Primeira Liga match preview: Gil Vicente versus Santa Clara

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Gil Vicente hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 16th position in the Primeira Liga table. Visiting Santa Clara holds 7th place with 25 pts.

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primeira Liga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Gil Vicente's struggle is real here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos with only 8 points collected from 9 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5. Three consecutive losses here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

In their previous game, the manager J. Soares Ribeiro led his Vicente to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Portimonense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sporting CP (1-2).

Gil Vicente aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Vicente's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Santa Clara form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.

Santa's previous game was their home loss versus Sporting Braga (0-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Maritimo at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Santa find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Santa Clara have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Santa Clara - Vicente 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Vicente won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Santa Clara has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Santa ClaraC. Carvalho da Silva Junior
C. Carvalho da Silva Junior
6 goals
VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
5 goals
Gil VicenteL. do Nascimento Rodrigues
L. do Nascimento Rodrigues
2 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Gil Vicente Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 10 19
4 2 2 Won W 1 5 7
4 2 1 Drew D 2 2 4
11 5 0 Lost L 1 3 8
15 7 3 Scored S 4 13 20
26 10 0 Conceded C 5 11 22
89% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
63% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 74%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 42%
16% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 11%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 53%
26% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 21%
32% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.3 2.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 11.1 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.3 10.5
3.1 3.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.4
25% 23% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 31%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primeira Liga
  • Gil Vicente has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santa Clara 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 Sporting CP 18 15 3 0 38 10 8 6 2 0 16 5 10 9 1 0 22 5 28 48
2 Porto 19 12 5 2 43 21 10 7 2 1 23 11 9 5 3 1 20 10 22 41
3 Sporting Braga 19 13 1 5 33 18 9 7 1 1 14 6 10 6 0 4 19 12 15 40
4 Benfica 19 11 5 3 33 17 10 7 2 1 18 8 9 4 3 2 15 9 16 38
5 Pacos de Ferreira 18 10 5 3 26 14 9 6 2 1 14 7 9 4 3 2 12 7 12 35
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 18 9 4 5 22 17 9 4 0 5 9 13 9 5 4 0 13 4 5 31
7 Santa Clara 19 7 4 8 20 22 9 2 2 5 7 11 10 5 2 3 13 11 -2 25
8 Moreirense 19 6 7 6 18 23 10 3 5 2 12 13 9 3 2 4 6 10 -5 25
9 Rio Ave 19 5 7 7 16 22 9 3 3 3 9 9 10 2 4 4 7 13 -6 22
10 Nacional 19 5 6 8 18 24 10 3 3 4 13 15 9 2 3 4 5 9 -6 21
11 Portimonense 19 5 4 10 18 24 9 4 2 3 11 8 10 1 2 7 7 16 -6 19
12 Belenenses 19 3 9 7 9 15 10 2 5 3 8 9 9 1 4 4 1 6 -6 18
13 Tondela 18 5 3 10 17 29 9 5 2 2 10 8 9 0 1 8 7 21 -12 18
14 Maritimo 18 5 2 11 17 26 9 2 2 5 6 12 9 3 0 6 11 14 -9 17
15 Farense 18 4 4 10 20 27 10 3 3 4 14 13 8 1 1 6 6 14 -7 16
16 Gil Vicente 19 4 4 11 15 26 9 2 2 5 7 10 10 2 2 6 8 16 -11 16
17 Boavista 19 2 9 8 19 32 9 1 2 6 6 16 10 1 7 2 13 16 -13 15
18 Famalicao 19 3 6 10 17 32 10 1 4 5 9 19 9 2 2 5 8 13 -15 15

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.