Gil Vicente will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 28 points behind Benfica.
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.
Gil Vicente form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Gil Vicente at their home stadium (Estádio Cidade de Barcelos) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Gil Vicente are returning here after visiting Vitória FC in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Sandro Lima and Lourency scored the goal(s). A 2-2 draw away before that, with Sporting Braga the opponent.
Gil Vicente has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Benfica form and stats
The strength of Benfica, who have the most scored goals (49) in Primeira Liga, on their travels this season is incredible with 27 points collected from 10 Primeira Liga away games. Benfica has 9-0-1 on the road, with 22 goals scored and 6 conceded.
The manager B. Nascimento was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz). Benfica suffered a 0-1 loss to Sporting Braga (placed 3rd). Before that, Benfica travelled to Famalicao and returned home with a draw after the Taça De Portugal game finished 1-1.
It's a bit worrying for Benfica that their goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos made six saves in the Sporting Braga game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
Benfica have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 22 goals from 10 away matches. It's not easy to score on Benfica as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Benfica - Gil Vicente 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gil Vicente zero wins, one draw and Benfica nine victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Alves Morais 14 goals |  L. Fernandes 12 goals |   S. Cordovil de Lima 9 goals |
Gil Vicente missing players
Benfica missing players
| Gil Vicente | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | 49 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 81% |
| 48% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 19% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 29% |
| 24% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 62% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 227 | 118 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 134 | 307 |
| 92 | 50 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 44 | 102 |
| 25% | 28% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 50% | 48% |
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Benfica has the most clean sheets (13)
- Benfica has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Benfica has the most points (27) away
- Benfica has the most scored goals (22) away
- Benfica has the most scored goals (49)
- Benfica has the most scored goals in the second half (32)
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+16) away
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+37)
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Gil Vicente.
- Benfica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Benfica 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 | Benfica | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Boavista | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 28 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Tondela | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -18 | 12 |