Gil Vicente vs Arouca Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Gil Vicente

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Gil Vicente will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-1 Primeira Liga triumph over Moreirense.

In that match, Gil Vicente had 30% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Gil Vicente was Mory Gbane (38'). Moreirense had 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Gil Vicente have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 against opposing sides over their last six outings. In those meetings, Gil Vicente have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 11.

Arouca

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In their previous fixture, Arouca drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga tie with Rio Ave.

In that game, Arouca had 60% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Arouca was Rafa Mújica (47'). Rio Ave got 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Joca (36') scored for Rio Ave.

The stats tell the story, and Arouca have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in all. Defensively, Arouca have some weaknesses to address. That trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, however.

Analysis of their past results shows that Arouca:

• haven't won against Gil Vicente when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 25/03/2018 shows that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Gil Vicente. They’ve not managed to get any victories whatsoever while Arouca have been the better of the two, winning in 67% of those match-ups.

In all, 14 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 3 for Gilistas and 11 being from Arouca. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 14 on 16/12/2023 and the score finished Arouca 3-0 Gil Vicente.

In that game, Arouca managed 49% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Rafa Mújica (45', 61', 78').

On the other side, Gil Vicente had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Manuel Oliveira.

ℹ️ Team News: Gil Vicente

Zé Carlos (unknown injury), Kiko (unknown injury) and Stanislav Kritsyuk (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Gil Vicente gaffer Vítor Campelos.

In our view, Gilistas will probably opt for a 4-3-3 system for the game, handing starts to Andrew, Alex Pinto, Gabriel Pereira, Jonathan Buatu, Leonardo Buta, Kanya Fujimoto, Mory Gbane, Maxime Dominguez, Felix Correia, Ali Alipour and Murilo.

📰 Team News: Arouca

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Arouca boss Daniel Sousa doesn’t have any fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

We reckon that Arouca appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation using I. De Arruabarrena, Bogdan Milovanov, Robson Bambu, Francisco Montero, Weverson, Pedro Santos, David Simao, Jason, Cristo Gonzalez, Miguel Puche and Rafa Mujica.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Arouca and Gil Vicente could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 20:04 25/04/2024