Benfica 3-1 GIL Vicente: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

Benfica bring excellent form and a formidable home setting into a fixture they have controlled repeatedly in recent seasons. Gil Vicente have made a respectable start, but their lack of away attacking output and the latest absences make this a much harder assignment. The visitors’ defensive organisation and wide transitions are their route to resistance; Benfica’s territorial pressure is the defining matchup. Rotation is the main complication, with major European and domestic tests immediately ahead for the hosts.

Head-to-head analysis

This has been a strongly Benfica-favoured fixture across the recent series, with the hosts repeatedly finding multiple ways through Gil Vicente. Gil Vicente’s last success in the matchup is now well in the past, adding psychological weight to an already difficult away task.

Injuries and absences

The latest reporting names Bah and Umeh as Benfica absentees, affecting depth around the right side and attacking group. Gil Vicente’s reported absences, including loanee Prioste, reduce their options for maintaining midfield intensity and defensive coverage across a long spell without the ball.

Form (last 5)

Benfica vs GIL Vicente stats

Last meetings

• 2026-03-02GIL Vicente 1-2 Benfica
• 2025-09-26Benfica 2-1 GIL Vicente
• 2025-03-28GIL Vicente 0-3 Benfica
• 2024-09-28Benfica 5-1 GIL Vicente
• 2024-02-04Benfica 3-0 GIL Vicente
• 2023-08-26GIL Vicente 2-3 Benfica

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