Sporting Lisbon vs Gil Vicente Predictions

• Sporting Lisbon have won all six of their home league games, scoring multiple goals in five
• Gil Vicente have lost all five of their away league games, conceding 12 goals in total
• Viktor Gyokeres has scored in six of his nine home appearances for Sporting this season

Sporting still prone to defensive lapses

Title-chasing Sporting Lisbon should bounce back from their derby defeat against Benfica in their last league contest when they entertain 11th-placed Gil Vicente on Monday evening.

Os Leoes led their Lisbon rivals for around 45 minutes of that clash, only to concede twice in stoppage time after being reduced to 10 men early in the second half.

Ruben Amorim’s side have since played twice, dispatching lower-league Dumiense 8-0 in the cup and earning a good 1-1 draw at Atalanta in the Europa League.

Edwards to return as Gyokeres seeks more goals

Marcus Edwards, who was dropped to the bench for Thursday’s game after being shaken up in a car accident, lit it up in the second half and looks set to be restored to the line-up, but Goncalo Inacio is suspended.

Viktor Gyokeres should get chances to improve on his seven-goal tally in the league against a Gil Vicente defence that has shipped 12 goals across their previous five away assignments.

The Roosters look set to be without central defender Gabriel Pereira and striker Depu again, but their approach to away games rarely changes and that should see a few goals scored.

Backing Sporting to win with at least four goals in the game appeals in this spot with each of Gil Vicente’s last two road losses featuring four or more goals as well as Sporting’s last home league win.