Gil Vicente favourites for feisty fight facing Portimonense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

The home side, Gil Vicente, should be expected winners in this game, but Portimonense have revealed both know-how and mettle. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portimonense have the most clean sheets (5) away in Primeira Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Gil Vicente have played 9 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Gil Vicente, facing Boavista in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Pedrinho was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.0 (out of ten) in that game. Pedrinho served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 57 successful passes (of 69 total).

Ahead of that match, Gil Vicente won a home game hosting Vitória SC (3-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gil Vicente have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn five and lost two.

Gil Vicente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos with 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vicente have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Portimonense form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Primeira Liga.

Portimonense delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Vitória SC (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Primeira Liga game. Samuel was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.41. The agile goalkeeper Samuel stopped the opponent with five saves.

A 2-4 loss hosting Mafra before that.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Portimonense's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Portimonense as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past scoreline involving both these participants is the Portimonense - Gil Vicente 0-1 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Gil Vicente won three, Portimonense triumphed in five and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
11 goals
VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
6 goals
PortimonenseA. Boa Morte
A. Boa Morte
3 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Portimonense missing players

Gil Vicente Portimonense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 8 18
7 3 2 Won W 1 5 7
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 4 0 Lost L 2 2 7
27 14 6 Scored S 3 12 19
21 13 2 Conceded C 6 7 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 67%
56% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 39%
28% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 6%
6% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 33%
28% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 62% 39%
22% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 33%
 
4.8 5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 4.5
4.6 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.5 5.6
2.9 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.9 3.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.5 13.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.9 11.9
5.1 5.4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 4.3
30% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 44% 25%
 
14.3 14.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 22 17.4 15.3
4.2 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portimonense have the most clean sheets (5) away in Primeira Liga
  • Portimonense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 18 16 2 0 48 12 8 8 0 0 22 4 10 8 2 0 26 8 36 50
2 Sporting CP 18 15 2 1 34 10 9 8 1 0 16 3 9 7 1 1 18 7 24 47
3 Benfica 18 13 2 3 50 16 9 6 1 2 24 9 9 7 1 1 26 7 34 41
4 Sporting Braga 18 9 5 4 32 19 10 5 3 2 18 9 8 4 2 2 14 10 13 32
5 Gil Vicente 18 7 6 5 27 21 9 3 2 4 14 13 9 4 4 1 13 8 6 27
6 Estoril 17 6 7 4 23 19 8 1 5 2 11 12 9 5 2 2 12 7 4 25
7 Portimonense 18 7 4 7 19 19 10 2 3 5 7 12 8 5 1 2 12 7 0 25
8 Vitória SC 18 6 6 6 25 21 8 4 2 2 15 9 10 2 4 4 10 12 4 24
9 Maritimo 18 6 5 7 23 27 8 3 3 2 12 8 10 3 2 5 11 19 -4 23
10 Boavista 18 3 9 6 20 28 10 3 6 1 13 10 8 0 3 5 7 18 -8 18
11 Pacos de Ferreira 18 4 6 8 13 22 9 2 3 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 5 11 -9 18
12 Tondela 18 5 2 11 24 36 9 4 0 5 14 17 9 1 2 6 10 19 -12 17
13 Santa Clara 18 4 5 9 19 36 10 4 3 3 12 18 8 0 2 6 7 18 -17 17
14 Moreirense 18 3 7 8 18 27 8 2 3 3 11 12 10 1 4 5 7 15 -9 16
15 Famalicao 18 3 7 8 22 32 9 1 4 4 6 13 9 2 3 4 16 19 -10 16
16 Vizela 18 3 7 8 16 30 10 2 4 4 8 13 8 1 3 4 8 17 -14 16
17 Arouca 17 3 5 9 17 33 8 3 1 4 10 18 9 0 4 5 7 15 -16 14
18 Belenenses 18 2 5 11 10 32 9 2 2 5 8 20 9 0 3 6 2 12 -22 11

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.