Soccer match preview: Porto confident before travelling to Gil Vicente

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Gil Vicente, who have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Primeira Liga, challenge Porto for praise and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have the most clean sheets (2) at home 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

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Gil Vicente's two home games in the Primeira Liga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos.

Gil Vicente drew their last game, 2-2 away at Vizela (placed 11th). Opportunity lost for Gil Vicente in the Vizela match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Vicente's goalie Andrew played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Vizela with a stunning seven saves. The striker Navarro was named "man of the match" for Gil Vicente with the rating of 7.15/10. Navarro scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that game, a home defeat in the Europa Conference League against AZ.

At Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Gil Vicente has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Porto form and stats

Porto are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primeira Liga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Porto are travelling again after losing away to Rio Ave in their previous match (1-3). That loss stopped this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; 27 games in all! Midfielder Pepê was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Pepê hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Before that, Porto secured a home win against Sporting CP with the score 3-0.

Porto have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Champions League fixture vs Atletico Madrid. A hard programme for the guests!

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Porto has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Porto have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (5-1-0) when facing Gil Vicente.

Top Goalscorers

PortoI. Marcano
I. Marcano
2 goals
PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
2 goals
PortoT. Martínez
T. Martínez
2 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Porto missing players

Gil Vicente Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 1 0 Scored S 1 2 10
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 10 8.5 6
4.8 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1.5 2.8
2.2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 21 18.8
3.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.5 6.2
20% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 40%
 
13 12.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 4 5 6.5
5.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.2
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Primeira Liga
Gil Vicente Last season Porto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
13 6   Won W   14 29
12 6   Drew D   2 4
9 5   Lost L   1 1
47 25   Scored S   36 86
42 19   Conceded C   11 22
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 82%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 65%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 38%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 21%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
32% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 47%
18% 24%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.5
5 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 3.1
2.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
4 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
12.7 14.9   Shots (avg) S (   16.6 17.3
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 6.1
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 42%
 
14 12.2   Shots against (avg) S A   7.2 6.9
4.1 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.6 2.1

  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 Braga 4 3 1 0 17 3 2 1 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 9 0 14 10
2 Benfica 3 3 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 8 9
3 Porto 4 3 0 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 6 9
4 Portimonense 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
5 Estoril 4 2 1 1 7 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 7
6 Chaves 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 7
7 Casa Pia 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
8 Vitória SC 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
9 Boavista 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -3 6
10 Arouca 4 2 0 2 3 11 2 1 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 -8 6
11 Vizela 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
12 Gil Vicente 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
13 Sporting CP 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 6 -2 4
14 Rio Ave 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
15 Famalicao 4 1 1 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 4
16 Santa Clara 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
17 Pacos de Ferreira 3 0 0 3 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -7 0
18 Maritimo 4 0 0 4 2 13 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 10 -11 0
Last season 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 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitória SC 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26

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.