Week 16 brings us a match on Jan 16th where Gil Vicente will host Vitória SC at Estádio Cidade De Barcelos in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 16th placed Gil Vicente is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Boavista. Yusupha Njie scored the first goal for Boavista in the 31st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gil Vicente couldn’t manage to score, and Boavista took the shutout win. Gil Vicente looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 6th placed Vitória SC is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Rio Ave. Neither Vitória SC nor Rio Ave could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Vitória SC should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Conceicao da Luz has been the most prolific scorer on Vitória SC in his last five matches with 2 goals. Fran Navarro has been the most prolific scorer on Gil Vicente in the last five matches with two goals.