Primeira Liga: Gil Vicente - Marítimo pre-match thoughts and statistics

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Gil Vicente have layed the groundwork for this game following their 1-0 result against Sporting Braga, a fixture they learned a lot from. What will happen against Marítimo?

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an enthusiastic game!

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Gil Vicente have collected 19 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 5-4-4. Gil Vicente has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sporting CP defeat 91 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ziga Frelih not having conceded a league goal in 204 minutes.

Gil Vicente are returning here after visiting Sporting Braga and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Gomes scored the goal(s). Frelih, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.04 out of 10 in that game. Frelih topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Vicente hosted Estoril and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gil Vicente handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and two defeats.

The Vicente fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Gil Vicente have conceded 15 goals.

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Marítimo form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Marítimo love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The manager Seabra was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estádio dos Barreiros. Marítimo suffered a 0-1 loss to Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 6th). Defender Júnior was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Júnior hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Moreirense with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Marítimo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, two draws and seven defeats.

Marítimo find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Marítimo have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other earlier this match year: Marítimo - Vicente 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gil Vicente four wins, one draw and Marítimo five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
13 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
8 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
6 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Marítimo missing players

Gil Vicente Marítimo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 13 26
12 5 2 Won W 1 5 8
9 4 2 Drew D 0 2 8
5 4 0 Lost L 4 6 10
37 19 7 Scored S 4 16 30
25 15 2 Conceded C 12 21 33
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
69% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 69%
46% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 42%
23% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 15% 15%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 12%
46% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 54%
38% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 31%
19% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 27%
 
4.6 5.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.5 4
5.4 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.5 5
2.8 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4.2 3.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
12.5 14.6 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 9.8 10.6
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.6 3.6
31% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 32%
 
14.4 12.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 19.2 15.8 15
3.8 3.5 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 4.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 26 22 4 0 67 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 48 70
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 26 18 4 4 66 24 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 58
4 Sporting Braga 26 13 7 6 41 25 14 7 4 3 22 11 12 6 3 3 19 14 16 46
5 Gil Vicente 26 12 9 5 37 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 26 10 6 10 36 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 14 3 4 7 13 19 2 36
7 Estoril 26 8 10 8 30 30 13 3 6 4 17 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 0 34
8 Marítimo 26 8 8 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 12 13 5 2 6 16 21 -3 32
9 Pacos de Ferreira 26 7 9 10 23 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 4 4 5 9 13 -8 30
10 Santa Clara 26 7 9 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 30
11 Portimonense 26 7 8 11 25 30 13 2 4 7 10 17 13 5 4 4 15 13 -5 29
12 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 32 40 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 27
13 Boavista 26 4 15 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 13 1 6 6 13 24 -8 27
14 Vizela 26 5 10 11 28 44 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 25
15 Arouca 26 5 7 14 23 46 13 3 2 8 11 27 13 2 5 6 12 19 -23 22
16 Tondela 26 6 3 17 31 52 13 4 1 8 18 25 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 26 3 8 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 17

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.