Gil Vicente vs Sporting Prediction and Betting Tips | January 2nd 2026

Gil Vicente will welcome Sporting to the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the Primeira Liga on Friday. The hosts are fourth in the league table with 27 points. Leões are second in the standings and trail leaders Porto by five points.

Gilistas have endured a poor run of form, and they are winless in their last six games in the league. They were held to a fourth consecutive draw in their previous outing last week, playing out a 2-2 draw against Arouca. They went two goals down by the 12th minute, and goals from Pablo and Murilo de Souza Costa helped them level the score.

The visitors are unbeaten in the league since August. They extended their winning streak in all competitions to four games last week, defeating Rio Ave 4-0 at home. Luis Javier Suárez bagged a hat-trick, and Maximiliano Araújo scored in the 53rd minute.

Gil Vicente vs Sporting Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have crossed paths 52 times in all competitions. As expected, the visitors have the lead in the head-to-head record with 35 wins. Gilistas have eight wins, and nine games have ended in draws.
• They met three times last season, and Leões secured two wins. They last met in the league in May, and the visitors registered a 2-1 win.
• Three of the last six meetings between them have produced under 2.5 goals, with Sporting keeping four clean sheets.
• Gil Vicente have suffered three defeats in the league this season, with two of them coming at home.
• The hosts are winless in their last 13 meetings against the capital club, suffering 11 defeats.
• The visitors have the best attacking record in the league this season, scoring 46 goals, 25 more than the hosts.

Gil Vicente vs Sporting Prediction

Gilistas have drawn their last four games and will look to return to winning ways in this home game. Notably, they have failed to score in their last five home games in this fixture and will look to improve upon that record.

Jonathan Buatu is back from the Africa Cup of Nations after Angola were eliminated from the group stage and might be included in the squad for this crucial match.

Leões have won their last four games, scoring 17 goals, and will look to build on that form. They have won four of their last five meetings against the hosts, while keeping three clean sheets, and are strong favorites.

Zeno Debast, Nuno Santos, Daniel Bragança, Geovany Quenda, and Pedro Gonçalves are injured, while Ousmane Diomande and Geny Catamo are at the AFCON.

Considering the current form of the two teams and the visitors' recent record in this fixture, we back Leões to secure a comfortable win.

Prediction: Gil Vicente 1-3 Sporting

Gil Vicente vs Sporting Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Sporting to win

Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: Both teams to score - Yes

Tip 4: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes

Edited by Shubham Dupare