Porto vs Gil Vicente Prediction: Dragons to extend their winning streak

Porto will be gunning for an 11th-straight victory in the Primeira Liga on Monday as they host Gil Vicente at Estadio do Dragao (20:15 GMT). The Dragons are four points clear at the top of the table but they can extend their advantage to nine here.

Read on for my Porto vs Gil Vicente predictions, aided by the latest match odds and team news.

Team News

Luuk de Jong is still out with a knee injury for Porto, while Nehuen Perez and Tomas Perez remain out with Achilles issues.

Victor Froholdt will need to be assessed after picking up a knock to his foot in midweek against Viktoria Plzen.

Veteran defender Thiago Silva will be back in contention as he was unable to feature on Thursday as he isn't registered in their European squad.

Football Odds

For Gil Vicente, Facundo Caseres is expected to miss a second successive game through injury, while Agustin Moreira is set to miss his seventh-straight match after picking up an issue against Tondela in November

New addition Lucaocould be handed his debut between the posts here.

Today's Football Fixtures

Porto vs Gil Vicente Odds

To no one's surprise, Porto are the firm favourites to win this match, having won 17 of their 18 outings in the top flight this season. Each of their last four appearances in the league have featured a clean sheet, and the Dragons are 9/10 (implied probability of 52.6%) to win to nil.

Gil Vicente's past four away trips have ended in a stalemate, with the draw priced at 16/5.

The visitors are 8/1 to inflict a first defeat of the season upon Porto.

Samu Aghehowa is the hosts' top scorer in the league with 12 goals and he is 5/2 to score first on Monday.

Handicap +1 - Porto -1 @ 6/5

Porto have been having an exceptional season in the Primeira Liga, and their defensive record has played a huge part in that. The Dragons have dropped points in just one of their 18 appearances this term, while they have conceded just four goals in that period.

Thirteen of their victories have included a clean sheet, while there have been nine occasions this campaign where they have won games by a two-goal margin. This includes the reverse fixture against Gil Vicente, which they won 2-0 all the way back in August.

As well as this, Porto have won with a -1 handicap in each of their previous two home league appearances, and I do see this trend continuing on Monday night.

Which Team To Score - Only Porto @ 19/20

As mentioned earlier, Porto's defensive record is incredible and they have only been breached on four occasions this season in the top flight. Another selection of value which recognises this is by backing the Dragons to be the only team to score in the match, which has landed in 13 fixtures this term.

This was the case against Gil Vicente back in August, while the hosts are looking to land a fifth consecutive clean sheet in the league on Monday.

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