Benfica vs Gil Vicente forecast and statistics

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Wed 02.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

A vital game in Primeira Liga as both teams are battling for the top spots. With Benfica in 3rd place and Gil Vicente at 5th, this promises to be an exciting battle. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (52) in Primeira Liga
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

These are full days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the League Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sporting CP, was also a home game here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The away team is better rested.

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica have performed here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season with 6 wins from 9 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.

The striker Everton bested all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Everton scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Benfica are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew three and lost zero.

Benfica are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in their league games, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 9 matches.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Vicente won their last game, 1-0 versus Portimonense played at home. Midfielder Pedrinho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Pedrinho scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 86 successful passes (of 97 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Boavista that ended 1-1.

You'll want to know how Gil Vicente managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and two home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Santa Clara in just four days.

Gil Vicente are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Gil Vicente are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Gil Vicente - Benfica 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Benfica victories, one draw and one Gil Vicente win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
15 goals
Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
11 goals
BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
7 goals

Benfica missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Benfica Gil Vicente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 0 9 19
14 6 1 Won W 0 4 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 4 6
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 5
52 24 7 Scored S 0 13 28
16 9 4 Conceded C 0 8 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 74%
58% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 53%
47% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 26%
26% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
58% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 47%
37% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
5% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 21%
 
6.1 6.3 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 5.2
3.4 2.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.4
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.3 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.2 17.6 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.2 13.3
6.2 6.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.7 5.1
44% 43% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 29%
 
8.9 7.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.1 13.7
2.8 2.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 4.1
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (52) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 17 2 0 51 13 9 9 0 0 25 5 10 8 2 0 26 8 38 53
2 Sporting CP 19 15 2 2 35 12 10 8 1 1 17 5 9 7 1 1 18 7 23 47
3 Benfica 19 14 2 3 52 16 9 6 1 2 24 9 10 8 1 1 28 7 36 44
4 Sporting Braga 19 10 5 4 34 20 10 5 3 2 18 9 9 5 2 2 16 11 14 35
5 Gil Vicente 19 8 6 5 28 21 10 4 2 4 15 13 9 4 4 1 13 8 7 30
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 19 7 6 6 28 22 9 5 2 2 18 10 10 2 4 4 10 12 6 27
7 Estoril 19 6 7 6 25 24 9 1 5 3 12 14 10 5 2 3 13 10 1 25
8 Portimonense 19 7 4 8 19 20 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 5 1 3 12 8 -1 25
9 Maritimo 19 6 6 7 24 28 9 3 4 2 13 9 10 3 2 5 11 19 -4 24
10 Santa Clara 19 5 5 9 21 36 10 4 3 3 12 18 9 1 2 6 9 18 -15 20
11 Boavista 19 3 10 6 21 29 10 3 6 1 13 10 9 0 4 5 8 19 -8 19
12 Pacos de Ferreira 19 4 7 8 14 23 10 2 4 4 9 12 9 2 3 4 5 11 -9 19
13 Vizela 19 4 7 8 19 32 10 2 4 4 8 13 9 2 3 4 11 19 -13 19
14 Tondela 19 5 2 12 26 39 10 4 0 6 16 20 9 1 2 6 10 19 -13 17
15 Arouca 19 4 5 10 19 36 9 3 1 5 10 20 10 1 4 5 9 16 -17 17
16 Moreirense 19 3 7 9 18 29 9 2 3 4 11 14 10 1 4 5 7 15 -11 16
17 Famalicao 19 3 7 9 23 35 9 1 4 4 6 13 10 2 3 5 17 22 -12 16
18 Belenenses 19 2 6 11 11 33 9 2 2 5 8 20 10 0 4 6 3 13 -22 12

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.