Balanced ball game between Famalicão and Gil Vicente expected

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho (10000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Famalicão are in the 9th position while the guesting Gil Vicente worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Famalicão has the most conceded goals (11) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Gil Vicente has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Primeira Liga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Taça De Portugal game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Uniao de Leiria. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Famalicão form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Famalicão, who have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Primeira Liga, have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Famalicão travelled for their previous game, a trip to Portimonense that ended 0-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rio Ave (1-2).

Famalicão's goalie Luiz Lúcio Reis Júnior played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Portimonense with a stunning six saves.

This is expected to be a close game, with Famalicão perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Famalicão as a small favourite), we find six games. Famalicão has won five of these, drawn one and lost zero.

Famalicão have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Famalicão with 11 goals conceded in these matches.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Gil Vicente have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far.

Two travels in a row for Vicente, whose manager R. Garcia Lopes de Almeida could celebrate last time after the Taça De Portugal win against Uniao de Leiria. The game before that, in the Primeira Liga, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Benfica.

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

The attacking power of Vicente when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vicente have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Famalicão seven wins, two draws and Gil Vicente zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoR. Lameiras
R. Lameiras
4 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
3 goals
FamalicãoC. Valenzuela
C. Valenzuela
2 goals

Famalicão missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Famalicão Gil Vicente
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
5 3 1 Drew D 2 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
13 8 2 Scored S 1 3 8
18 11 2 Conceded C 1 7 12
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 70%
60% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 30%
40% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 50%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 30%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.4 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 11.8 17 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8 10.1
3.7 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 3.2
35% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 25%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Famalicão's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Famalicão has the most conceded goals (11) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Famalicão have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Famalicão have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Famalicão have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gil Vicente have scored away.
  • Famalicão have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Famalicão haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Gil Vicente has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Primeira Liga
  • Gil Vicente have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gil Vicente have yet to win a game away.

  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 10 8 2 0 24 7 5 4 1 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 12 3 17 26
2 Benfica 10 8 0 2 23 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 1 12 5 12 24
3 Porto 10 7 1 2 25 13 6 5 0 1 15 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 12 22
4 Sporting Braga 10 7 0 3 17 9 5 4 0 1 7 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 8 21
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 10 6 1 3 11 7 5 2 0 3 2 6 5 4 1 0 9 1 4 19
6 Pacos de Ferreira 10 4 3 3 12 11 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 15
7 Santa Clara 10 4 1 5 10 13 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 3 0 2 7 6 -3 13
8 Belenenses 10 2 5 3 5 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 1 3 -2 11
9 Famalicão 10 2 5 3 13 18 5 1 3 1 8 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 -5 11
10 Rio Ave 10 2 5 3 5 10 4 1 2 1 2 3 6 1 3 2 3 7 -5 11
11 Moreirense 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 2 3 1 6 -3 10
12 Maritimo 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 0 4 6 10 -4 10
13 Nacional 10 2 4 4 9 13 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 1 1 3 2 5 -4 10
14 Gil Vicente 10 2 3 5 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 3 7 -4 9
15 Boavista 10 1 6 3 11 16 4 1 1 2 3 6 6 0 5 1 8 10 -5 9
16 Tondela 10 2 3 5 9 18 6 2 2 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 5 11 -9 9
17 Farense 10 2 2 6 11 15 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 1 4 3 8 -4 8
18 Portimonense 10 2 2 6 6 12 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -6 8

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.