Gil Vicente vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction and Betting Tips | December 22nd 2024

Gil Vicente will host Sporting Lisbon at the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos on Sunday in another round of the 2024-25 Primeira Liga campaign. The home side have picked up important points in recent games and now sit 10th in the league table with 16 points from 14 matches as they continue their hunt for a first top-half league finish since the 2021-22 campaign.

They beat Farense 1-0 in their last match and were largely uninspiring but profited from a second-half own goal to secure their first victory at the Estadio de Sao Luis since January 2016.

Sporting, meanwhile, have been largely unconvincing under new head coach Joao Pereira but remain atop the Primeira Liga standings and will be looking to retain the spot this weekend. They beat Boavista 3-2 in their last league outing before securing a spot in the Taca de Portugal quarterfinals days later following a 2-1 extra-time win over Santa Clara.

The Champions have picked up 36 points from 14 league games this season and sit just one point above Benfica in second place, a gap they will hope to widen come Sunday.

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Gil Vicente vs Sporting Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 48 meetings between Gil Vicente and Sporting. The home side have won seven of those games while the visitors have won 33 times with their other eight matchups ending in draws.
• The visitors have won their last two games in this fixture and are undefeated in their last 10, a run dating back to 2019.
• Only one of Galos' six league defeats this season has come at the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos.
• The Lions are the highest-scoring side in the Primeira Liga this season with a goal tally of 43.

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Gil Vicente vs Sporting Prediction

Gil Vicente are on a run of back-to-back victories after losing four of their previous five matches. They have lost just one of their last eight home games and will be hopeful of a positive result this weekend.

Sporting have also won their last two matches after losing their four games prior. They have lost their last two away matches but should have more than enough to win this one.

Prediction: Gil Vicente 1-3 Sporting Lisbon

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Gil Vicente vs Sporting Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Sporting Lisbon to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Eight of the last nine matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of the visitors' last six matches)