Football betting preview: Gil Vicente with moderate expectations before welcoming Benfica

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Benfica have journeyed here for an entertaining fight versus the hosts Gil Vicente. Read up on the fixture with this thorough Primeira Liga preview!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Gil Vicente have only played one Primeira Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stanislav Kritsyuk not having conceded a league goal in 182 minutes.

It's back home for Vicente, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Portimonense away with the result 1-0. Samuel Lino found the net in that victory. The goalie Stanislav Kritsyuk was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.81 out of ten. Kritsyuk stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Boavista.

Gil Vicente has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Benfica form and stats

Only one away game in the Primeira Liga so far for Benfica and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 victories, 4 draws and 2 losses from 17 travels.

Benfica are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Champions League against PSV. Midfielder Julian Weigl was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Weigl scored one goal and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Arouca.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Benfica manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against PSV.

It's early days yet, but Benfica has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Vicente victory, one draw and eight Benfica wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Gil Vicente missing players

Benfica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gil Vicente Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 0 2 4
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 14.5
5.5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.5
36% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 44%
Gil Vicente Last season Benfica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 4   Won W   11 23
6 4   Drew D   4 7
17 9   Lost L   2 4
33 13   Scored S   38 69
42 20   Conceded C   12 27
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
68% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
41% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 47%
12% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
47% 41%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
32% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 44%
29% 35%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
5.3 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.1
5.2 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.5
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
5 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.1 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 13.7
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.1
28% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 40%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Boavista 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Maritimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Pacos de Ferreira 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Belenenses 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season 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 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Boavista 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Maritimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Pacos de Ferreira 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Belenenses 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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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.