Sporting vs Gil Vicente Match Preview

Sporting Lisbon welcomes Gil Vicente in the eighth round of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

The hosts are coming off a 2-1 away defeat at Boavista in a match where their opponents took the lead twice. Their record so far has been poor as with three wins, one draw, and three losses in seven matches they are just above the middle of the table. They will no doubt have a tough time against Gil Vicente as they will have three important missings in the defensive line, the most important among them is the one of captain Coates.

On the other hand, the visitors in the last five league games lost only to the champions Porto while scoring six times in them. This is a team that enjoys having ball possession and creating chances so it won't be a surprise if they create problems and score against the Lisbon Lions.

In conclusion, I expect a game in which both teams will have scoring chances since their defensive lines are not made of "granite". In addition, the away team will be without their first-choice goalkeeper but they can definitely score a goal, so I will stake 7 units on both teams to score at odds of 2.06 which I consider very high for this match.