Vitória Guimarães and Gil Vicente meet at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques, in a match for the 31st matchday of the Primeira Liga. Both teams tied (2‑2), on 15‑12‑2019, in the previous meeting for this edition of the league. Pay attention to the home factor, since Vitória Guimarães tends to achieve different results at home and abroad.
Vitória Guimarães :
After 10 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in 6th place, with 37 points won. In their last match, they defeated Paços de Ferreira by (1‑2), after having won by (2‑0) at home, in a match against Tondela. This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 27 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in his stadium, with 24 goals scored and 13 suffered. In their last 10 home matches for the championship, Vitória Guimarães has won 6 and lost 4, winning 18 points in 30 possible. His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 games in this competition, he only got 1 comeback in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Vitória de Guimarães team comes to this match in the fight for 5th place, which guarantees their presence in the next edition of the Europa League. For now, the team led by coach Ivo Vieira appears in seventh place in the league table, with 46 points, one behind Rio Ave and two behind Famalicão. On the last day, the Vimaranenses achieved the second consecutive victory, after the 2-0 victory at home, against Vitória de Setúbal. In the visit to the afflicted and penultimate classified Portimonense, the Guimarães group won with a single goal. It was Bruno Duarte, with a good header to respond to Sacko’s request from the right, to unlock the scoreboard, after the 67th minute, after a first half where Vitória had to suffer to keep his goal inviolable.
Gil Vicente :
The visiting team is currently in 9th position, with 30 points won, after 7 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Boavista, by (0‑1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Santa Clara, by (1‑1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 13 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses in his stadium, with 17 goals scored and 18 suffered. In his last 10 away games for the championship, Gil Vicente has recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, for which he has won 12 points out of 30 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not had great defensive strength, but its attack has marked regularly, since it has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (31′ ‑ 45 ‘).
Completing the season of returning to the elite of Portuguese soccer, Gil Vicente reaches this round very close to mathematically guaranteeing maintenance. In 11th place in the general classification, Barcelos’ team continues with 36 points, which gives them a nine-point advantage for the relegation zone, when only 12 will be in dispute. In the last round, the group led by coach Vítor Oliveira responded with defeat to the category, in the previous round, after visiting Sporting (2-1), winning Rio Ave, at home, 1-0. The hero of the match was the Brazilian Rodrigo, author of the game’s only goal, in the 39th minute, after a corner kick. From minute 54 onwards, Gil Vicente played in numerical inferiority, due to the expulsion of Rubén Fernandes, but had no difficulties in defensive control of the match.
PREDICTION: Vitoria Guimaraes to win @ 1,50
