Liga Portugal preview: Can Vitória SC edge out victory against Gil Vicente?

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques (30008 seats)

It's fixture two of the Liga Portugal season and everything to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Vitória SC-Gil Vicente!

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!

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Vitória SC form and stats

Last season, Vitória SC's league statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, resulting in 6th spot in the Liga Portugal. During these 34 matches they scored {34 goals} and let in 39. Performing at home in the previous season Vitória SC delivered 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 12 conceded.

A strong away win for Vitória SC against Estrela Amadora the last match, as Silva were on target. Silva (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.71/10. Silva served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that match, a home defeat in the Europa Conference League against Celje (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties). The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitória have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gil Vicente performed last season in the Liga Portugal: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 17/27 goals scored/conceded.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gil Vicente goalkeeper Andrew da Silva Ventura is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The club members enjoyed Vicente's previous game versus Portimonense (placed 18th), a 5-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Gil Vicente was very dominant against Portimonense, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Pereira, Fujimoto (2) and Tiba providing the goals. Buta was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.44. The defender Buta served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.

A defeat, in the League Cup away at UD Oliveirense, before that.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Vitória SC wins - draws - Gil Vicente wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteK. Fujimoto
K. Fujimoto
2 goals
VitóriaJ. Ferreira Silva
J. Ferreira Silva
1 goals
Gil VicenteG. Pereira Magalhães dos Santos
G. Pereira Magalhães dos Santos
1 goals

Vitória SC missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitória SC Gil Vicente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Vitória SC Last season Gil Vicente
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
16 10   Won W   4 10
5 3   Drew D   1 7
13 4   Lost L   12 17
34 18   Scored S   17 32
39 12   Conceded C   27 41
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
53% 41%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 56%
47% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 41%
15% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
35% 24%   BTTS BTTS   59% 47%
41% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 24%
35% 41%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.5
5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5
3.5 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
9 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12 13   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 13.2
3.7 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.1
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 23%
 
12.4 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.6
3.7 2.9   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 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Casa Pia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Rio Ave 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Arouca 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Famalicao 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Vitória SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Estoril 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
13 Vizela 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Estrela Amadora 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
Last season 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 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitória SC 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

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 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Casa Pia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Rio Ave 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Arouca 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Famalicao 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Vitória SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Estoril 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
13 Vizela 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Estrela Amadora 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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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.