Finally a win and a deep breath in terms of points for Gil Vicente in the previous match when they won away from home against Moreirense with 0-1 and took their first three points after 7 matches. The visitors were better in the first half and took the lead with Gbagné in the 39th minute.

In the second half, Moreirense tried for the equalizer but did not create chances to trouble the goalkeeper of the visitors who responded whenever needed. Thus, the score remained 0-1.

Only the injured Rúben Fernandes is unavailable for the match against Arouca.

From the away draw 1-1 against Rio Ave, Arouca comes. The visitors had much more possession than Rio Ave but did not create a similar number of chances. In the 27th minute, they missed their biggest chance in the first half with Moukis missing in a one-on-one with the home team’s goalkeeper and Rio Ave opened the scoring in their first good chance in the 36th minute with Zokha. So the first half ended 1-0.

In the replay, Moukis equalized in the 47th minute while three goals from the home team in the 51st, 56th, and 59th minutes were disallowed for offside, while in the 77th minute, they hit the crossbar. This way, Arouca was able to secure the point.

Injury kept Esgaio out of the squad.