Benfica 2–1 Gil Vicente — Primeira Liga 2025/26 Match Stats

Primeira Liga · 2025Fri, 26 Sept 2025, 19:15 UTCEstádio da Luz

Benfica

WDWWD

2–1Historical match

Gil Vicente

LDWWW

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Benfica won 2–1.

Shots: 1016
Shots on target: 48
Expected goals: 1.271.66
Possession: 47%53%

Full time

What the match recorded

Benfica beat GIL Vicente 2–1. Recorded in this match (Benfica – GIL Vicente): shots 10–16, shots on target 4–8, expected goals 1.27–1.66, possession 47%–53%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

moderate

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Benfica.

3 days ▲Rest daysBenfica · GIL Vicente5.09 days

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	Benfica	GIL Vicente	Baseline
Rest days	3 days	5.09 days	—
Matches last 14 days	4 matches	2 matches	—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Both teams have elevated corners records

moderate

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

4.5 corners/matchCornersBenfica · GIL Vicente● 5.43 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Benfica	GIL Vicente	Baseline
Corners	4.5 corners/match	5.43 corners/match	3.83 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Benfica show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Benfica's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

15.9 shots/match ▲ShotsBenfica · GIL Vicente14.6 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Benfica	GIL Vicente	Baseline
Shots	15.9 shots/match	14.6 shots/match	11 shots/match
Shots against	10 shots/match	11.3 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots10 shots16 shotsBenfica 10 shots, Gil Vicente 16 shots
Shots on target4 shots8 shotsBenfica 4 shots, Gil Vicente 8 shots
Expected goals1.27 xG1.66 xGBenfica 1.27 xG, Gil Vicente 1.66 xG
Possession47%53%Benfica 47%, Gil Vicente 53%
Corners0 corners7 cornersBenfica 0 corners, Gil Vicente 7 corners
Fouls14 fouls20 foulsBenfica 14 fouls, Gil Vicente 20 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards4 cardsBenfica 3 cards, Gil Vicente 4 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Benfica: 10 shots, 4 on target, 1.27 xG. GIL Vicente: 16 shots, 7 on target, 1.28 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Benfica 1.27 xG · GIL Vicente 1.28 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

5Benfica

0Draws

0Gil Vicente

28 Mar 2025Gil Vicente — Benfica · Primeira Liga0–3

28 Sept 2024Benfica — Gil Vicente · Primeira Liga5–1

4 Feb 2024Benfica — Gil Vicente · Primeira Liga3–0

26 Aug 2023Gil Vicente — Benfica · Primeira Liga2–3

29 Apr 2023Gil Vicente — Benfica · Primeira Liga0–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Benfica favored in 9 of 11 directional metrics · Gil Vicente in 1 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Benfica8 matchesGil Vicente7 matches

2 goals/match ▲Goals scored8/71.14 goals/match

0.5 goals/match ▲Goals allowed8/70.57 goals/match

2.02 xG/match ▲Expected goals7/71.38 xG/match

15.9 shots/match ▲Shots8/714.6 shots/match

5.88 shots/match ▲Shots on target8/74.57 shots/match

62.1% ●Possession8/746.3%

4.5 corners/matchCorners8/7● 5.43 corners/match

2.86 cards/matchCards7/72.86 cards/match

13.9 fouls/matchFouls8/715.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples8 / 7home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Fri, 26 Sept 2025, 23:15 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Primeira Liga

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance