On the 1st of May, in this week 32 match, Gil Vicente will travel to Lisboa to battle Sporting CP in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Sporting CP is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Boavista. Matheus Luiz scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 37th minute, then Rodrigo Abascal Barros added another on an own goal in the 58th minute In the end, Boavista was frustrated by Sporting CP’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting CP ended the match with the shutout victory. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while gil Vicente is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Paços de Ferreira. Antunes scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira in the 52nd minute on a penalty, then Fran Navarro tied it up for Gil Vicente in the 73rd minute on a penalty squeezing out at least the one point for Gil Vicente. Gil Vicente is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio Cidade De Barcelos, Sporting CP took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Nuno Santos struck first for Sporting CP in the 53rd minute, then Inacio added another in the 64th minute In the end, Gil Vicente was frustrated by Sporting CP’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting CP ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Samuel Lino and Fran Navarro have been the hottest scorers for Gil Vicente in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Sporting CP is fortunate enough to have Pablo Sarabia in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals.