Primeira Liga Gameweek 26 Sun, Mar 14 · 16:00 Estádio Do Dragão, Porto
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Away travel43 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
FC Porto—%
Draw—%
GIL Vicente—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Porto)

Forecast from 27 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for FC Porto and GIL Vicente. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

FC PortoGIL Vicente
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
80 Current StrengthIn forecast 34
74 AttackIn forecast 32
80 DefenceIn forecast 50
84 Form indexContext 46
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

FC Porto

Attack—
Defense risk—

GIL Vicente

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

FC PortoGIL Vicente
2.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
0.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.75
2.24 xGVia Att/Def 1.35
0.78 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.65
+0.26 Goals minus xGContext -0.35
100% Scored inContext 75%
50% Clean sheetsContext 50%
16.25 ShotsContext 13.50
6.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.75
40% On target shareContext 28%
11.25 Shots in the boxContext 8.50
71% Box shareContext 61%
15% ConversionContext 7%
2.71 OffsidesContext 1.57
10.25 Shots allowedContext 11.13
2.75 On target allowedVia Att/Def 2.75
2.75 BlocksContext 2.71
2.13 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.29
77% Save rateContext 76%
55% PossessionIn forecast 53%
426 PassesContext 472
363 Accurate passesContext 409
85% Pass accuracyContext 87%
7.05 Team ratingContext 6.82
13.88 FoulsContext 13.13
10.50 Fouls sufferedContext 11.75
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.25
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
2.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.90
0.90 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
1.75 xGVia Att/Def 1.15
1.13 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.89
+0.45 Goals minus xGContext -0.25
90% Scored inContext 70%
40% Clean sheetsContext 40%
14.60 ShotsContext 13.10
6.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.60
39% On target shareContext 28%
10.30 Shots in the boxContext 7.90
72% Box shareContext 58%
15% ConversionContext 7%
3.25 OffsidesContext 1.56
11.90 Shots allowedContext 11.60
3.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.20
2.80 BlocksContext 3.00
2.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.44
74% Save rateContext 71%
52% PossessionIn forecast 50%
416 PassesContext 447
351 Accurate passesContext 386
84% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.96 Team ratingContext 6.75
13.60 FoulsContext 13.00
11.50 Fouls sufferedContext 12.30
1.20 Yellow cardsContext 2.10
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

FC Porto
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km547 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 84 · 12 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · +1.9 vs expected
  • L14 OctA · Real Betis2–31.4 xPts
  • W10 OctA · Maritimo2–12.4 xPts
  • W20 SepH · Benfica3–11.4 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Casa Pia4–12.3 xPts
  • W4 SepH · Moreirense2–12.5 xPts
GIL Vicente
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel43 km2,454 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 46 · 7 pts vs 7.5 for an average club · +0.7 vs expected
  • W19 OctA · SC Braga2–10.8 xPts
  • W9 OctA · Moreirense1–01.3 xPts
  • D19 SepH · Maritimo1–12.0 xPts
  • L13 SepA · Benfica1–30.4 xPts
  • L6 SepH · Academico Viseu0–11.8 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
FC Porto GIL Vicente
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 5
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 7 Mar7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 7 Mar
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km43 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways547 km2,454 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

FC Porto Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Real Betis (A) 2–3, 14 Oct
99Diogo Costa(G)
74Francisco Moura 4J. Kiwior 13P. Rosario 52Martim Fernandes
10Gabri Veiga 22A. Varela 8V. Froholdt
11Pepê 19André Silva 17Borja Sainz
GIL Vicente Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs SC Braga (A) 2–1, 19 Oct
30Lucão(G)
45David Moreira 39Jonathan Buatu 4M. Elimbi 47Ricardo Esgaio
86Diogo Prioste 12A. Lausen
20Gil Martins 10Santi García 77Murilo
99M. Kaba

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
FC Porto Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
GIL Vicente Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

FC Porto · Home 3.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
4-0-0
Scored
2.25
Conceded
0.50
GIL Vicente · Away 1.75points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
2-1-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 6 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

5 FC Porto wins1 draws2 GIL Vicente wins
Goals per game1.88 – 0.88 Over 2.563% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 0%
  • 26 Jan 2026FC Porto3–0GIL Vicente
  • 18 Aug 2025GIL Vicente0–2FC Porto
  • 19 Jan 2025GIL Vicente3–1FC Porto
  • 10 Aug 2024FC Porto3–0GIL Vicente
  • 25 Feb 2024GIL Vicente1–1FC Porto
  • 23 Sep 2023FC Porto2–1GIL Vicente

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

FC Porto8 games · scored 20 · conceded 4
3 0-15
1 2 16-30
6 1 31-45
4 1 46-60
2 61-75
4 76-90
GIL Vicente8 games · scored 8 · conceded 6
2 1 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 1 31-45
1 46-60
1 61-75
2 3 76-90
FC Porto10 games · scored 22 · conceded 9
3 0-15
1 2 16-30
6 1 31-45
5 3 46-60
3 1 61-75
4 2 76-90
GIL Vicente10 games · scored 9 · conceded 12
2 2 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 2 31-45
1 46-60
2 2 61-75
2 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.