Wednesday , 4 November 2026

Gil Vicente FC vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2026-27
Gil Vicente FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Rio Ave FC
Sun 9 Aug 2026 · 19:30 UTC Estadio Cidade de Barcelos HT 45' · FT 45'
Hector Hernandez pen 87' 1–0
Facundo Caseres 32' Y
Y 45' Nelson Abbey
R 47' Andreas Ndoj
Y 85' Jakub Brabec
Y 90' Georgios Liavas
Ze Carlos 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Gil Vicente FC vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos.

Match Details

  • Referee Gustavo Correia
  • Assistant 1 Luciano Maia
  • Assistant 2 Andreia Sousa (Portugal)
6 games this season 🟨 5.3/game ⚽ 15.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 10 30
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 10 25
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 10 21
4 CD Santa Clara 10 21
5 FC Arouca 10 20
6 Academico de Viseu FC 10 20
7 Gil Vicente FC 10 15
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 10 14
9 Moreirense FC 10 14
10 FC Alverca 10 11
11 FC Famalicao 10 10
12 CF Estrela da Amadora 10 10
13 Vitoria SC 10 9
14 CS Maritimo 10 8
15 Rio Ave FC 10 7
16 Casa Pia AC 10 7
17 CD Nacional 10 7
18 GD Estoril Praia 10 2

Head-to-Head

4
6
3
Gil Vicente FC 13 games · Avg 2.1 goals Rio Ave FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-08-09 Gil Vicente FC 1–0 Rio Ave FC 2026-05-03 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Gil Vicente FC 2025-12-20 Gil Vicente FC 2–2 Rio Ave FC 2025-05-16 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Gil Vicente FC 2025-01-06 Gil Vicente FC 1–1 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Gil Vicente FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Aug Rio Ave FC H 1–0 W
16 May Sporting Clube de Portugal A 0–3 L
11 May FC Arouca H 1–3 L
03 May Rio Ave FC A 0–0 D
27 Apr Casa Pia AC H 2–1 W
18 Apr Vitoria SC H 0–1 L
Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Aug Gil Vicente FC A 0–1 L
16 May Casa Pia AC A 1–1 D
11 May Sporting Clube de Portugal H 1–4 L
03 May Gil Vicente FC H 0–0 D
25 Apr Vitoria SC A 0–2 L
17 Apr AVS H 2–2 D

Season Stats

Gil Vicente FC Rio Ave FC
#7 Position #15
15 Points 7
10 Played 10
4 / 3 / 3 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 7
8 Scored 9
7 Conceded 23
+1 GD -14
1.50 PPG 0.70
40% Win % 20%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Gil Vicente FC this season
10% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Gil Vicente FC are 7th (15 pts). Rio Ave FC are 15th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Gil Vicente FC
0-15
2/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/1
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/4
16-30
–/3
31-45
3/2
46-60
2/5
61-75
2/2
76+
1/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Gil Vicente FC
Hector Hernandez 3 G 1 A
Walace 2 G
Gil Martins 1 G
Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 3 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Estadio Cidade de Barcelos that hosts another battle between Gil Vicente FC and Rio Ave FC.
  • 5' Rio Ave FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 10' It looks surprising Gil Vicente FC does not make any changes. Ricardo Esgaio has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Rio Ave FC come into this ranked 7 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 19' Gil Vicente FC make a change. Weverson trudges off to be replaced by David Moreira on 19 minutes.
  • 24' Andreas Ndoj is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Gil Vicente FC so far.
  • 26' Tamble Monteiro is replacing Ryan Guilherme for the Rio Ave FC side.
  • 31' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gustavo suffering a number of foals already.
  • 32' Facundo Caseres catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 32.
  • 37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Gil Vicente FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 42' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 45' The referee shows Rio Ave FC player a card on 45.
  • 47' Rio Ave FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 47.
  • 50' The Rio Ave FC manager makes a substitution. Roland Galcik departs to be replaced by Tamas Nikitscher.
  • 55' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Gil Vicente FC and Rio Ave FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 60' Albania international Marious Vrousai has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 65' Gil Vicente FC make a change. Facundo Caseres trudges off to be replaced by Ze Carlos on 65 minutes.
  • 70' A quiet spell here at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos. Rio Ave FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 75' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Rio Ave FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 76' A change in the Gil Vicente FC ranks — Andreas Lausen exits the field as Hector Hernandez enters on 76.
  • 77' Gil Martins makes way for Tidjany Toure at the 77 minute mark. A tactical switch from Gil Vicente FC.
  • 82' Another change for Rio Ave FC made on 82 minute. Diogo Oliveira leaves to be changed by Dario Spikic.
  • 83' Rio Ave FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jakub Brabec is hanging Diogo Nascimento on the field on 83 minute.
  • 85' Jakub Brabec is having his name booked by the referee on 85.
  • 87' A stunning finish from Hector Hernandez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Georgios Liavas on 90 minutes.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Gil Vicente FC players.

Lineups

Gil Vicente FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Rio Ave FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 2
Joao Pedro Loureiro Costa 1
Hector Hernandez 1
Mehdi Taremi 1
Fabio Ronaldo 1
Rodrigao 1
Fabio Ronaldo 1
Filipe Augusto 1

Head to Head

2026-08-09 Gil Vicente FC 1–0 Rio Ave FC 2026-05-03 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Gil Vicente FC 2025-12-20 Gil Vicente FC 2–2 Rio Ave FC 2025-05-16 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Gil Vicente FC 2025-01-06 Gil Vicente FC 1–1 Rio Ave FC

Gil Vicente FC Form

2026-08-09 Gil Vicente FC 1–0 Rio Ave FC W 2026-05-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Gil Vicente FC L 2026-05-11 Gil Vicente FC 1–3 FC Arouca L 2026-05-03 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Gil Vicente FC D 2026-04-27 Gil Vicente FC 2–1 Casa Pia AC W 2026-04-18 Gil Vicente FC 0–1 Vitoria SC L

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-08-09 Gil Vicente FC 1–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-05-16 Casa Pia AC 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2026-05-03 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Gil Vicente FC D 2026-04-25 Vitoria SC 2–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-04-17 Rio Ave FC 2–2 AVS D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.35 Gil Vicente FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.63 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Gil Vicente FC54% Draw29% Rio Ave FC17%
Actual: Gil Vicente FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes36% 0% No64%
Avg goals/match: 1.98
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 84%
16%
± 1.5 59%
41%
± 2.5 32%
68%
± 3.5 15%
85%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Gil Vicente FC or Draw
83%
Draw or Rio Ave FC
46%
Gil Vicente FC or Rio Ave FC
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Gil Vicente FC35% Draw53% Rio Ave FC12%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
16.1%
1 – 1
12.5%
2 – 0
12.1%
2 – 1
7.8%
0 – 1
7.4%
3 – 0
5.4%
3 – 1
3.6%
1 – 2
3.5%
2 – 2
2.6%
0 – 2
2.5%
4 – 0
1.8%

Asian Handicap — Gil Vicente FC

Handicap Gil Vicente FC covers Push Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 16% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 27% 47%
-0.5 53% — 47%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 12% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Gil Vicente FC keeps clean sheet
54% ✓
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.