Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Gil Vicente (5th, 51 pts) and Belenenses (18th, 26 pts). Belenenses's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Against a league average of 1.31 goals per team per game, Gil Vicente ran at 1.38 scored and 1.24 conceded, Belenenses at 0.7 and 1.45.
Gil Vicente carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 11/15 points for Gil Vicente against 4/15 for Belenenses.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 1 for Gil Vicente, 5 for Belenenses and 3 drawn, at 1.44 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 11% of meetings.
Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in Barcelos, capacity 12,032, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.