Preview: Gil Vicente vs. Rio Ave - prediction, team news, lineups

Monday night's fixture successful the Primeira Liga brings america a mid-table conflict astatine Estadio Cidade de Barcelos wherever Gil Vicente volition beryllium playing big to Rio Ave.

These 2 sides are separated by conscionable a azygous constituent successful the league standings, with the hosts presently connected 18 and the visitors connected 19 aft 16 matches.

Match preview

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Gil Vicente closed 2024 connected an upward trajectory, with their past lucifer of the twelvemonth ending successful a 1-1 gully distant to Arouca, marking their 4th consecutive league crippled without defeat.

Mory Gbane opened his relationship for the play with the team's lone extremity successful that match, and it looked arsenic though Galos were en way to triumph until the 81st infinitesimal erstwhile Guven Yalcin levelled proceedings.

During their existent unbeaten run, Bruno Pinheiro's broadside besides held Sporting Lisbon to a goalless gully and bushed Nacional and Faranse, meaning they person the joint-third-best grounds successful the part implicit the past 4 matchdays.

The hosts person done their champion enactment astatine location this season, losing lone erstwhile successful 7 games astatine Estadio Cidade de Barcelos, portion earning 12 of their 18-point tally from the different six matches astatine the venue (W3 D3 L1).

However, Gil Vicente person struggled against their upcoming opponents successful caller seasons, having mislaid their past brushwood 3-0, marking their 4th consecutive lucifer without triumph dating backmost to April 2021.

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Meanwhile, Rio Ave failed to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 3 matches of December (W0 D1 L2), but managed to extremity the twelvemonth connected a affirmative enactment with a coagulated 2-1 triumph astatine location to Nacional past weekend.

Clayton erstwhile again led the squad by scoring some goals successful the match, taking his tally for the play to nine, which ranks 3rd successful the starring goal-scorer standings down Viktor Gyokeres and Samu Aghehowa.

The interaction of the Brazilian guardant has been immense for Vilacondenses this season, arsenic helium has netted much than fractional of the side's goals to day (nine of 17), including 5 successful their past six games.

While the visitors person been the amended broadside successful this fixture successful caller times, their distant grounds this word suggests that they mightiness find it hard to support their unbeaten grounds against this opponent.

In 8 league matches connected the road, Petit's broadside has failed to people a extremity successful six games and managed lone 1 win, which came against second-bottom Boavista astatine the commencement of November.

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Team News

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Gil Vicente person conscionable 2 players ruled retired for this lucifer owed to wounded successful the signifier of Angolan planetary Sandro Cruz (muscle) and South African midfielder Yaya Sithole (cruciate ligament).

Kazu has started each lucifer astatine left-back since Cruz's wounded and should clasp his spot successful the backmost 4 alongside Josue Sa, Ruben Fernandes and Ze Carlos, with Gbane operating successful the pivot.

Rio Ave could besides person 2 players sidelined done wounded for this match, with Jonathan Panzo lone expected to instrumentality from a genu contented successful a fewer weeks, portion Francisco Petrasso is flagged arsenic a doubt.

Brandon Aguilera was deployed successful a deeper relation alongside Demir Tiknaz against Nacional past clip out, and fixed the affirmative effect from that match, Petit whitethorn see the aforesaid maneuver here, which would spot Kiko Bondoso spouse Clayton successful attack.

Gil Vicente imaginable starting lineup:
Andrew; Carlos, Sa, Fernandes, Kazu; Garcia, Gbane, Caseres; Correia, Aguirre, Mboula

We say: Gil Vicente 1-0 Rio Ave

While Rio Ave are a constituent supra their upcoming opponent, their distant grounds this word has been dismal, arsenic they person mislaid 7 of 8 connected the roadworthy and failed to people successful six.

Gil Vicente were 1 of the champion teams implicit the last 4 matchdays of 2024 and they person been coagulated connected their location spot each season, conceding lone a azygous decision successful 7 games to date. We consciousness the hosts volition borderline the effect successful this one.

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