Betting guide: Benfica favourite to beat Gil Vicente at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

It's advantage Benfica so far with their 3rd position in the Primeira Liga table, welcoming Gil Vicente who are placed 10th.

Insights:
  • Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Primeira Liga
  • Gil Vicente have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primeira Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Primeira Liga, have performed here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season with 10 wins from 13 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Benfica haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Sporting CP, 74 days ago. Ever since the Vitória SC game Benfica has been unbeatable here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica producing four straight wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Helton Brant Aleixo Leite not having conceded a league goal in 680 minutes.

Benfica are returning here after visiting Pacos de Ferreira in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Diogo Gonçalves, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferović (2) and Darwin Núñez scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Benfica won a home game hosting Marítimo (1-0).

As mentioned above, Benfica "killed" Pacos de Ferreira in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

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 ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Benfica as they are travelling to their away game against Portimonense in the Primeira Liga. That match is four days after this one.

The Benfica fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Benfica have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Gil Vicente playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. Momentum is building for Vicente in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Vicente's previous game was their home loss versus Moreirense (1-2). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rio Ave at their stadium, the result 2-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Vicente played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.

A quick return to home after this game, as Vicente are hosting Famalicao in the Primeira Liga only four days away.

Vicente are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Vicente have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Gil Vicente - Benfica 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Benfica, one draw and zero wins for Gil Vicente. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaH. Seferović
H. Seferović
16 goals
BenficaG. Waldschmidt
G. Waldschmidt
7 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
7 goals

Benfica missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Benfica Gil Vicente
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
17 10 4 Won W 0 4 8
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 3 7 14
48 23 8 Scored S 1 14 25
17 8 1 Conceded C 5 19 33
92% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
85% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 65%
38% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 38%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 15%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 8%
38% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 46%
54% 62% 80% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 31%
15% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 75% 31% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14 16.5 21 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.6 9.6
5.3 5.9 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 3.3
35% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 29%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gil Vicente have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primeira Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 26 20 6 0 48 13 13 10 3 0 24 7 13 10 3 0 24 6 35 66
2 Porto 26 18 6 2 55 24 13 9 3 1 27 12 13 9 3 1 28 12 31 60
3 Benfica 26 17 6 3 48 17 13 10 2 1 23 8 13 7 4 2 25 9 31 57
4 Sporting Braga 26 17 3 6 47 27 13 9 2 2 22 11 13 8 1 4 25 16 20 54
5 Pacos de Ferreira 26 13 5 8 33 30 13 9 2 2 21 14 13 4 3 6 12 16 3 44
6 Santa Clara 26 10 5 11 33 29 13 5 3 5 18 13 13 5 2 6 15 16 4 35
7 Vitória SC 26 10 5 11 30 35 13 5 1 7 16 22 13 5 4 4 14 13 -5 35
8 Moreirense 26 8 10 8 26 32 13 3 8 2 16 17 13 5 2 6 10 15 -6 34
9 Portimonense 26 8 5 13 30 31 13 6 3 4 18 10 13 2 2 9 12 21 -1 29
10 Gil Vicente 26 8 4 14 25 33 13 4 2 7 11 14 13 4 2 7 14 19 -8 28
11 Rio Ave 26 6 10 10 22 31 13 4 4 5 11 12 13 2 6 5 11 19 -9 28
12 Tondela 26 8 4 14 25 42 13 7 2 4 13 12 13 1 2 10 12 30 -17 28
13 Belenenses 26 5 12 9 15 24 13 3 5 5 10 15 13 2 7 4 5 9 -9 27
14 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 27 38 13 2 6 5 13 21 13 4 3 6 14 17 -11 27
15 Boavista 26 5 10 11 29 40 13 3 3 7 13 20 13 2 7 4 16 20 -11 25
16 Marítimo 26 7 3 16 22 38 13 3 2 8 8 20 13 4 1 8 14 18 -16 24
17 Farense 26 5 7 14 24 35 13 3 4 6 15 16 13 2 3 8 9 19 -11 22
18 Nacional 26 5 6 15 24 44 13 3 3 7 16 24 13 2 3 8 8 20 -20 21

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.