Gil Vicente – Arouca Prediction & Picks (25.03.2018)

Gil Vicente and Arouca meet at the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos, in Barcelos, in a match for the 29th round of the Portuguese second division. The history of clashes between the two teams favors Arouca: in the last 7 games played, in several competitions, the visiting team won 4 wins and 3 draws. In the first half of the championship Arouca defeated Gil Vicente 1-0.

Gil Vicente:

The team led by coach Pedro Ribeiro for this game with a victory in the Benfica B field, 1-2, adding the according win in the last three games played. To emphasize that the landlords are not going through a good time, since they add only 2 wins in the last 10 games. At this time Gil Vicente occupies the 18th position in the championship, with 30 points, after 7 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses.

As for goals played at home, Gil Vicente scored on average 1 goal and suffered 1.07 goals per game, thus showing competition in the defensive sector, however, several failures also in the finalization. It is important to underline that 57% of the matches played in this stadium ended with more than two goals on the scoreboard.

In addition, the team of the city of Barcelos opened the scoring on 5 occasions inside the home, but in 4 of these games was winning at the end of the 90 ‘. To point out that Gil Vicente’s best period at home is in the first 30 ‘, at which point he suffered 8 goals and scored only 2. The striker Rui Miguel is the best scorers of the premises, with 6 goals.

Arouca:

The Arouca comes to this match with a win at home over the Academic, 1-0, thus adding the third straight game without losing in this competition. In the last 10 games played, the visitors added only one defeat. At this time the visitors occupy the 4th position of the championship, with 50 points, after 14 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses.

In the 14 games played away from home, the team led by Miguel Leal scored an average of 1.07 goals and suffered 1.36 goals per game, which is why the weaknesses of the visiting team in both sectors are evident. Of note that 57% of games in this condition ended with less than two goals on the scoreboard.

The worst period of the visitors in the opponent’s field is between the 76 ‘and the 90’, when they suffered 6 goals and scored only 3. It is important to underline that Arouca opened the scoring on 5 occasions, away from home, being that in 4 of those games he won at the end of the 90 ‘. Roberto is the best score of this formation, with 7 goals scored.