Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Santa Clara aim to make amends for a 2-0 loss to Nacional when they take on Vitoria Guimaraes in the Primeira Liga round 11. Santa Clara are eager to climb to the Conference League berth and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against Vitoria Guimaraes. Both Almeida and Klismahn are pushing for recalls to the starting XI, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The visitors, on the other hand, aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Moreirense. As Santa Clara suit Vitoria Guimaraes, we predict that the visiting team will pick up all three points from the match. You should know that Vitoria Guimaraes defeated Santa Clara 3-1 in their last encounter at Estadio de Sao Miguel. Defender Jorge Fernandes remains in the recovery room, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Team (Guimaraes):
Vitoria Guimaraes have always been in the shadow of famous Portuguese sides Porto, Benfica and Sporting, but over the years they have established themselves as a top-table side in the Primeira Liga. Os Vimaranenses did well to win Taca de Portugal in the 2012/2013 season, wi the team beating Benfica in the final of the domestic cup.
Vitoria Guimaraes finished the 2016/2017 Primeira Liga campaign in fourth place in the standings and, as a result, they booked their place in the Europa League qualifiers. The Portuguese side will face the likes of Salzburg, Konyaspor and Olympic Marseille in Group I and they are seen as underdogs in their group. Vitoria Guimaraes welcome their rivals at Estadio D. Alfonso Henriques and the venue can hold up to 30.000 spectators.
Os Vimaranenses play their home games in white shirts and white shorts, whilst they wear black when playing on the road. Their neighbours Braga are considered Guimaraes’ fiercest rivals and the two teams face each other in the derby of Minho Province.