Gil Vicente vs Nacional: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 19.March
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Gil Vicente are welcoming Nacional for another important game after their 4-2 result against 6th-placed Vitoria Guimaraes.

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primeira Liga
  • Nacional is in the worst form (1-0-5)

Gil Vicente and Nacional should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

With 3 Primeira Liga wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Gil Vicente are certainly not brimming with confidence.

A good away victory last time out for Gil Vicente, who won 4-2 against Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 6th). Before that game, the home loss against Porto with the scoreline 0-2.

A goal frenzy last time out for Gil Vicente, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Vitoria Guimaraes. Fun stuff to watch! Denis loved the game against Vitoria Guimaraes. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-2 victory.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vicente here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). 12 goals have been conceded.

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Nacional form and stats

Nacional have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 2-3-6 (11 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Nacional who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Boavista was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Nacional have lost on their last two travels.

Home advantage was not enough for Nacional in their previous game, as they lost their Primeira Liga-match, hosting Maritimo, 1-2. A 1-2 defeat away at Pacos de Ferreira before that.

Nacional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and eight defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Nacional in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nacional - Vicente 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Vicente wins - draws - Nacional wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
5 goals
NacionalJ. Riascos Valencia
J. Riascos Valencia
5 goals
NacionalK. Gorré
K. Gorré
4 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Nacional missing players

Gil Vicente Nacional
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 1 Played P 3 11 23
6 3 0 Won W 2 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
13 6 1 Lost L 0 6 12
20 8 0 Scored S 2 7 22
31 12 1 Conceded C 0 13 32
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 87%
61% 64% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 55% 70%
39% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 48%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
48% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 57%
26% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 36% 26%
35% 36% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.7 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 10.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.6 11.3
3.2 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 3.9
27% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 25%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primeira Liga
  • Nacional is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 23 19 4 0 45 11 11 9 2 0 22 6 12 10 2 0 23 5 34 61
2 Porto 23 15 6 2 49 22 12 8 3 1 25 11 11 7 3 1 24 11 27 51
3 Sporting Braga 22 16 1 5 42 21 11 9 1 1 21 8 11 7 0 4 21 13 21 49
4 Benfica 23 14 6 3 40 17 12 9 2 1 22 8 11 5 4 2 18 9 23 48
5 Pacos de Ferreira 23 12 5 6 30 23 11 8 2 1 18 9 12 4 3 5 12 14 7 41
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 23 10 5 8 29 29 12 5 1 6 15 20 11 5 4 2 14 9 0 35
7 Santa Clara 23 9 4 10 26 25 11 4 2 5 12 11 12 5 2 5 14 14 1 31
8 Moreirense 23 7 9 7 23 27 12 3 7 2 15 16 11 4 2 5 8 11 -4 30
9 Rio Ave 23 6 8 9 19 26 11 4 3 4 11 10 12 2 5 5 8 16 -7 26
10 Belenenses 23 5 10 8 14 21 12 3 5 4 10 13 11 2 5 4 4 8 -7 25
11 Tondela 23 7 3 13 22 38 12 7 2 3 13 10 11 0 1 10 9 28 -16 24
12 Portimonense 23 6 5 12 21 28 11 5 3 3 14 8 12 1 2 9 7 20 -7 23
13 Gil Vicente 23 6 4 13 20 31 11 3 2 6 8 12 12 3 2 7 12 19 -11 22
14 Nacional 23 5 6 12 22 32 12 3 3 6 15 19 11 2 3 6 7 13 -10 21
15 Boavista 23 4 9 10 24 36 11 3 2 6 10 16 12 1 7 4 14 20 -12 21
16 Maritimo 23 6 3 14 21 33 11 2 2 7 7 16 12 4 1 7 14 17 -12 21
17 Farense 23 4 7 12 22 32 12 3 4 5 14 14 11 1 3 7 8 18 -10 19
18 Famalicao 22 4 7 11 18 35 11 1 5 5 9 19 11 3 2 6 9 16 -17 19

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.