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

Primeira Liga · 2025Mon, 2 Mar 2026, 20:15 UTCEstádio Cidade de Barcelos

Gil Vicente

LWWWL

1–2Historical match

Benfica

DWWWW

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

Match at a glance

Benfica won 1–2.

Shots: 1311
Shots on target: 53
Expected goals: 0.791.17
Possession: 49%51%

Full time

What the match recorded

Benfica beat GIL Vicente 2–1. Recorded in this match (GIL Vicente – Benfica): shots 13–11, shots on target 5–3, expected goals 0.79–1.17, possession 49%–51%. 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 above their season average.

2.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.44 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	2.2 goals/match	1.44 goals/match	1.27 goals/match

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

Both teams have elevated corners records

strong

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

5.6 corners/matchCornersGIL Vicente · Benfica● 6.31 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	GIL Vicente	Benfica	Baseline
Corners	5.6 corners/match	6.31 corners/match	4.12 corners/match

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

GIL Vicente show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

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

14.1 shots/match ▲ShotsGIL Vicente · Benfica17 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	GIL Vicente	Benfica	Baseline
Shots	14.1 shots/match	17 shots/match	12.3 shots/match
Shots against	10.3 shots/match	7.88 shots/match	13 shots/match

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots11 shotsGil Vicente 13 shots, Benfica 11 shots
Shots on target5 shots3 shotsGil Vicente 5 shots, Benfica 3 shots
Expected goals0.79 xG1.17 xGGil Vicente 0.79 xG, Benfica 1.17 xG
Possession49%51%Gil Vicente 49%, Benfica 51%
Corners5 corners3 cornersGil Vicente 5 corners, Benfica 3 corners
Fouls16 fouls12 foulsGil Vicente 16 fouls, Benfica 12 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsGil Vicente 2 cards, Benfica 3 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.

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on target
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GIL Vicente: 13 shots, 5 on target, 0.80 xG. Benfica: 11 shots, 3 on target, 1.18 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 0.80 xG · Benfica 1.18 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Gil Vicente

0Draws

5Benfica

26 Sept 2025Benfica — Gil Vicente · Primeira Liga2–1

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

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 0 of 11 directional metrics · Benfica in 11

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Gil Vicente25 matchesBenfica26 matches

1.44 goals/matchGoals scored25/26▲ 2.19 goals/match

0.96 goals/matchGoals allowed25/26▲ 0.54 goals/match

1.37 xG/matchExpected goals24/24▲ 1.93 xG/match

14.1 shots/matchShots25/26▲ 17 shots/match

4.68 shots/matchShots on target25/26▲ 6.27 shots/match

49.9%Possession25/26● 59.3%

5.6 corners/matchCorners25/26● 6.31 corners/match

2.58 cards/matchCards24/242.13 cards/match

13.8 fouls/matchFouls25/2610.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples25 / 26home / 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: Tue, 3 Mar 2026, 00:15 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

What the match recorded