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The market rates Gil Vicente at 16%, so we are 4 points higher than the price implies.
Our own numbers, from the goal rates the model fits for each side.
Our score is the one that fits the goals we expect, so it is not always the biggest percentage above: the single likeliest score is usually a low scoring draw, and even that lands only about 12% of the time. This is the model's working, not a tip. The bets it leads to are above.
How this scoreline is calculated
Braga
Form comparisonGil Vicente
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Braga mixed, Gil Vicente mixedThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
- 14 Feb 2026GIL Vicente2-1SC Braga
- 14 Sept 2025SC Braga0-1GIL Vicente
- 09 Feb 2025SC Braga2-0GIL Vicente
- 01 Sept 2024GIL Vicente0-0SC Braga
- 16 Mar 2024SC Braga2-1GIL Vicente
- 15 Oct 2026vsFC Copenhagen3-0L
- 09 Oct 2026vsSporting CP1-3L
- 20 Sept 2026vsSanta Clara0-0D
- 14 Sept 2026vsEstoril1-0W
- 10 Sept 2026vsEstrela2-1L
- 14 Oct 2026vsUnião Santarém2-3W
- 09 Oct 2026vsMoreirense0-1W
- 19 Sept 2026vsMaritimo1-1D
- 13 Sept 2026vsBenfica3-1L
- 06 Sept 2026vsAcademico Viseu0-1L
Braga vs Gil Vicente: form and season numbers
Braga take a form score of 4.3 out of 10 into this Primeira Liga fixture, against 5.8 for Gil Vicente. Braga have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5, while Gil Vicente have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in theirs. Across the season Braga average 0.8 goals scored and 0.9 conceded per game, Gil Vicente 1.2 and 0.9. Braga have kept a clean sheet in 60% of their matches this season, Gil Vicente in 50%. In their last 10 meetings Braga have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3. Braga sit 9th on 11 points, Gil Vicente 7th on 11.
Form, head-to-head and season statistics are free to read. The model's predictions for this fixture are in the cards above.
Braga vs Gil Vicente prediction: form gap meets a tight table
Two points separate nothing in the table but plenty in the trend lines here. Braga sit 9th on 11 points, Gil Vicente 7th on the same 11, and the gap between them is 2 places and precisely 0 points, yet one side arrives patchy and the other steady, which tells its own story heading into Monday's kick-off.
Braga's last 10 read W4 D3 L3 with 8 scored and 9 conceded, numbers dragged down by a 0-3 collapse away to FC Copenhagen in the Conference League and a 1-3 home defeat to Sporting CP, both inside the last fortnight. There are clean sheets in 6 of those 10 games, so the defensive record is not uniformly leaky, but scoring has been the issue: Braga have found the net in just 6 of 10, and the season profile backs that up with a failure to score in 40 percent of matches despite averaging 11.8 shots and 4.1 on target per game. A side averaging 1.14 goals and conceding 1.14 goals per game in the league is treading water, and the recent run suggests the dip is real rather than a blip.
Gil Vicente's underlying numbers are tidier across the board. Their last 10 shows W5 D3 L2, 12 scored, 9 conceded, with goals in 8 of those 10 outings and clean sheets in 5. The league figures confirm the shape: 0.86 scored and just 0.71 conceded per game, the best defensive return of the two and good enough for a +1 goal difference against Braga's level mark. Recent results have included a 1-0 win away to Moreirense and a 3-2 win away to União Santarém in the Taça de Portugal, alongside a 1-3 loss at Benfica and a 0-1 home defeat to Academico Viseu, so it is not flawless form, but the consistency of scoring and the tighter defensive record explain why Formatic's form band marks a clear gap in Gil Vicente's favour.
Head to head, the last 5 itemised meetings split 3 wins for Braga against 2 wins for Gil Vicente with one draw, including Gil Vicente's 2-1 win in February 2026 and Braga's earlier 2-0 and 2-1 home wins. Across the fuller 10-meeting sample the goals have been measured rather than plentiful, 1.9 per game, with both teams scoring in only 3 of those 10 and only 3 finishing above 2.5 goals, a pattern that fits a fixture more likely to be scrappy than end to end. The market makes Braga a solid favourite despite the shakier recent form, likely reflecting home advantage and Gil Vicente's own modest away scoring threat. Formatic's model leans the same way without being emphatic, rating Braga's draw no bet pick at a higher trust than the straight win, and backing the game to stay under 3.5 goals with real conviction. Expect a low-scoring, closely fought contest in which Braga's patchiness caps their ceiling but Gil Vicente's quieter away threat is unlikely to be enough to leave with all three points.
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