Betting preview: Gil Vicente vs Paços de Ferreira should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 24.July
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Gil Vicente are in the 9th position while the guesting Paços de Ferreira worry at 13th.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four days ago.

Gil Vicente can neither be promoted or relegated from Primeira Liga. Ferreira is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Gil Vicente have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 16 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos after three straight home wins.

The fans are hoping that Gil Vicente will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Belenenses (placed 14th). Before that, Gil Vicente had a home game versus Tondela which ended with a victory 3-2.

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 four matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost one.

Vicente has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. On the other hand, Vicente have conceded 18 goals.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

Playing away, Paços de Ferreira have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.

Ferreira are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Primeira Liga against Portimonense (placed 17th). Before that, Ferreira travelled to Moreirense and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paços de Ferreira playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Paços de Ferreira wins, one draw and five defeats.

Paços de Ferreira have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Ferreira struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Paços de Ferreira - Vicente 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Gil Vicente wins - draws - Paços de Ferreira wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteS. Cordovil de Lima
S. Cordovil de Lima
10 goals
Paços de FerreiraD. da Silva Souza
D. da Silva Souza
9 goals
Gil VicenteB. Kraev
B. Kraev
7 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gil Vicente Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
11 7 3 Won W 0 5 11
9 6 2 Drew D 2 3 5
13 3 0 Lost L 3 8 17
37 23 9 Scored S 3 18 33
41 18 3 Conceded C 8 27 49
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
70% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 61%
48% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 48%
18% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 24%
6% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
55% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 48%
24% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
30% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 42%
 
4.6 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5.1 5.4
4.8 4.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.9 4.8
2.2 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 3.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
343 188 66 Total Shots T S 53 169 407
141 79 25 Shots on Target S O 15 53 112
26% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 29%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira 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 33 26 4 3 73 20 17 15 1 1 44 7 16 11 3 2 29 13 53 82
2 Benfica 33 23 5 5 69 25 16 11 2 3 36 12 17 12 3 2 33 13 44 74
3 Sporting CP 33 18 6 9 48 32 17 12 1 4 25 13 16 6 5 5 23 19 16 60
4 Sporting Braga 33 17 6 10 59 39 16 9 4 3 30 19 17 8 2 7 29 20 20 57
5 Famalicao 33 14 11 8 50 48 17 7 6 4 28 26 16 7 5 4 22 22 2 53
6 Rio Ave 33 14 10 9 46 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 16 8 4 4 19 13 10 52
7 Vitória SC 33 13 10 10 51 36 17 8 4 5 27 15 16 5 6 5 24 21 15 49
8 Moreirense 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 6 6 4 22 18 17 4 7 6 19 24 -1 43
9 Gil Vicente 33 11 9 13 37 41 16 7 6 3 23 18 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 42
10 Santa Clara 33 11 9 13 34 39 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 42
11 Boavista 33 10 9 14 28 37 16 5 4 7 15 16 17 5 5 7 13 21 -9 39
12 Maritimo 33 9 11 13 31 39 16 5 7 4 21 18 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 38
13 Paços de Ferreira 33 11 5 17 33 49 17 6 2 9 15 22 16 5 3 8 18 27 -16 38
14 Belenenses 33 9 8 16 27 52 17 5 4 8 13 25 16 4 4 8 14 27 -25 35
15 Tondela 33 8 9 16 28 43 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 5 4 7 16 21 -15 33
16 Vitoria Setubal 33 6 13 14 25 43 16 3 7 6 13 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -18 31
17 Portimonense 33 6 12 15 28 45 16 4 7 5 16 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -17 30
18 Desportivo Aves 33 5 2 26 24 66 17 4 1 12 12 26 16 1 1 14 12 40 -42 17

Table
  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 33 26 4 3 73 20 17 15 1 1 44 7 16 11 3 2 29 13 53 82
2 Benfica 33 23 5 5 69 25 16 11 2 3 36 12 17 12 3 2 33 13 44 74
3 Sporting CP 33 18 6 9 48 32 17 12 1 4 25 13 16 6 5 5 23 19 16 60
4 Sporting Braga 33 17 6 10 59 39 16 9 4 3 30 19 17 8 2 7 29 20 20 57
5 Famalicao 33 14 11 8 50 48 17 7 6 4 28 26 16 7 5 4 22 22 2 53
6 Rio Ave 33 14 10 9 46 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 16 8 4 4 19 13 10 52
7 Vitória SC 33 13 10 10 51 36 17 8 4 5 27 15 16 5 6 5 24 21 15 49
8 Moreirense 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 6 6 4 22 18 17 4 7 6 19 24 -1 43
9 Gil Vicente 33 11 9 13 37 41 16 7 6 3 23 18 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 42
10 Santa Clara 33 11 9 13 34 39 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 42
11 Boavista 33 10 9 14 28 37 16 5 4 7 15 16 17 5 5 7 13 21 -9 39
12 Maritimo 33 9 11 13 31 39 16 5 7 4 21 18 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 38
13 Paços de Ferreira 33 11 5 17 33 49 17 6 2 9 15 22 16 5 3 8 18 27 -16 38
14 Belenenses 33 9 8 16 27 52 17 5 4 8 13 25 16 4 4 8 14 27 -25 35
15 Tondela 33 8 9 16 28 43 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 5 4 7 16 21 -15 33
16 Vitoria Setubal 33 6 13 14 25 43 16 3 7 6 13 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -18 31
17 Portimonense 33 6 12 15 28 45 16 4 7 5 16 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -17 30
18 Desportivo Aves 33 5 2 26 24 66 17 4 1 12 12 26 16 1 1 14 12 40 -42 17

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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.