Only three points good enough for Porto in Gil Vicente game

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

This should be yet another appealing clash at Estádio Do Dragão in the Liga Portugal. Porto is in 3rd position and receive Gil Vicente in 9th position. Read about the match here!

Insights:
  • Porto have not yet lost a game.
  • Gil Vicente have lost all their away matches so far.

Little time to rest for the home side, as they had a Champions League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Porto form and stats

Only two Liga Portugal home games for Porto so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Porto are returning here after guesting Shakhtar Donetsk in a Champions League fixture and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Galeno (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.43/10. Galeno scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Estrela Amadora and winning 1-0.

At Estádio Do Dragão, Porto has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

It's not happening yet for Gil Vicente on their Liga Portugal travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?

Gil Vicente go into this game after a win, the home game against Estoril that ended 5-3. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. An off the wall match with an abundance of goals last time out for Gil Vicente, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this fixture be as exciting? Midfielder Dominguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.21. Dominguez scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).

Prior to that match, the Vicente manager de Carvalho faced defeat when travelling to Vizela and losing 0-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Gil Vicente has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these squads: Porto won seven, Gil Vicente were winners in two and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

PortoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
2 goals
PortoI. Marcano Sierra
I. Marcano Sierra
2 goals
Gil VicenteP. Amorim Pereira Silva
P. Amorim Pereira Silva
2 goals

Porto missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Porto Gil Vicente
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 2 5
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
8 3 3 Scored S 1 1 13
4 2 2 Conceded C 2 3 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 80%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 60%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
9 11 11 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 2.8
4.2 2.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.8
4 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.6 22 22 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8 10
5 5.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.5 5.2
32% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 14% 50%
 
8.6 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 15 17 16.2
2 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.5 5.2
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • All of Porto's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gil Vicente have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Gil Vicente have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Porto have created more than twice as many corners as Gil Vicente.
  • Porto have not yet lost a game.
  • Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Porto have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Porto Last season Gil Vicente
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
27 15   Won W   4 10
4 0   Drew D   1 7
3 2   Lost L   12 17
73 44   Scored S   17 32
22 11   Conceded C   27 41
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 56%
53% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 41%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
21% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   59% 47%
50% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 24%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
5.8 6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.5
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
5 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
15.5 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 13.2
5.7 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.1
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 23%
 
8.7 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.6
2.3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 5.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 5 4 1 0 14 6 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 13
2 Sporting CP 5 4 1 0 10 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 13
3 Porto 5 4 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 13
4 Benfica 5 4 0 1 13 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 2 0 1 7 6 7 12
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 5 3 0 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 -1 9
6 Casa Pia 5 2 2 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 8
7 Famalicao 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 8
8 Sporting Braga 5 2 1 2 10 10 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 8 7 0 7
9 Gil Vicente 5 2 0 3 13 9 3 2 0 1 12 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 6
10 Farense 5 2 0 3 9 7 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 6
11 Arouca 5 1 3 1 8 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 6
12 Rio Ave 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
13 Portimonense 5 1 2 2 5 12 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 3 7 -7 5
14 Vizela 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 4
15 Estrela Amadora 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 4
16 Moreirense 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 -4 4
17 Estoril 5 1 0 4 10 13 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 7 11 -3 3
18 Chaves 5 0 0 5 4 17 2 0 0 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 1 11 -13 0

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.