This weekend, soccer fans will have the opportunity to watch a heart-stopping match via live streaming as Sporting Lisbon host Gilberto Vicente. The clash will certainly be a big challenge for both teams, with Sporting Lisbon looking to continue their good record against Gilberto, while Gilberto are desperate for a win on the road to improve their league record.
Looking back at Sporting Lisbon's last match against Atalanta in the Europa League, they drew their opponents with a score of one to one. In that match, Sporting Lisbon showed good ball control, dominating 57% of the possession and getting 10 shots on goal, two of which were on target. Marcus Edwards scored for Sporting Lisbon in the 56th minute. On the other hand, Atlanta also had six shots, three of which were on target, and Gianluca Scamacca equalized for Atlanta in the 23rd minute.
Recent matches have shown that Sporting Lisbon have been able to maintain a solid performance on the offensive side of the ball, despite their lax defense. In five of their last six matches, Sporting Lisbon have made mistakes on defense, but they have also scored goals in all six of those matches. Despite these precedents, it remains to be seen if this trend will continue in the upcoming matches.
Sporting Lisbon have a couple of positive stats to back them up in their next matchup:
Unbeaten in their previous seven league matches against Gilvesant.
Going undefeated in their last 13 home league games is a remarkable achievement.
On the other hand, Gil Vicente drew their last match against Rio Ave with a score of one to one. In that match, Gil Vicente had 58% of the possession and two of their eight shots were on target. Miguel Montero scored for Gilberto Vicente in the 66th minute. Rio Ave, on the other hand, had 19 shots, seven of which were on goal, and Miguel Nobrega equalized for Rio Ave in the 56th minute.
Statistics show that Gilvesant has been outscored in five of their last six games, giving up a total of 13 goals. Clearly, Gilvesant needs to do better on defense.
Gil Vicente's past record shows:
They haven't won any of their last 11 away games against Sporting Lisbon, which is a very poor set of away records.
Without a win in their last 11 league away games, it's a horrendous stretch of winless away games.
A review of the all-time meetings between the two teams, with results from October 28, 2020 onwards, shows that these matches have been full of misery for Gilberto Vicente. They have failed to win any of them, while Sporting Lisbon have won 83% of these matches.
In total, the two teams have produced 19 goals in that time, with Sporting Lisbon scoring 15 goals, while Gilberto Vicente has scored 4. This translates to an average of 3.17 goals per game.
The last time these two teams met in the league was in the 25th round on April 5, 2023, when it ended with Gilberto Vicente 0:0 Sporting Lisbon.
On that day, Gilvesant had 44% possession and took 8 shots, 2 of which were on goal.
Against their opponents, Sporting Lisbon had 12 shots, seven of which were on target.
The judges for that bout are Nuno Almeida.
For Sporting Lisbon, coach Ruben Amorim has only one health issue to worry about, other than that he has a full squad to choose from. Ivan Fresneda is out with a shoulder injury.
Sporting Lisbon could go with a 3-4-3 formation for the match and the starting lineup could include Antonio Adan, Usman Diomande, Sebastián Coates, Luis Neto, Ricardo Esgayo, Morten Jurmand, Kuan Hidajima, Mateus Reis, Marcus Edwards, Victor Joceres, and Pedro Goncalves-Porte.
For Gilveston, coach Vitor Kampelos has only one player whose health is a cause for concern. Stanislav Krytchuk is unavailable due to an unspecified injury.
Gilberto Vicente is likely to opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation, with a starting lineup likely to include Andrew, Zé Carlos, Manuel López, Rubén Fernández, Kiko Vilas-Boas, Pedro Tiba, Maxime Domínguez, Katsuya Fujimoto, Martín Neto, Mario de Sousa and Rocco Baturina.
Prediction: For this match, we think that Gil Vicente might find a chance to score against Sporting Lisbon, although probably not more than the number of goals they will concede.
