📊 Form Guide

Gil Vicente

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Gil Vicente, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Primeira Liga triumph vs Moreirense.

In that game, Gil Vicente had 30% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Gil Vicente was Mory Gbane (38'). Moreirense had 16 attempts on 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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Previously, Arouca drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga match with Rio Ave.

In that game, Arouca had 60% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Arouca was Rafa Mújica (47'). At the other end, Rio Ave had 5 shots 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

Delving into their past head to head meetings stretching back to 25/03/2018 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Gil Vicente. They’ve not managed to register any wins at all whereas Arouca have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 67 per cent of those match-ups.

14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 3 from Gilistas and 11 netted by Arouca. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 14 on 16/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Arouca 3-0 Gil Vicente.

On that occasion, Arouca had 49% possession and 10 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Rafa Mújica (45', 61', 78').

Gil Vicente got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Manuel Oliveira.

📋 Team News: Gil Vicente

Stanislav Kritsyuk (unknown injury), Zé Carlos (unknown injury) and Kiko (unknown injury) will not be taking part for Gil Vicente boss Vítor Campelos.

In our view, Gilistas will possibly kick off with a 4-3-3 formation in the match with 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 completely healthy group to choose from, the Arouca manager Daniel Sousa has zero fitness worries at all coming into this game.

We are inclined to think that Arouca appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out 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.

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Andre Moura, 19:13 26/04/2024