January 8th features a match where Gil Vicente will travel to Porto to battle Boavista in a meeting of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Boavista sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Porto. Ivan Marcano scored the first goal for Porto in the 41st minute, then Stephen Eustáquio added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Mehdi Taremi. Boavista is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Gil Vicente, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Santa Clara. Murilo scored the first goal for Gil Vicente in the 41st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Santa Clara couldn’t muster any offence and Gil Vicente ran away with the shutout win. Gil Vicente looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Gil Vicente won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Fran Navarro has been the most prolific scorer on Gil Vicente in the last 5 matches with three goals. Boavista is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Salvador Agra and Vincent Sasso each only have 1 goal in their last five.