Match Report
Gil Vicente edged past Rio Ave 1-0 on 9 August 2026. Héctor Hernández opened the scoring from the penalty spot late on, in the 87th minute for Gil Vicente to make it 1-0. Andreas Ndoj (47') was sent off. Facundo Cáseres (32'), Nelson Abbey (45'), Jakub Brabec (85') and Georgios Liavas (90') were booked. Héctor Hernández scored after coming off the bench. On our current Elo ratings the gap is a modest one: Gil Vicente are 72 points stronger than Rio Ave. On current ratings the model favours Gil Vicente at 57.1% in this pairing, and Gil Vicente won this one. Gil Vicente won this pairing for the first time in our records, after 2 meetings without a win.