Gil Vicente edged Rio Ave 1-0 in a tense Primeira Liga meeting, with the decisive goal arriving three minutes from time. The home side controlled much of the contest and made their pressure count late on after Rio Ave had been reduced to ten men.
Andreas Ndoj was shown a red card in the 47th minute, leaving Rio Ave to defend deep for the rest of the match. Gil Vicente kept pushing and finally broke through when Hector Hernandez scored in the 87th minute to make it 1-0.
The stats underline Gil Vicente's dominance: they had 64% possession and 12 shots to Rio Ave's six, with an expected goals figure of 1.50 against 0.31. Even so, the winning goal did not arrive until the closing stages, and Rio Ave's goalkeeper made three saves to keep the deficit at one.
