GIL Vicente vs FC Porto — Primeira Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 56′FC Porto, yellow card:Foul
- 59′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 60′GIL Vicente, substitution:off
- 60′GIL Vicente, substitution:off
- 60′GIL Vicente, substitution:off
- 63′FC Porto, goal:0–1
- 72′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 72′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 75′GIL Vicente, substitution:off
- 76′GIL Vicente, substitution:off
- 84′GIL Vicente, red card:
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Sainz goal lifts FC Porto past ten-man GIL Vicente
FC Porto extended their lead at the top of the Primeira Liga with a 1-0 win away to GIL Vicente at the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos on Matchday 9. Borja Sainz scored the only goal of a match that stayed goalless through the first half and was settled midway through the second.
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Porto controlled the ball, with 58% of possession, and forced eight corners to GIL Vicente's three, yet the breakthrough did not arrive until Sainz found the net in the 63rd minute. The home side, who managed two shots on target to Porto's four, could not find an equaliser and were left with a mountain to climb.
Their task became harder in the 84th minute, when Marvin Elimbi was sent off, leaving GIL Vicente with ten men for the closing stages. Porto saw the game out without alarm to claim all three points.
The result left Porto on 27 points from nine games, 13 clear of seventh-placed GIL Vicente, who stayed on 14 points. Porto next host Academico Viseu in the Taça da Liga on Wednesday, while GIL Vicente travel to Benfica in the same competition on Thursday.
Sainz scored the winning goal in the 63rd minute and was rated 7.87. Jan Bednarek was Porto's top-rated player on 7.9.
Porto won the corner count 8 to 3, underlining how much of the match was played in the home side's half.
FC Porto won 1–0 away against GIL Vicente (half-time 0–0).
GIL Vicente met FC Porto in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 19:30 UTC at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos. Referee: Luis Godinho.
Team pages: GIL Vicente · FC Porto · Primeira Liga
Key moments
- 63' Goal: Borja Sainz — 0–1 · Watch Borja Sainz's goal video (63')
- 84' Red card: Marvin Elimbi
Starting line-ups
GIL Vicente (4-2-3-1)
FC Porto (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave GIL Vicente 16%, the draw 22%, FC Porto 62%. It finished GIL Vicente 0–1 FC Porto.
Porto's strength gap drives a clear lead — We give FC Porto 62% because our strength rating has them clearly stronger, 1811 to 1534, which outweighs the usual home advantage GIL Vicente start with. The draw sits at 22%, close to the usual 21% for a gap this size, nudged up slightly because both sides' own recent games average 2.5 goals.
Why FC Porto at 62%?
FC Porto sit 277 points higher on our strength rating — 1811 to 1534. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge on the road won 65.7% of 6,277 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 17–22–61.
Why only 62%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 62% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and GIL Vicente at 16%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 21.4%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,297.
What did we measure but not count?
GIL Vicente have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). FC Porto won 4 of the last 6 meetings with GIL Vicente. The record is 4 wins for FC Porto, 1 draw and 1 win for GIL Vicente. These were 6 Primeira Liga games played at both grounds between 23 September 2023 and 26 January 2026. Latest meeting: 26 January 2026 — FC Porto 3–0 GIL Vicente. In 6,072 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.2%.
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About this match
On this page: the GIL Vicente vs FC Porto final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Primeira Liga fixture.
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