VS
Benfica and GIL Vicente bring a Primeira Liga matchup with a clear Benfica advantage, though GIL Vicente have shown they can interrupt it. Benfica won 2–1 away on 2 March 2026 and 5–1 at home on 28 September 2024, while GIL Vicente won 2–1 away on 2 February 2022. A 3–0 Benfica victory at GIL Vicente on 28 March 2025 reinforces the wider hierarchy.
Past matches, Benfica vs GIL Vicente
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Benfica
-
3D
-
22F
-
30M
-
34D
-
72F
-
13M
-
36M
-
11F
-
16M
-
10M
-
1G
-
8M
GIL Vicente Substitutes
-
F
17
-
M
19
-
F
7
-
D
3
-
M
32
-
M
10
-
F
99
-
M
82
-
F
11
-
G
94
-
D
2
-
D
22
Match events
-
7'⚽Hector Hernandez Normal Goal (Asst: Gil Pinto Martins)
-
12'Enzo Barrenechea Yellow Card
-
26'Hector Hernandez Yellow Card
-
29'⚽Vangelis Pavlidis Normal Goal
-
56'Santiago García González Agustín Moreira
-
56'Mohamed Kaba Hector Hernandez
-
58'Fredrik Aursnes Leandro Barreiro
-
58'João Palhinha Enzo Barrenechea
-
63'João Palhinha Yellow Card
-
70'Lucão Yellow Card
-
72'Claudio Echeverri Andreas Schjelderup
-
72'Dodi Lukebakio Rafa Silva
-
81'José Silva David Moreira
-
81'Tidjany Chabrol Toure Gil Pinto Martins
-
81'Jhon Durán Daniel Banjaqui
-
87'⚽Vangelis Pavlidis Penalty
-
88'Antonio Espigares Marvin Elimbi Gilbert
-
90' +3⚽Gianluca Prestianni Normal Goal (Asst: Claudio Echeverri)
-
90' +5Ricardo Esgaio Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Benfica VS GIL Vicente
Benfica set the wider standard
Benfica’s broader position is supported by wins at home and away. Benfica won 2–1 at GIL Vicente on 2 March 2026 and 3–0 there on 28 March 2025, then added a 5–1 home victory on 28 September 2024. Those results establish Benfica as the stronger side in the pairing, with margins that range from controlled to emphatic across the two venues. The direction is clear across the two grounds. The pattern is unmistakable.
GIL Vicente keep a counterpoint
GIL Vicente’s 2–1 away win at Benfica on 2 February 2022 is the important interruption. It shows that GIL Vicente can overturn the expected order, even though Benfica carry the much broader balance. That result gives the challenger a clear example to draw on without changing the central hierarchy. Future meetings will ask whether Benfica can turn their advantage into another decisive result or GIL Vicente can produce another surprise.