Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Guimaraes
Match Time & Date:
12/12/2021
17:00
Prediction: 1-0
Tondela
Estadio D. Afonso Henriques will host Saturday’s Primeira Liga game between Vitoria Guimaraes and Tondela. Guimaraes quickly bounced back from a 2-1 loss to Porto, with the beating Ferreira to retain seventh position in the standings. Colombia international Oscar Estupinan is pushing for a start, while Ghana international Abdul Mumin is back from suspension. Tondela, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 2-0 loss to Sporting CP.
Os Auriverdes have been struggling on the travels this season, and given Guimaraes’ display in the victory over Ferreira, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. All Manu Hernando, Babacar Niasse Mbaye, Ricardo Alves, and Pedro Trigueira have all been tested positive for coronavirus. In their last meeting in the Portuguese top flight Tondela defeated Guimaraes, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Falaye Sacko):
Born in Bamako, Mali on May 1, 1995, Falaye Sacko is a pacey right-back, who plays for Vitoria Guimaraes in the Primeira Liga. Sacko has 11 caps with Mali, and he scored his first goal with the national team on June 16, 2019 in a friendly against Algeria.
Speaking of his club career, Sacko started his senior career at Djoliba, and in 2015 he joined Hungarian outfit Ujpest. After failing to see any game action in the Hungarian top flight, the Mali international moved to Vitoria Guimaraes in 2016. He first played for the Guimaraes B team, making his professional debut in the Segunda Liga clash against Atletico CP on February 17, 2016.
Falaye Sacko, who has established himself as a first-team regular at Vitoria Guimaraes, wears the No. 17 jersey. His primary position right-back, but he is used as a left-back as well.
Highlighted Team (Tondela):
Founded on June 6, 1933 Tondela are a professional football club from Portugal that compete in Primeira Liga. Club Desportivo de Tondela were founded through a merger of two clubs: Tondela Football Club abd Operario Atletico Clube.
The Auriverdes green and yellow shirts and yellow shorts when playing at their Estadio Joao Cardoso (5,000), whilst blue is the dominant colour of their away kit. Tondela are based in Tondela, the town located in Viseu District. Former Portugal international Ricardo Costa is one of the most notable footballers who played for Tondela in the past. The 183-cm-tall defenders scored 3 goals in 59 appearances for the club in the Primeira Liga.
There is one organized group of fans supporting Tondela named Febre Amarela. This supporters group was founded in 2009. Tondela secured promotion to Primeira Liga at the end of the 2014/2015 season and they have been competing in the Portuguese top flight ever since.
