Sporting looking to build on strong start against Gil Vicente
Sporting CP vs Gil Vicente - 04/12/2023
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All eyes will be on Estadio Jose Alvalade on Monday evening as Sporting CP entertain Gil Vicente in an intriguing Liga Portugal clash.
With 11 matches in the books, second-placed Sporting and first-placed Benfica are locked on 28 points, with third-placed Porto sitting three points behind.
Meanwhile, Gil Vicente find themselves 11th in the table – 17 points behind Sporting and only two points clear of the bottom three.
On Thursday, Sporting played out a 1-1 draw with Atalanta in Italy, booking their place in the Europa League knockout phase in the process.
The midweek draw followed an 8-0 thrashing of Dumiense in the fourth round of the Taca de Portugal, with Paulinho netting a hat-trick last weekend.
In the league, Sporting have lost just one of their 11 games this season, securing nine wins and one draw to remain level with Benfica at the summit.
It is also worth noting that Sporting have scored in each of their last 21 home league games, netting over 1.5 goals in their previous four.
As for Gil Vicente, they claimed a 1-0 victory over Serpe in the Taca de Portugal last time out, setting up a last-16 clash with Amarante FC.
Unfortunately, though, Gil Vicente have struggled in the league of late, failing to win any of their previous four matches, despite scoring seven goals.
In terms of the bigger picture, Gil Vicente have managed to win just three of their 11 Liga Portugal clashes this term, while only three teams have suffered more defeats.
Although Gil Vicente have scored the same number of goals as Sporting (23), they have conceded 11 goals more than the title chasers.
Head-to-head: Sporting have avoided defeat in each of their last eight meetings with Gil Vicente, picking up seven wins and one draw in that time.
To make matters worse for the visitors, they have only managed to win one of their previous 14 league matches against Sporting, suffering 12 defeats in the process.
Team news: Top scorer Viktor Gyokeres has bagged 13 goals and six assists in 16 appearances for Sporting this season, while Pedro Goncalves has notched five goals and four assists.
On the flip side, Maxime Dominguez has registered five goals and three assists for Gil Vicente, with Kanya Fujimoto contributing four goals and five assists.
When you couple Sporting’s strong form with Gil Vicente’s poor record in this fixture, all the signs point towards a home win on Monday.
Forebet predicts that both teams will score at Estadio Jose Alvalade. However, Sporting are expected to outscore Gil Vicente.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Pt1
662212
1
2 - 1
3.73
14°
1.17
1.17
7.00
12.00
no
no
no
3 - 1(1 - 1)
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