Full preview: Gil Vicente favourite to triumph over Belenenses at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Welcome to Estádio Cidade de Barcelos and the game starring Gil Vicente & Belenenses in the Primeira Liga. Here's everything you should know!

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (14) in Primeira Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Gil Vicente so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Vicente, who won 1-0 against Vizela (placed 11th). Defender Gomes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Gomes won 3 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Santa Clara that ended 2-2.

Gil Vicente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos with 17 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Gil Vicente have conceded 15 goals.

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Belenenses form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Belenenses so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Safira scored in Belenenses's previous match, the home game against Vitória SC that ended 1-0. Midfield player Sousa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Sousa hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-4 defeat away at Moreirense before that.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Belenenses's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Belenenses struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled previously this season: Belenenses - Gil Vicente 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vicente one win, four draws and Belenenses five victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
12 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
8 goals
BelenensesA. Camará
A. Camará
4 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Belenenses missing players

Gil Vicente Belenenses
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 4 11 22
10 4 1 Won W 0 0 3
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
5 4 0 Lost L 3 7 13
33 17 5 Scored S 0 4 14
24 15 1 Conceded C 5 17 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 91%
73% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 73%
55% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 18% 36%
27% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 23%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 18%
50% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 45%
32% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 14%
18% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 73% 50%
 
4.8 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.5 3.3
5.4 4.4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.6 5.9
2.9 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 3.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
12.7 14.5 17 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.3 9
4.9 5.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 2.9
31% 30% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 22%
 
14.3 13.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19 16.8 16.5
4 4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.9 5.2
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Belenenses have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest points (4) away in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (14) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have yet to win a game away.
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gil Vicente have scored more than double the goals of Belenenses.
  • 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 22 19 3 0 57 16 11 10 1 0 29 8 11 9 2 0 28 8 41 60
2 Sporting CP 22 17 3 2 43 15 11 9 1 1 19 5 11 8 2 1 24 10 28 54
3 Benfica 22 16 2 4 58 20 11 7 1 3 27 12 11 9 1 1 31 8 38 50
4 Sporting Braga 22 12 5 5 39 23 12 7 3 2 22 10 10 5 2 3 17 13 16 41
5 Gil Vicente 22 10 7 5 33 24 11 4 3 4 17 15 11 6 4 1 16 9 9 37
6 Vitória SC 22 8 6 8 32 27 10 6 2 2 20 11 12 2 4 6 12 16 5 30
7 Estoril 22 7 9 6 26 24 11 2 6 3 13 14 11 5 3 3 13 10 2 30
8 Maritimo 22 7 7 8 28 30 10 3 5 2 13 9 12 4 2 6 15 21 -2 28
9 Portimonense 22 7 6 9 22 24 12 2 4 6 9 15 10 5 2 3 13 9 -2 27
10 Santa Clara 22 6 6 10 26 41 11 5 3 3 14 19 11 1 3 7 12 22 -15 24
11 Vizela 22 5 8 9 24 37 12 3 4 5 11 16 10 2 4 4 13 21 -13 23
12 Boavista 22 3 12 7 25 34 11 3 7 1 15 12 11 0 5 6 10 22 -9 21
13 Paços de Ferreira 22 4 9 9 16 26 11 2 5 4 10 13 11 2 4 5 6 13 -10 21
14 Famalicao 22 4 8 10 28 37 11 2 5 4 11 13 11 2 3 6 17 24 -9 20
15 Tondela 22 6 2 14 29 44 11 4 0 7 17 23 11 2 2 7 12 21 -15 20
16 Moreirense 22 4 7 11 22 37 10 3 3 4 15 15 12 1 4 7 7 22 -15 19
17 Arouca 22 4 6 12 19 41 11 3 1 7 10 25 11 1 5 5 9 16 -22 18
18 Belenenses 22 3 6 13 14 41 11 3 2 6 10 24 11 0 4 7 4 17 -27 15

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.