Benfica vs Gil Vicente betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on September 28th, 2024

Benfica and Gil Vicente will be playing against each other on Saturday, September 28th, 2024, at 19:30h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal football game in Portugal, check the Benfica vs Gil Vicente betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Benfica vs Gil Vicente will occur

The game will be played in the great Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium, in the city of Lisbon, with a capacity for 64642 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Benfica vs Gil Vicente betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.35 goals per match played.

Benfica last match

Benfica comes from a victory in the last match. The game against Boavista, valid for the Liga Portugal, ended with a 0-3. The team coached by B. Nascimento lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.18.

Vangelis Pavlidis has a lot to be proud of in this last match. He was one of the few inspired in the Benfica team in the game. With good plays, he was the key player in the team's victory.

Gil Vicente last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Gil Vicente, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Casa Pia team with a final score of 1-1.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.20.

Benfica vs Gil Vicente h2h

Benfica was in 2nd place in the Liga Portugal while Gil Vicente was in 9th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Benfica team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Gil Vicente used in the match.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 04-02-2024, in a match of the 2023/2024 season of the Liga Portugal, and the match ended with a 3-0 win for Benfica.

The Benfica team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Gil Vicente has been more irregular.

Benfica

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Benfica team with 13 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Which means that the team has an advantage of 1 point, in the 7th round, with the Santa Clara team in hot pursuit at 4th place.

Benfica analysis

After round number 6 in Liga Portugal, Benfica has 12 goals scored and 4 conceded.

Teams usually have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. Therefore, to control the game, the Benfica team usually tries to reach an average ball possession of 63.33%.

Winning once as the visiting team, the team’s record of 3 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws proves they are naturally stronger at home.

Benfica is a more offensive team than Gil Vicente, having 830 attacks vs. 474 from Gil Vicente, having scored 12 times. In comparison, Gil Vicente converted into goal 6 times.

Increasingly more in tune with his teammates, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who arrived at the club this season, made another fine performance in the team's last game. The midfielder was very good in the game against Boavista, being a key piece for Benfica.

Best goalscorer from Benfica

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Orkun Kökçü. He has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Benfica come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Gil Vicente

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Gil Vicente arrives in this game with 7 points, and in 9th place in the Liga Portugal, having won once in total and lost once, making a total of 4 draws.

Which means that in the 7th round, the team is ahead with the same number of points over Casa Pia team who is in the 10th place.

Gil Vicente analysis

Gil Vicente, with 6 goals scored and 7 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 6 rounds.

Recent performances have shown that Gil Vicente is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 1 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Best goalscorer from Gil Vicente

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Kanya Fujimoto. With 4 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Gil Vicente team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Gil Vicente scores an average of 0.33 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.7.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.67 corners per game.

Benfica is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 8.17 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Benfica in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.17 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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