Belenenses vs Gil Vicente match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Nacional

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Belenenses hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 14th position in the Primeira Liga table. Visiting Gil Vicente holds 9th place with 42 pts.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primeira Liga. That game was an away game at Sporting Braga, so at least Belenenses are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Belenenses are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Gil Vicente most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Belenenses form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Belenenses, who have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Primeira Liga, have only managed 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Estádio Nacional.

Belenenses travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sporting Braga that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Moreirense that was lost 0-1.

Belenenses's goalie Hervé Koffi played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Sporting Braga with a stunning six saves. Mateo Cassierra was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sporting Braga after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

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 Belenenses have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost six.

Belenenses have scored 12 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gil Vicente so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

Rúben Ribeiro, Bozhidar Kraev and Ruben Fernandes scored in Gil Vicente's previous match, the home game against Tondela that ended 3-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Vitória SC.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vicente playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Gil Vicente wins, one draw and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vicente as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. 22 goals have been conceded by Vicente in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Gil Vicente - Belenenses 2-0, played this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Belenenses victories, two draws and three Gil Vicente wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteS. Cordovil de Lima
S. Cordovil de Lima
10 goals
BelenensesL. Pereira Carneiro
L. Pereira Carneiro
7 goals
Gil VicenteB. Kraev
B. Kraev
7 goals

Belenenses missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Belenenses Gil Vicente
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 4 1 Won W 2 4 11
8 4 1 Drew D 2 3 9
16 8 3 Lost L 1 9 12
26 12 2 Scored S 5 14 37
52 25 5 Conceded C 4 22 40
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
69% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 72%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 50%
25% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 19%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 56%
25% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 25%
44% 44% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 28%
 
4.5 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.8 4.7
6.2 5.2 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 4.9
2.8 3.1 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
304 164 49 Total Shots T S 47 148 336
80 38 9 Shots on Target S O 22 59 138
32% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 24% 27%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses has the most conceded goals (25) at home
  • Belenenses has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
  • Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Gil Vicente has the fewest matches under the total-line (13)
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gil Vicente have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 32 25 4 3 67 19 16 14 1 1 38 6 16 11 3 2 29 13 48 79
2 Benfica 32 22 5 5 65 25 16 11 2 3 36 12 16 11 3 2 29 13 40 71
3 Sporting CP 32 18 5 9 48 32 16 12 0 4 25 13 16 6 5 5 23 19 16 59
4 Sporting Braga 32 17 6 9 59 38 16 9 4 3 30 19 16 8 2 6 29 19 21 57
5 Famalicão 32 14 10 8 48 46 16 7 5 4 26 24 16 7 5 4 22 22 2 52
6 Rio Ave 32 14 9 9 44 34 16 6 5 5 25 21 16 8 4 4 19 13 10 51
7 Vitória SC 32 12 10 10 50 36 16 7 4 5 26 15 16 5 6 5 24 21 14 46
8 Moreirense 32 10 13 9 40 36 16 6 6 4 22 18 16 4 7 5 18 18 4 43
9 Gil Vicente 32 11 9 12 37 40 16 7 6 3 23 18 16 4 3 9 14 22 -3 42
10 Santa Clara 32 11 8 13 32 37 16 6 3 7 16 19 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 41
11 Marítimo 32 9 11 12 31 38 16 5 7 4 21 18 16 4 4 8 10 20 -7 38
12 Boavista 32 10 8 14 26 35 16 5 4 7 15 16 16 5 4 7 11 19 -9 38
13 Paços de Ferreira 32 10 5 17 31 48 16 5 2 9 13 21 16 5 3 8 18 27 -17 35
14 Belenenses 32 8 8 16 26 52 16 4 4 8 12 25 16 4 4 8 14 27 -26 32
15 Portimonense 32 6 12 14 27 43 16 4 7 5 16 18 16 2 5 9 11 25 -16 30
16 Tondela 32 7 9 16 27 43 16 2 5 9 11 22 16 5 4 7 16 21 -16 30
17 Vitória FC 32 6 12 14 25 43 16 3 7 6 13 20 16 3 5 8 12 23 -18 30
18 Desportivo Aves 32 5 2 25 24 62 16 4 1 11 12 22 16 1 1 14 12 40 -38 17

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 Porto 32 25 4 3 67 19 16 14 1 1 38 6 16 11 3 2 29 13 48 79
2 Benfica 32 22 5 5 65 25 16 11 2 3 36 12 16 11 3 2 29 13 40 71
3 Sporting CP 32 18 5 9 48 32 16 12 0 4 25 13 16 6 5 5 23 19 16 59
4 Sporting Braga 32 17 6 9 59 38 16 9 4 3 30 19 16 8 2 6 29 19 21 57
5 Famalicão 32 14 10 8 48 46 16 7 5 4 26 24 16 7 5 4 22 22 2 52
6 Rio Ave 32 14 9 9 44 34 16 6 5 5 25 21 16 8 4 4 19 13 10 51
7 Vitória SC 32 12 10 10 50 36 16 7 4 5 26 15 16 5 6 5 24 21 14 46
8 Moreirense 32 10 13 9 40 36 16 6 6 4 22 18 16 4 7 5 18 18 4 43
9 Gil Vicente 32 11 9 12 37 40 16 7 6 3 23 18 16 4 3 9 14 22 -3 42
10 Santa Clara 32 11 8 13 32 37 16 6 3 7 16 19 16 5 5 6 16 18 -5 41
11 Marítimo 32 9 11 12 31 38 16 5 7 4 21 18 16 4 4 8 10 20 -7 38
12 Boavista 32 10 8 14 26 35 16 5 4 7 15 16 16 5 4 7 11 19 -9 38
13 Paços de Ferreira 32 10 5 17 31 48 16 5 2 9 13 21 16 5 3 8 18 27 -17 35
14 Belenenses 32 8 8 16 26 52 16 4 4 8 12 25 16 4 4 8 14 27 -26 32
15 Portimonense 32 6 12 14 27 43 16 4 7 5 16 18 16 2 5 9 11 25 -16 30
16 Tondela 32 7 9 16 27 43 16 2 5 9 11 22 16 5 4 7 16 21 -16 30
17 Vitória FC 32 6 12 14 25 43 16 3 7 6 13 20 16 3 5 8 12 23 -18 30
18 Desportivo Aves 32 5 2 25 24 62 16 4 1 11 12 22 16 1 1 14 12 40 -38 17

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