Week 15 brings us a match on Dec 18th, where Gil Vicente will play host to 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 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Gil Vicente is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Paços de Ferreira. Antoine Leautey struck first for Gil Vicente in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Giorgi Aburjania, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Paços de Ferreira couldn’t manage to score, and Gil Vicente took the shutout win. Gil Vicente is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sporting CP recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Boavista. Pablo Sarabia struck first for Sporting CP in the 53rd minute on a feed from Nuno Santos, then Nuno Santos added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Pablo Sarabia In the end, Boavista couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting CP ran away with the shutout win. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Sporting CP won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sporting CP’s most prolific scorer has been Pablo Sarabia. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Gil Vicente is fortunate enough to have Fran Navarro in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.