Week 27 brings us a match on Mar 20th where Gil Vicente hosts Marítimo in a clash of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Gil Vicente, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sporting Braga. Henrique Gomes struck first for Gil Vicente in the 89th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Sporting Braga was frustrated by Gil Vicente’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gil Vicente ended the match with the shutout victory. Gil Vicente is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10, while marítimo is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Vitória SC. Nicolas Janvier struck first for Vitória SC in the 82nd minute on a feed from Geny, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Marítimo was frustrated by Vitória SC’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Vitória SC ended the match with the shutout victory. Marítimo is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 31st of October, Marítimo hosted Gil Vicente at the Estádio Dos Barreiros in their last match together. Gil Vicente won by a score of 2 to 1. Kanya Fujimoto struck first for Gil Vicente in the 28th minute, then Bruno Xadas got the equalizer for Marítimo in the 45th minute on a feed from Cláudio Winck.
Marítimo’s most prolific scorer has been Ali Alipour. The attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Fran Navarro has been the most prolific scorer on Gil Vicente in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.