Primeira Liga preview: Can Gil Vicente edge out victory against Paços de Ferreira?

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

The home side, Gil Vicente, should be favourites in this match, but Paços de Ferreira have revealed both talent and guts. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Gil Vicente and Paços de Ferreira 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

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Gil Vicente have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.

The home team returns to Estádio Cidade de Barcelos after drawing with Famalicao (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Ribeiro made a successful contribution in the game against Famalicao, bringing on Navarro who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Pedrinho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Pedrinho hit seven key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Moreirense with the scoreline 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does 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 two wins, four draws and two defeats.

Gil Vicente has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Paços de Ferreira playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Paços de Ferreira have lost on their last two travels.

Two away games in a row for Ferreira, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Vitoria Guimaraes. Paços de Ferreira lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Lima was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 6.74. The defender Lima won 3 of 6 duels.

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

Paços de Ferreira 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, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ferreira as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Paços de Ferreira have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled previously this season: Paços de Ferreira - Gil Vicente 0-1. Last ten meetings involving these teams: Vicente won five, Paços de Ferreira were winners in one and we saw four draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
14 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
10 goals
Paços de FerreiraD. Pereira Júnior
D. Pereira Júnior
6 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Gil Vicente Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
12 5 2 Won W 0 4 9
11 5 3 Drew D 0 4 9
7 5 0 Lost L 5 7 12
42 21 7 Scored S 2 9 27
32 18 3 Conceded C 12 19 38
97% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
73% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 73%
50% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 27% 37%
23% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 13%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
53% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 27% 43%
33% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 33%
17% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 37%
 
5.3 5.9 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 5.2 5.4
5.1 4.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5
2.8 2.3 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.3 3.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
13.1 15.2 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.6 10.8
4.7 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 2.9 3.2
30% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 28%
 
14 12.8 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 18.8 14.5 14.3
3.7 3.5 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 5.2 5
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gil Vicente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paços de Ferreira have scored away.
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 29 23 4 2 59 18 14 12 1 1 26 5 15 11 3 1 33 13 41 73
3 Benfica 29 20 4 5 73 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 14 10 2 2 37 14 44 64
4 Sporting Braga 29 16 7 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 14 8 3 3 22 15 19 55
5 Gil Vicente 30 12 11 7 42 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 47
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 12 6 12 42 38 15 8 2 5 28 19 15 4 4 7 14 19 4 42
7 Marítimo 30 9 9 12 36 39 15 4 6 5 19 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -3 36
8 Paços de Ferreira 30 9 9 12 27 38 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 4 7 9 19 -11 36
9 Santa Clara 30 8 11 11 33 47 15 7 5 3 20 21 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 35
10 Estoril 29 8 10 11 32 36 14 3 6 5 18 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 34
11 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
12 Portimonense 30 8 8 14 27 41 15 3 4 8 12 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -14 32
13 Famalicao 30 6 11 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 20 28 -10 29
14 Vizela 30 6 11 13 31 48 15 3 6 6 13 19 15 3 5 7 18 29 -17 29
15 Arouca 30 6 9 15 28 51 15 4 3 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 27
16 Moreirense 30 6 8 16 28 46 15 4 3 8 17 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -18 26
17 Tondela 30 7 4 19 37 60 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 25
18 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 19 49 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -30 24

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.