Santa Clara and Vitória Guimarães meet at Estádio de São Miguel, in a match for the 34th matchday of the Primeira Liga. Vitória Guimarães won at home by (1‑0) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 18‑01‑2020. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which registers 3 wins and 1 losses in the last 4 matches. The home advantage may play an important role in this match, since Vitória Guimarães presents considerable differences in results at home and as a visitor.
Santa Clara :
After 8 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, the home team is currently in 10th position, with 30 points won. In their last match, they tied with Gil Vicente away by (1‑1), after in the previous match they lost (0‑2) at home, in a match against Porto. This is a team that presents similar results at home and away, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Santa Clara conquered 13 points in 30 possible, after 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats in the last 10 matches played in their stadium. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (5 in 12 games). His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and never got the comeback.
The Santa Clara arrives on the last day of the LIGA NOS with the feeling of having fulfilled duty. The maintenance goal was positively achieved early and the team led by coach João Henriques has 42 points, the same as Gil Vicente, ranking tenth in the leaderboard. After reacting to a streak of three consecutive defeats with a 3-0 win over Aves, Santa Clara responded very positively on the last day by tying (2-2) on the trip to Vila do Conde, against Rio Ave, the who seriously compromised his qualification aspirations for European competitions. Losing at minute 23, he reached the tie through Zé Manuel in the first half, at 45 ‘, reaching the comeback at minute 69, by Fábio Cardoso. In the final part, Rio Ave benefited from a penalty and established the final result at 2-2.
Vitória Guimarães :
The visiting team is currently in 6th position, with 37 points won, after 10 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Tondela by (2‑0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Paços de Ferreira, by (1‑2). This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. In his last 10 away games for the championship, Vitória Guimarães has recorded 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, so he conquered 16 points out of 30 possible. His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 11 of the last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and only got 1 comeback.
The formation of Vitória de Guimarães did not meet the expectations that had been set in this championship. At the entrance to the last round of the LIGA NOS, the team is in seventh place, with 49 points, four less than Famalicão, which occupies the first place in the European classification, and three less than Rio Ave (6th) . After mortgaging his hopes of qualifying for UEFA with defeats against Gil Vicente (1-2) and Benfica (2-0), the team coached by Ivo Vieira, who is expected to resign from the coaching staff after this match, returned to win on the last day. Marcus Edwards scored the only goal of the match (24 ‘) and allowed Vitória to win 1-0 in a match that could have had more goals, were it not the waste of either team.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,58
