Gil Vicente 2–2 Rio Ave — Primeira Liga 2025/26 Match Stats

Primeira Liga · 2025Sat, 20 Dec 2025, 18:00 UTCEstádio Cidade de Barcelos

Gil Vicente

DDLDD

2–2Historical match

Rio Ave

DDWWL

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

Match at a glance

Gil Vicente and Rio Ave drew 2–2.

Shots: 233
Shots on target: 52
Expected goals: 1.270.27
Possession: 55%45%

Full time

What the match recorded

GIL Vicente and Rio Ave drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (GIL Vicente – Rio Ave): shots 23–3, shots on target 5–2, expected goals 1.27–0.27, possession 55%–45%. 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.

GIL Vicente's recent record differs from the season

moderate

GIL Vicente's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.25 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.8 goals/match	1.25 goals/match	1.25 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

GIL Vicente show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

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

13.6 shots/match ▲ShotsGIL Vicente · Rio Ave9.94 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	GIL Vicente	Rio Ave	Baseline
Shots	13.6 shots/match	9.94 shots/match	12 shots/match
Shots against	10.5 shots/match	16.4 shots/match	12.9 shots/match

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

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Rio Ave.

7.1 days ▲Rest daysGIL Vicente · Rio Ave7 days

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: previous 14 days

Metric	GIL Vicente	Rio Ave	Baseline
Rest days	7.1 days	7 days	—
Matches last 14 days	2 matches	3 matches	—

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots23 shots3 shotsGil Vicente 23 shots, Rio Ave 3 shots
Shots on target5 shots2 shotsGil Vicente 5 shots, Rio Ave 2 shots
Expected goals1.27 xG0.27 xGGil Vicente 1.27 xG, Rio Ave 0.27 xG
Possession55%45%Gil Vicente 55%, Rio Ave 45%
Corners10 corners1 cornerGil Vicente 10 corners, Rio Ave 1 corner
Fouls16 fouls16 foulsGil Vicente 16 fouls, Rio Ave 16 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards5 cardsGil Vicente 3 cards, Rio Ave 5 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
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size = xG

GIL Vicente: 23 shots, 5 on target, 1.26 xG. Rio Ave: 4 shots, 3 on target, 0.46 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: GIL Vicente 1.26 xG · Rio Ave 0.46 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Gil Vicente

3Draws

2Rio Ave

16 May 2025Rio Ave — Gil Vicente · Primeira Liga1–1

6 Jan 2025Gil Vicente — Rio Ave · Primeira Liga1–1

6 Apr 2024Rio Ave — Gil Vicente · Primeira Liga3–0

12 Nov 2023Gil Vicente — Rio Ave · Primeira Liga1–1

12 Mar 2023Rio Ave — Gil Vicente · Primeira Liga2–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Gil Vicente favored in 8 of 11 directional metrics · Rio Ave in 0 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Gil Vicente16 matchesRio Ave16 matches

1.25 goals/matchGoals scored16/161.31 goals/match

0.63 goals/match ▲Goals allowed16/161.56 goals/match

1.24 xG/match ▲Expected goals15/151.02 xG/match

13.6 shots/match ▲Shots16/169.94 shots/match

4.19 shots/matchShots on target16/164.19 shots/match

49.8% ●Possession16/1647.1%

5.69 corners/match ●Corners16/164.13 corners/match

3.07 cards/matchCards15/153.53 cards/match

15.3 fouls/matchFouls16/1614.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples16 / 16home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence 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: Sat, 20 Dec 2025, 22:00 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

What the match recorded

GIL Vicente's recent record differs from the season