Betting preview: Gil Vicente faced with a tough challenge when Sporting CP visits

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (12032 seats)

Hey! Here's all you need and want to know about the Primeira Liga fixture Gil Vicente - Sporting CP!

Insights:
  • Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Primeira Liga

The visiting Sporting CP played their last game only four days ago, a League Cup match. That game, against Penafiel, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sporting CP.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Gil Vicente have collected 8 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 2-2-3.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Vicente, as their goalkeeper Ziga Frelih has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Primeira Liga.

A good away victory last time out for Vicente, who won 1-0 against Pacos de Ferreira (placed 14th). Manager Soares Ribeiro felt very clever after Leautey scored the winning goal against Pacos de Ferreira, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute. A late climax in the match against Pacos de Ferreira as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Leautey. Defender Talocha got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.73/10. Talocha hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match, Vicente won a home game hosting Famalicao (4-0).

Gil Vicente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos with 11 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Vicente have conceded 8 goals.

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Sporting CP form and stats

The strength of Sporting CP on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 Primeira Liga away games. Sporting CP has 5-1-0 on the road, with 11 goals scored and 4 conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Sporting CP as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.

Sporting CP play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Penafiel.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Boavista in the Primeira Liga.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Taça De Portugal trip to Casa Pia.

Sporting CP has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Sporting CP are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gil Vicente one win, zero draws and Sporting CP nine victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
9 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
5 goals
Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
4 goals

Gil Vicente missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Gil Vicente Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 1 6 14
5 2 0 Won W 1 5 12
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 3 3 Lost L 0 0 0
20 11 1 Scored S 2 11 24
15 8 5 Conceded C 1 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 71%
50% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 29%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 36%
29% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 64%
21% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.8 6.6
4.4 4.4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 3.2
3.2 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.7 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 14.3 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.3 15
5.1 5.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 5.8 6.1
28% 30% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 31% 28%
 
14.6 15.1 17.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.3 8.1
3.9 4 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 2.4
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.
  • Sporting CP have not yet lost a game.
  • Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting CP have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (9) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 12 2 0 34 8 7 7 0 0 19 3 7 5 2 0 15 5 26 38
2 Sporting CP 14 12 2 0 24 5 8 7 1 0 13 1 6 5 1 0 11 4 19 38
3 Benfica 14 11 1 2 39 11 6 4 0 2 14 7 8 7 1 0 25 4 28 34
4 Sporting Braga 14 7 4 3 23 16 7 4 2 1 15 6 7 3 2 2 8 10 7 25
5 Estoril 14 6 6 2 19 13 6 1 4 1 7 7 8 5 2 1 12 6 6 24
6 Portimonense 14 7 2 5 14 12 7 2 1 4 4 8 7 5 1 1 10 4 2 23
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 14 6 4 4 21 15 7 4 1 2 14 8 7 2 3 2 7 7 6 22
8 Gil Vicente 14 5 5 4 20 15 7 2 2 3 11 8 7 3 3 1 9 7 5 20
9 Maritimo 14 3 5 6 17 19 7 2 3 2 10 8 7 1 2 4 7 11 -2 14
10 Vizela 13 2 7 4 14 21 6 1 4 1 6 6 7 1 3 3 8 15 -7 13
11 Arouca 14 3 4 7 15 24 7 3 1 3 10 12 7 0 3 4 5 12 -9 13
12 Tondela 13 4 0 9 19 28 6 3 0 3 12 12 7 1 0 6 7 16 -9 12
13 Boavista 14 2 6 6 16 25 7 2 4 1 10 8 7 0 2 5 6 17 -9 12
14 Pacos de Ferreira 14 2 5 7 10 19 8 1 3 4 6 10 6 1 2 3 4 9 -9 11
15 Famalicao 14 2 4 8 17 28 7 0 3 4 5 13 7 2 1 4 12 15 -11 10
16 Santa Clara 14 2 4 8 12 30 7 2 2 3 6 14 7 0 2 5 6 16 -18 10
17 Moreirense 13 1 6 6 14 23 7 1 3 3 10 12 6 0 3 3 4 11 -9 9
18 Belenenses 13 1 5 7 7 23 7 1 2 4 5 15 6 0 3 3 2 8 -16 8

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.