About Match
Gil Vicente go into the game 9th in the table on 8 points; Santa Clara sit 4th on 15 — a 7-point gap. Against a league average of 1.37 goals per team per game, Gil Vicente run at 0.83 scored and 0.83 conceded, Santa Clara at 1.57 and 0.57. A win would lift Gil Vicente to 11 points and up to 5th (other results unchanged).
Defeat has not touched Santa Clara in 12 games. Gil Vicente have banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Santa Clara, 11.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 3 Gil Vicente wins, 6 for Santa Clara, 3 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
The match takes place at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in Barcelos (capacity 12,046).