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Gil Vicente, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's last 10 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gil Vicente have scored 15 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vicente struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games. When Gil Vicente is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Paços de Ferreira, Santa Clara, Maritimo, Gil Vicente and Estoril.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered result between these sides is the Gil Vicente - Portimonense 1-2 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Portimonense wins - draws - Gil Vicente wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Navarro 13 goals |   W. Ferreira dos Santos 6 goals |  M. De Souza Costa 4 goals |
Portimonense missing players
Gil Vicente missing players
| Portimonense | Gil Vicente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 35 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 33 |
| 96% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 57% |
| 36% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 43% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 25% |
| 50% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.4 | 13.6 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 12.4 | 13 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 21% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 28% | 22% |
| 15.5 | 14 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 15.2 | 14.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
- Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) 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 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 51 | 71 |
| 2 | Porto | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 41 | 67 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 37 | 65 |
| 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 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 45 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 39 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 9 | Vizela | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Chaves | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 36 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Boavista | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 30 |
| 15 | Estoril | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 25 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 32 | -27 | 22 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -28 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | -26 | 15 |
