Sporting vs Gil Vicente Prediction, Preview, Predicted Lineups and Team News | Liga Portugal, 2025

Sporting vs Gil Vicente Preview

• Tournament: Liga Portugal
• Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade
• Date: 4th May

• Kick-Off Time: 07:30 PM GMT

  Sporting vs Gil Vicente is set to take place at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in a Liga Portugal fixture. The hosts are in commendable form since they have lost a league fixture in 2025. Sporting are in first place with 75 points in 31 games, winning 23 matches, drawing six and losing only two. Their form in the last five league games has been amazing, winning four and drawing one. Sporting cannot afford to lose since Benfica are tied with them on points but are only behind on goal difference.

  Gil Vicente on the other hand, have failed to make any improvement after the 2021-2022 season in which they finished in 5th place with 51 points in 34 games. Ever since that season, they have hovered around 13th to 17th place, implying that they are decent enough not to get relegated but not good enough to make it to the top 10. Currently they are in 14th place with 32 points in 31 games, winning eight games, drawing eight, and losing 15.

Sporting Team News

Sporting have a few injuries, but none of their first-teamers are missing for this one. Nonetheless, this is a crucial part of the season in which Sporting and Benfica are tied with 75 points and have three games left each. The injuries are namely Nuno Santos, Daniel Braganca and Hidemasa Morita.

Gil Vicente Team News

The visitors have a fairly healthy squad, and manager Paulo Cesar De Silva Peixoto is likely to field the same lineup that he did in their 1-0 win against Farense last weekend.

Sporting vs Gil Vicente Predicted Lineups

Sporting Predicted Lineup (3-4-2-1)

Goalkeeper: Silva

Defenders: Inacio, Diomande, Quaresma

Midfielders: Araujo, Viktor Gyokeres, Trincao

Gil Vicente Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Andrew

Defenders: Carlos, Elimbi Gilbert, Buatu Mananga, Cruz

Midfielders: Bamba, Caseres

Forwards: Correia, Fujimoto, Marques, Aguirre

Sporting vs Gil Vicente H2H Record

Sporting and Gil Vicente have faced each other 35 times in their history, with Sporting winning 24 times, whereas Gil Vicente has won five times.

Key Players To Watch In Sporting vs Gil Vicente

Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting CP)

Gyokeres is one of the most elite strikers in football right now and is very likely to secure a move to a big club in Europe next season. His statistics are truly exceptional this season scoring 38 goals and having seven assists in 30 Liga Portugal appearances and has 52 goals and 12 assists in 48 appearances across all competitions.

He has already surpassed his previous season tally of 43 goals and 15 assists across all competitions and 29 goals in 33 league appearances. Gyokeres is coming into this match after a hat-trick against Moreirense and four goals against Boavista in the last two league matches and is very likely to score atleast a goal against Gil Vicente.

Felix Correia (Gil Vicente)

The Portuguese international is a new arrival for Gil Vicente coming in last season and is already their best forward scoring eight goals and having four assists to his name in 30 Liga Portugal appearances.

Sporting vs Gil Vicente Prediction

Sporting have scored eight goals in their last two matches with an in form Viktor Gyokeres scoring seven of them. They have been unbeaten this year and lost a match against Gil Vicente back in 2019. The home stadium advantage and recent form puts the final nail in the coffin and Gil Vicente can only hope to get a draw and not concede a lot of goals.

Prediction: Sporting 3-0 Gil Vicente

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