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Liga Portugal08/09/2026, 07:30 PM

Gil Vicente – Rio Ave1 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Gil Vicente
1.47
Total xG
2.25
Rio Ave
0.78
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorGil VicenteRio Ave
Defensive weakness (1.8 conceded vs 1 league avg)+0.84
Low-scoring league (2 goals/match)−0.50−0.50
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.6 goals/match)−0.28
Declining form (0.8 vs 1.5 season average)−0.23
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.8 goals/match)−0.10
Standings disadvantage (pos 12 vs 6, 6 places gap)−0.05
Standings advantage (pos 6 vs 12, 6 places gap)+0.04
Murilo de Souza Costa on the bench (11 goals, 4 assists)
Luís André Leite Esteves not in squad (4 goals, 8 assists)
Gustavo Miguel Pereira de Sousa Varela not in squad (6 goals, 3 assists)
64% of goal output missing (only 35% available)
Dario Spikic not in squad (2 goals, 3 assists)
Marios Vrousai on the bench (1 goals, 2 assists)
Jakub Brabec on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
Tamás Nikitscher on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
31% of goal output missing (only 61% available)
Weak away record (0.7 vs 1.1 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Depleted offense for Gil Vicente: Only 36% of active goals share is available with key players Murilo de Souza Costa and Luís André Leite Esteves missing
  • Tactical limitation: Both teams averaged only 3.6 and 4.0 shots on target per match in their recent games
  • Historical draw trend: All 4 recorded head-to-head matches in the database ended in a draw

Risks

  • Rio Ave missing key elements: Absence of Dario Spikic and Marios Vrousai leaves only 62% of their active goals share available
  • Declining offensive metrics: Gil Vicente scored fewer goals recently (0.8 goals) than their season average of 1.5 goals
  • Vulnerable away defense: Rio Ave conceded an average of 1.65 goals per game when playing away

All probabilities

Result
Gil Vicente52%
Draw30%
Rio Ave18%
Double chance
Gil Vicente or draw82%
Rio Ave or draw48%
No draw70%
Goals
Over 1.567%
Under 1.533%
Over 2.539%
Under 2.561%
Over 3.519%
Under 3.581%
Both teams score
Yes43%
No57%

Most likely scores

1:0
14%
1:1
14%
0:0
12%
2:0
11%
2:1
9%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Rio Ave: scored only in H2 in 3 consecutive games (4 of 8 total)
  2. Gil Vicente with Zé Carlos: 0.5 goals/game. Without: 2.5 goals/game (6 of 8 games)
  3. Rio Ave with Omar Richards: 0.6 goals/game. Without: 2 goals/game (5 of 8 games)
  4. Gil Vicente: 5 of 8 games without conceding in H1, but only 2 over 90 minutes
  5. Rio Ave: 68% of xG value comes in the second half (last 8 games with xG data)

Lineups

Gil Vicente 4-2-3-1 · Rio Ave 4-2-3-1

Gil Vicente
  • 30 L. Galdino de Azevedo
  • 47 R. Sousa Esgaio
  • 4 M. Elimbi Gilbert
  • 39 J. Buatu Mananga
  • 26 W. Moreira da Costa
  • 12 A. Sejr Lausen
  • 5 F. Cáseres
  • 11 J. Mango Fernandes
  • 10 S. Garcia Gonzalez
  • 20 G. Pinto Martins
  • 29 Carlos Eduardo
Rio Ave
  • 99 E. van der Gouw
  • 54 G. Liavas
  • 23 F. Petrasso
  • 39 G. Teixeira Lopes da Conceição
  • 6 N. Abby
  • 90 D. Santos Nascimento
  • 5 A. Ntoi
  • 30 R. Galčík
  • 8 R. da Silva Pae
  • 7 D. Bezerra de Oliveira
  • 11 J. Miller Blesa
Substitutes
  • 86 D. Ferreira Prioste
  • 45 D. Madeira Moreira
  • 6 J. Natário Ferreira
  • 27 A. Moreira Morales
  • 32 M. Fernández Benítez
  • 3 A. Espigares Morillas
  • 7 T. Chabrol Touré
  • 1 A. Picornell
  • 23 H. Hernández Marrero
  • 2 J. Silva
  • 44 T. Ferreira
  • 17 M. Vrousai
  • 77 D. Špikić
  • 22 K. Chamorro Rodríguez
  • 14 J. Brabec
  • 44 T. Nikitscher
  • 63 J. Lomboto Lompombi
  • 25 R. Genuino Lobato
  • 9 T. Folgado Monteiro
  • 68 C. Valença
  • 67 S. Alves
  • 70 A. Wenck
  • 79 M. Almeida Patrício

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