Soccer betting preview: Gil Vicente welcomes Famalicão in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Tue 09.June
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Gil Vicente will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Famalicão.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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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, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

No payout for Gil Vicente in their previous match, an away game at Portimonense that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that, Vicente drew at home versus Santa Clara.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vicente have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won zero, drawn three and lost three.

Gil Vicente has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Vicente's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Famalicão form and stats

Playing away, Famalicão have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.

Famalicão had fun at their own home (Estádio Cidade de Barcelos) last time out, beating Porto 2-1. Pote and Fábio Martins scored. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Belenenses.

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

Famalicão find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Famalicão's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Famalicão - Vicente 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Vicente won zero, Famalicão won six and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VicenteS. Cordovil de Lima
S. Cordovil de Lima
10 goals
FamalicãoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
8 goals
FamalicãoF. Santos Martins
F. Santos Martins
8 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Famalicão missing players

Gil Vicente Famalicão
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
7 4 2 Won W 2 4 11
9 6 1 Drew D 1 4 7
9 2 1 Lost L 0 4 7
25 15 6 Scored S 4 15 40
30 13 4 Conceded C 1 19 41
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
68% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 84%
40% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 68%
16% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 40%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 20%
52% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 64%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 20%
36% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
4.8 5.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 4.9
5 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 11.3 7.2 5.6
2.3 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
271 143 49 Total Shots T S 42 143 340
110 60 24 Shots on Target S O 14 57 128
23% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 31%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Famalicão has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
  • Famalicão has the most matches over the total-line (15)

  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 25 19 3 3 51 18 12 10 1 1 26 6 13 9 2 2 25 12 33 60
2 Benfica 25 19 3 3 52 14 13 9 2 2 28 7 12 10 1 1 24 7 38 60
3 Sporting Braga 25 14 4 7 43 29 12 7 3 2 22 15 13 7 1 5 21 14 14 46
4 Sporting CP 25 13 4 8 39 28 12 8 0 4 19 12 13 5 4 4 20 16 11 43
5 Famalicão 25 11 7 7 40 41 13 7 3 3 25 22 12 4 4 4 15 19 -1 40
6 Rio Ave 25 10 8 7 34 26 13 4 5 4 18 15 12 6 3 3 16 11 8 38
7 Vitória SC 25 10 8 7 42 27 13 6 3 4 22 12 12 4 5 3 20 15 15 38
8 Moreirense 25 8 9 8 35 32 12 6 3 3 20 15 13 2 6 5 15 17 3 33
9 Santa Clara 25 9 6 10 22 28 13 5 2 6 12 17 12 4 4 4 10 11 -6 33
10 Gil Vicente 25 7 9 9 25 30 12 4 6 2 15 13 13 3 3 7 10 17 -5 30
11 Vitória FC 25 6 11 8 18 28 12 3 6 3 7 11 13 3 5 5 11 17 -10 29
12 Boavista 25 7 8 10 19 24 13 3 4 6 11 14 12 4 4 4 8 10 -5 29
13 Belenenses 25 8 5 12 21 38 12 4 2 6 9 19 13 4 3 6 12 19 -17 29
14 Tondela 25 6 8 11 20 30 12 1 5 6 7 15 13 5 3 5 13 15 -10 26
15 Marítimo 25 5 10 10 23 33 13 3 6 4 17 17 12 2 4 6 6 16 -10 25
16 Paços de Ferreira 25 7 4 14 21 36 13 4 2 7 10 14 12 3 2 7 11 22 -15 25
17 Portimonense 25 3 10 12 17 34 12 2 6 4 9 12 13 1 4 8 8 22 -17 19
18 Desportivo Aves 25 4 1 20 23 49 13 3 0 10 11 21 12 1 1 10 12 28 -26 13

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.